MWRO/WATER STATEMENT To: Rep. Stephanie Chang From: Maureen D Taylor, MSW Re: Status Report on Accessibility Rep. Chang; As the State Chairperson of the MI Welfare Rights Organization, know that we are humbled to present…
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In spring 2015, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization worked alongside the Sierra Club and Detroit People’s Platform on the Great Lakes Water Authority’s (GLWA) development of a new Water Residential Assistance Program (WRAP). Through this new…
U.N. Special Rapporteurs, photo credit: TheGuardian.com This is the first of a two-part statement from MWRO on the United Nations visit to Detroit by two Special Rapporteurs on Detroit water shutoffs. On Oct. 20th, 2014,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2014 Contact: Lynna Kaucheck, Food & Water Watch, (586) 556-8805 Tawana Petty, People’s Water Board, (313) 433-9882 People’s Water Board Coalition Calls Regional Water Authority an Assault Against Democracy…
An Open Letter from MWRO member, Ann Grimmett: In the past few months while collecting signatures in & around Detroit for the advisory question initiative for the water affordability plan to be put on the…
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By Gwendolyn Gaines and Sylvia Orduño, MWRO We’re pleased to announce that the first meeting of the People’s Water Board in Detroit was a big success! Representatives from several organizations, including the Green Party, Sierra…
On Saturday, March 7th, dozens of Detroit residents and activists will meet for a kick off rally to stop water shut-offs in Detroit. MWRO is coordinating a petition drive to put on the November ballot…
While Congress and the White House toss around the fate of thousands of auto workers, and discuss the creation of a “Car Czar,” we thought we’d mention another local czar in the news, Judge John…
(Reposted from Great Lakes Town Hall) By Melissa Damaschke, Sierra Club (Detroit, MI); and Maureen Taylor, MWRO (Detroit, MI) The Great Lakes currently provide drinking water to over 42 million people. Yet not everyone in…