Water and Climate Creator Dinner
Calling creators 📣 Join chilli and the Water Hub for a dinner co-hosted by creator Tell Williams on the fight for clean water for all.
Rivers and lakes are life-giving, carrying water for drinking and farming. But rising temperatures are drying rivers and concentrating pollution, making it harder to meet community needs and hurting the plants and animals we live alongside. These challenges all flow downstream!
Everyone deserves access to safe drinking water no matter where they live or how much money they make. But more than 2 million households in the U.S. don’t have running water or flush toilets at home, and 1 in 7 people face unaffordable water bills.
We know climate change is threatening water from forest to faucet, but there are hopeful stories across the country of people stepping up to prevent pollution, prepare for droughts and flooding, and ensure everyone can trust their taps.
Come hang out with other creators making a difference and learn about our most pressing water issues in the U.S., and the solutions taking root.
Space is limited and invite-only. Location will be shared closer to the event.
Who’s in the room
Creators who care (that means you!) and fierce water advocates 👇
Tell Williams, content creator
Tell Williams is a Pennsylvania-based therapist, touring comedian, educator, influencer, and advocate. His work blends sharp political comedy with meaningful conversations about mental health, human rights, and social justice. Tell has spoken at dozens of state and national conferences on education, mental health, LGBTQIA+ issues, and climate justice. He has spent the last six years building an audience of over 7 million followers across social media. You can find him on all platforms at @mrwilliamsprek.
Julian Gonzalez, Earthjustice
Julian is senior legislative counsel on Earthjustice's Healthy Communities team and the organization's lead lobbyist on water policy. He'll give the big picture on what's happening to America's rivers and waterways, and how that flows straight into whether the water at home is safe, available, and affordable.
Tiana Starks, We the People of Detroit
Tiana is the Communications Director at We the People of Detroit (WPD), a community-based grassroots organization advancing water affordability, water access, and environmental justice through community-led research, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, and coalition-building. She'll talk about what water insecurity actually looks like in a city, and where this work goes next.
Dipal Shah, DigDeep
Dipal is CEO of DigDeep, which works alongside communities on the Navajo Nation, in Appalachia, and in the colonias along the Texas-Mexico border to connect families to water access. He'll zoom out to the national picture: who in the United States still lives without running water, and what closing that gap would take.
Hosted by chili and the Water Hub
About chilli
chilli helps impact creators turn followers into real-world action.
We make it easy to launch pressure campaigns with petitions, emails and other tactics that supporters can complete in seconds, then track what happens next. From climate action to social justice and corporate accountability, chilli closes the gap between caring and doing.
Because attention is powerful. But organised collective pressure is what moves things.
About Water Hub
The Water Hub is a nonprofit communications shop working to tell more human and hopeful stories about the water challenges impacting communities across the country, and build support for solutions. We envision living rivers, thriving communities, and water systems that work with nature. We believe people deserve access to safe water and sanitation and a voice in the management of this shared and sacred resource.