March 22nd: World Water Day Event - Democratizing Water Affordability

Democratizing Water Affordability: A discussion on structural racism & environmental segregation across America

We the People of Detroit, the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, Midwest Environmental Justice Network and Freshwater Future, are hosting a virtual event that will explore the relationship between access to water and structural racism. We will hear from speakers who have been on the front lines of the struggle for access to water; and those who have had success implementing a water affordability plans and policies in their cities. Attendees will walk away with a renewed understanding of the need for an affordable water structure in Detroit and throughout the nation. They will also learn how structural racism has created an environment where people of color are systematically cut off from this vital resource for life.

Monday, March 22nd 3:00-4:30 Central / 4:00 - 5:30 Eastern

ZOOM LINK: http://bit.ly/marchwateraffordability

 Moderator: Tiana Starks , Director of Communications / We the People of Detroit

 Hosts:

Monica Lewis-Patrick, President & CEO, We The People of Detroit

Peter Hammer, Director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights 

Speakers:

Jason Stanley, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University 

Coty Montag, Senior Counsel for NAACP LDF 

Nadia Gaber, Ph.D., UCSF/UC Berkeley, We The People of Detroit 

Panelists:

Mary Grant, Public Water for All Campaign Director, Food & Water Watch 

Rianna Eckel, Senior Organizer, Food & Water Watch

Robert Ballenger, Attorney/Co-Director – Energy Unit, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

Entertainment:

Mama Sol

We the Youth of Detroit

Please join us to commemorate WORLD WATER DAY and continue to advocate for the HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER and SANITATION for ALL!  If you  any questions, please contact us at info@wethepeopleofdetroit.com !