Water

Moratorium Now!, People’s Water Board, and the Coalition to Oppose the Expansion of US Ecology are gathering this coming Wednesday, July 18th at 4pm in front of Cobo, where the Letter Carriers Convention will be taking place. This national convention is a perfect platform for local coalitions and others to come together and gain national exposure to some of the most pressing issues plaguing our city.

This is the last final March for the week! We will meet at the Capital and March around the area to the MDEQ, and there offices.
#RetireLine5

Needs:
Speakers
Coolers - Drinks
Even more signs and people!

Main Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/234117957196471/?ti=cl

https://www.facebook.com/events/891452851041493/

We will be Marching to #RetireLine5 and this would be the 4th March of the week! Last one for the week before Lansing! We will be meeting at the Calder Plaza and be walking to Ah-Nah-Awen Park, across the bridge!

Needs:
Speakers!
Cooler - drinks
Signs and people!

Main Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/234117957196471/?ti=cl

https://www.facebook.com/events/1608112219314595/

There will be marches throughout the week of July 16-19 to #ShutDownLine5 and speakers. Looking to march a mile or 2 miles. Please come out and March with us! Links are available for separate events!

Locations:
Mackinaw City 7/16
https://www.facebook.com/events/2026544830994021/?ti=cl

Petoskey 7/17
https://www.facebook.com/events/1544889745615068/?ti=cl

The city of Ann Arbor suffers fromcontamination of groundwater with 1,4-Dioxane. Brainstorm in small teams about the form and content of an interactive tool for public education. Free, but registration requested.

We will spend the evening with Michigan Water Warriors talking about Detroit water shut offs, health impacts of living without clean affordable water, Flint, the fight against US Ecology and much more.
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Please share! Everyone is invited to come and share their stories. Let's learn from each other.

A light dinner and beverages will be served. Please bring a refillable water bottle. There will not be bottled water at this event.

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Join us for our monthly meeting on July 12th, at Riverside Park's BALL PARK ENTRANCE (**not boat launch 2). That's the one in the middle of the park. We'll meet at the blue roofed pavilion by the sports fields, where the pow wows and Grand River Water Festival are held.

We do have an alternate location planned in case of inclement weather, please keep an eye on this page if the weather report is calling for rain.

We call on the City of Detroit and the newly-formed Great Lakes Water Authority to cancel the existing debts of Detroit Water and Sewerage customers and start afresh with simple, affordable rates: all customer past-due balances are wiped clean.

Detroit made international headlines when tens of thousands of residents lost their access to water through an aggressive shut-off program by the water department.

Please attend the PWB monthly meeting and help out. Thousands of families in Detroit are at risk of having their water shut off. We must come together and organize.

We will also be discussing/organizing/mobilizing Solidarity Saturdays, the Michigan Poor People's Campaign, an art build, teams to go to City Council, and much more. This is a working meeting so folks that come will hopefully be leaving with tasks and next steps.

There is so much to be done.
Now is a perfect time to show up and help out.

Join Oday Salim of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center and Elin Betanzo of Safe Water Engineering, for a community presentation on lead in water.