Jun 181 minTHREE WATERBORNE OUTBREAKS IN DETROIT (2016 & 2017) George Gaines, MSW, MPH The morbidity data from Michigan Community Health and the Detroit Department of Health show several...
Jun 41 minCooked: Survival By Zip CodeWe The People of Detroit is honored co-sponsor the film Cooked: Survival by Zip Code. You can watch the film for free over the next 7 day...
May 131 minKaitlin Popielarz: WPD CRC Member HighlightWayne State alumna and community activist urges Warriors to join the fight against COVID "Community organizers have been going to bat for...
Apr 131 minWater shutoffs in sharp focus amid coronavirus outbreak - Taiwanese NewsDETROIT (AP) — The advice is simple and universal: Washing your hands with soap and water is one of the most effective ways to stop the s...
Apr 26 minPublic Health Experts, EJ Orgs. Gather to Urge Michigan Mayors To Turn Water On ASAPStatewide #TurnWaterOn Collaborative Responds to Governor Gretchen’s Executive Order FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Detroit, MI (April 2, 2020) – ...
Mar 311 minMICHIGANCOVID-19 PANDEMIC RESOURCE GUIDEThis guide provides information on how to access programs aimed at supporting Michiganders during the coronavirus outbreak. The programs ...
Mar 121 minTake These Precautions When Your Water is RestoredAs Detroit and other communities across the state turn the water back on at homes where the water was previously shut off, residents need...
Dec 19, 20191 minBankole: City water miscue raises preparedness question "Last week’s boil water alert in Detroit raises questions about how prepared the city’s Water and Sewerage Department — and its affiliate...
Nov 11, 20191 minA Wave of Resurgent Epidemics Has Hit the U.S. Resurgent outbreaks of infectious diseases are sickening thousands, and the causes are societal IN BRIEF: Rising rates of hepatitis A, Le...
Oct 30, 20191 minRaising the Bar: Michigan governor, Chicago mayor lead on water rights and advocacy Less than a year into their first year in office, two Great Lakes region elected officials are making good on their pledges for water rig...
Sep 29, 20191 minDETROIT WATER EQUITY REPORT AT A GLANCE Water equity issues in Detroit and the region are systemic. They are not insoluble. Currently, cities across the world are devising and i...
Sep 1, 20191 minWater Insecurity and Psychosocial Distress: A Case Study of the Impacts of the Detroit Water ShutoffWater insecurity poses a significant global challenge to health and development. While the biophysical and economic impacts of inadequate...
Aug 28, 20191 minWater Insecurity and Psychosocial Distress: Effects of the Detroit Water ShutoffsABSTRACT Background: Water insecurity poses a significant global challenge to health and development. While the biophysical and economic ...
Aug 22, 20191 minWATER/COLOR A STUDY OF RACE & THE WATER AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN AMERICA’S CITIESIt is difficult to overstate the importance of water. Water is life: it is essential for our health, for our food to grow, for our commun...
Aug 21, 20191 minWelcome Emily KutilWe welcome Emily Kutil, designer, educator, and researcher at @WeThePeopleDet, as our 2019-20 Banham Fellow. Kutil will study the relatio...
Aug 19, 20191 minDetroit shut off water to 11,800 homes this year. Most are still off. Occupants of more than 5,300 Detroit homes – more than every house and apartment in the suburb of Grosse Pointe Park – went without runni...
Jul 20, 20191 minThanks to CEO & President Monica Lewis-PatrickThanks to CEO & President Monica Lewis-Patrick from @WeThePeopleDet for serving on Lead and Copper Rule Advisory Committee -- we really a...
Jul 12, 20191 min#WVBus: Detroit Activists Push City to End Water ShutoffsWorldview is on the road. Today, our show comes to you from Detroit, where we are broadcasting from Detroit’s public radio station, WDET....
Jul 10, 20191 minHow activists are using art and science to address Michigan's water problems Jannan Cornstalk is a water advocate and a member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians in northern Michigan. About four year...
Jul 3, 20191 minFreshwater Future, Clean Water For All, The Junction Coalition Host Youth Canoe Camp Freshwater Future in partnership with The Junction Coalition, held a week-long Youth Water Camp in Toledo, Ohio. Youth ages 10-18 from ar...
