To build a pipeline of young, diverse, local leaders committed to solving environmental challenges, Public Allies Milwaukee is establishing an inaugural cohort of eleven Environmental and Water Justice-focused Public Allies. The corps members will build capacity around water and environmental justice at eleven environmental not-for-profits and create a community of practice for improving equity at these organizations. With these emerging stewards, leadership at Milwaukee’s environmental not-for-profit sector will begin to better represent Milwaukee’s people of color, who disproportionately bear the burden of environmental harms and injustices in the Lake Michigan watershed.