We the People of Detroit promotes community coalition building and provides mechanisms and vehicles intended to inform, train and mobilize the residents of Detroit to improve their quality of life.
About
We the People of Detroit (WPD) was co-founded by Chris Griffith, Aurora Harris, Monica Lewis-Patrick, Cecily McClellan and Debra Taylor. WPD is a grassroots organization founded in 2008 and grew out of citizens who fought against the Mayoral Takeover of Detroit Public Schools in 2008/09.
Photos and Videos
See photos and videos from We the People of Detroit events.
EPA Compendium on Water Customer Assistance Programs
The EPA has developed a compendium of water customer assistance programs describing their benefits and implementation throughout the country. You can read the full document as well as excerpts here.
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US Human Rights Network Statement on Water and Sanitation
Click here to read the statement from the US Human Rights Network Commission on the National Human Right to Water and Sanitation. “On Monday April 4, 2016, members of the US Human Rights Network coordinated National Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Coalition shared powerful and heartbreaking stories of the lack of clean and safe water…
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Trans-Pacific Partnership and Global Water Theft
This Sunday the Trade Justice Alliance will host a webinar on “Corporate Globalization’s Great Water Theft: How TPP Would Mean Greater Water Insecurity at Home and Abroad.” We the People of Detroit’s own Monica Lewis Patrick will join the call to speak on the topic of water commodification. For more information on how to join the webinar…
