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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. […]
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 […]
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 Obama and Secretary Burwell, We, the undersigned organizations, call on you to take urgent action to stop the growing public health crisis […]
Dear students: Some of you have contacted me after seeing news of my arrest for a nonviolent action around the water shutoffs here in Detroit. While I am touched by your concern, I implore you to reserve your support for those being affected by the shutoffs and your own generation, which, unless things change, is […]
