One Of Our Founders is Quitting Facebook to Help Detroit
This article originally appeared on JustinWedes.com About the Author: Justin Wedes is a media activist and community organizer, and co-founder of the Detroit Water Brigade. He has used social media...
View ArticleDetroit Water Brigade Presents: Detroit Huddle Community Gathering
Contact: Demeeko Williams Political Director, Detroit Water Brigade Cell: 313 915-7089 Email: Demeeko@detroitwaterbrigade.org Contact: At Peace Makita Creative Director Detroit Water Brigade Cell: 313...
View ArticleRunaway Water Rates and the Case for Nonpayment
This post originally appeared on JustinWedes.com Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them. -Frederick...
View ArticleSTATEMENT ON CITY’S HALT TO RESIDENTIAL WATER SHUTOFFS (UPDATED)
UPDATE – The city announced Friday that in fact it will be continuing residential shutoffs in “mid- to late-April”, while also acknowledging that its payment plan program has not been successful: “a...
View ArticleThis Passover, Let’s Recommit to Social Justice
Photo: “The Crossing of The Red Sea” by Nicolas Poussin, 1634 Each year on Passover, Jewish people the world over gather to recount the story of our exodus from bondage in Egypt. Around the seder...
View ArticleDetroit Water Department Lays Off All Building Maintenance Workers
This post originally appeared on WSWS.org By James Brewer 7 April 2015 In an unpublicized move, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) is laying off 35 building maintenance workers and...
View ArticleHOMELESSNESS TO EMPOWERMENT: DWB BUYS FORMERLY HOMELESS MAN HIS FIRST...
Photo: @VLeCaer on Instagram Phone Bill will be Paid through Actively Engaging on New Social Media Platform tsū Detroit, MI – On Thursday, April 16, 2015, the Detroit Water Brigade (DWB) bought a...
View ArticleDetroit Water Shutoffs: Here We Go Again
Last April, The City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department made a press announcement of a controversial water shutoff plan disconnecting 140,000 residents which is 40% of the Detroit population from...
View ArticleDetroit Water Brigade to Host Clean-up Day with Detroit Lions’ DeAndre Levy
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** Saturday event at House of Help Community Center is part of the city-wide Motor City Makeover to beautify local communities Media Contacts: Mike “Pockett” Turner The I.C.E....
View ArticleHow the Financial Crisis Affected the Detroit Water Department
This financial report, prepared for the city by an outside firm, shows how the economic crisis of 2008 rapidly accelerated Detroit’s financial decline. The crisis turned what would have been a slight...
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