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Aug 24, 2020
2 min

WPD Spotlight: Jendayi Nkenge

In order to combat social injustice, it must be attacked at every angle in which it exists. It's not an “either-or” proposition, but more...

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Jun 18, 2020
1 min

THREE 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...

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Jun 4, 2020
1 min

Cooked: Survival By Zip Code

We 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...

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May 13, 2020
1 min

Kaitlin Popielarz: WPD CRC Member Highlight

Wayne State alumna and community activist urges Warriors to join the fight against COVID "Community organizers have been going to bat for...

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Apr 12, 2020
1 min

Water shutoffs in sharp focus amid coronavirus outbreak - Taiwanese News

DETROIT (AP) — The advice is simple and universal: Washing your hands with soap and water is one of the most effective ways to stop the...

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Apr 2, 2020
6 min

Public Health Experts, EJ Orgs. Gather to Urge Michigan Mayors To Turn Water On ASAP

Statewide #TurnWaterOn Collaborative Responds to Governor Gretchen’s Executive Order FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Detroit, MI (April 2, 2020) –...

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Mar 31, 2020
1 min

MICHIGANCOVID-19 PANDEMIC RESOURCE GUIDE

This guide provides information on how to access programs aimed at supporting Michiganders during the coronavirus outbreak. The programs...

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Mar 12, 2020
1 min

Take These Precautions When Your Water is Restored

As Detroit and other communities across the state turn the water back on at homes where the water was previously shut off, residents need...

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Dec 19, 2019
1 min

Bankole: 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...

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Nov 11, 2019
1 min

A 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,...

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Oct 30, 2019
1 min

Raising 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...

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Sep 28, 2019
1 min

DETROIT 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...

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Sep 1, 2019
1 min

Water Insecurity and Psychosocial Distress: A Case Study of the Impacts of the Detroit Water Shutoff

Water insecurity poses a significant global challenge to health and development. While the biophysical and economic impacts of inadequate...

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Aug 28, 2019
1 min

Water Insecurity and Psychosocial Distress: Effects of the Detroit Water Shutoffs

ABSTRACT Background: Water insecurity poses a significant global challenge to health and development. While the biophysical and economic...

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Aug 22, 2019
1 min

WATER/COLOR A STUDY OF RACE & THE WATER AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN AMERICA’S CITIES

It is difficult to overstate the importance of water. Water is life: it is essential for our health, for our food to grow, for our...

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Aug 21, 2019
1 min

Welcome Emily Kutil

We welcome Emily Kutil, designer, educator, and researcher at @WeThePeopleDet, as our 2019-20 Banham Fellow. Kutil will study the...

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Aug 19, 2019
1 min

Detroit 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...

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Jul 20, 2019
1 min

Thanks to CEO & President Monica Lewis-Patrick

Thanks to CEO & President Monica Lewis-Patrick from @WeThePeopleDet for serving on Lead and Copper Rule Advisory Committee -- we really...

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Jul 12, 2019
1 min

#WVBus: Detroit Activists Push City to End Water Shutoffs

Worldview is on the road. Today, our show comes to you from Detroit, where we are broadcasting from Detroit’s public radio station, WDET....

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Jul 10, 2019
1 min

How 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...

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