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Futureshock 2.0 with Peter Hammer

Posted September 24th, 2014  |  News

Monday, September 29TH, 7 PM Another look at the Detroit Future City Plan FEATURING: PETER HAMMER, PROFESSOR AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL SINCE 2003 AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DAMON J. KEITH CENTER FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.* This program is a follow up to last year’s presentation: Futureshock. Much has happened in the year since […]

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Center for Community Based Enterprise, along with MCHR, is co-sponsoring a talk by Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard on 8/17.

Date: Aug 17th 2014, 3pm-6pm  |  News

The Center for Community Based Enterprise, along with MCHR, is co-sponsoring a talk by Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard on 8/17.The Dr. Nembhard recently published “Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice”, and will be speaking about the role of cooperatives in the revival of Detroit’s economy. Representatives of Detroit areas co-operatives […]

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truth-out.org: Protesters Gain Detroit Water Shut-Off Moratorium, Demand Investigation of Suspected Rampant Corruption

Posted August 18th, 2014  |  News

Read the latest news from truth-out.org: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25605-democracy-in-action-in-detroits-water-wars-emergency-dictator-orders-moratorium-on-water-shut-offs-after-thousands-link-arms-to-protest-discrimination#.U_FiHbDt7FA.facebook

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Take Action! Tell the mediators that WATER IS A RIGHT. Keep the Water on in Detroit!

Posted August 13th, 2014  |  News

Dear MCHR Members and Friends, We need your help to keep the water on in Detroit! MCHR is a new coalition member of the People’s Water Board. The PWB has three demands: 1.  Turn the water back on with no more shutoffs 2.  Fully implement the 2005 Detroit Water Affordability Program as written and with accountability. […]

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Letter To President Barack H. Obama concerning the water shutoffs in Detroit

Posted August 8th, 2014  |  News

MCHR has signed onto a letter to President Obama and Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell. The text of the letter is below: President Barack H. Obama The White House Washington, DC  20500 Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC  20201 August 5, 2014 Dear President […]

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