What We Do
COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Collaboration between community activists, academics, researchers and designers
"We are the opportunity in our crises."
- Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty
Who We Are
OUR STORY
WPD aims to inform and empower the public on imperative issues surrounding civil rights, land, water, education, and the democratic process.
OUR VALUES
WPD is dedicated to community coalition building and to the provision of resources that inform, train and mobilize
OUR PEOPLE
Our people are dedicated community servants, who have committed to the mission and the vision of the work WPD seeks to accomplish.
Get Water
Water Shut Offs...
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Place you and others’ health at risk
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Can lead to the Michigan Department of Human Services taking your children and disabled loved ones
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Can put your home in jeopardy of being condemned, and your family evicted
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If water is privatized, water costs will double or triple
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120,000 Detroit households (approximately 300,000 Detroiters) are in jeopardy of shut-offs
T. 844-42-WATER
WATER HOTLINE
Photographer:
Valerie Jean Blakley