Stand with the People of #Flint and Text JUSTICE to 83224 to Donate Today. Our #JusticeForFlint Spec
Stand with the People of #Flint and Text JUSTICE to 83224 to Donate Today. Our #JusticeForFlint Special Event This Sunday is Officially Sold Out But We Will Be Live Streaming Our Event Exclusively on Revolt.TV Starting at 5 PM EST. Join Janelle Monáe, Ledisi, Musiq Soulchild, Robert Glasper, Jesse Williams, Jasiri X, Ryan Coogler, Royce Da 5'9, Hannibal Buress, Jon Connor and Many More on Sunday! For More on Our Event, Check Out the Articles Below:There Will Be A Star-Studded Free Event For Flint On Oscars Night: http://bzfd.it/20TsBn9 via BuzzfeedRyan Coogler Announces #JusticeForFlint Benefit Fundraiser: http://bit.ly/1WLQ4po via Revolt TVHere’s How to Get #JusticeForFlint Even Before Sunday’s Big Show: http://bit.ly/1QI96yo via ColorlinesAva DuVernay, Hannibal Buress, Ryan Coogler to Headline Free Event for Flint, Michigan: http://bit.ly/1oFuvfD via Entertainment WeeklyRyan Coogler to Host Free Event for Flint Water Crisis Victims on Same Night as Oscars: http://bit.ly/21dtoFa via ComplexCelebrities Organize #JusticeForFlint Event on the Same Night of the Oscars: http://bit.ly/1T50z9m via BlavityOn Saturday, February 27 at 3:00 PM ET, NBPC will partner with Blackout to host a live online chat about the issues affecting the city of Flint. Moderated by political activist, author and commentator Van Jones, the chat will feature a panel discussion with filmmaker Ryan Coogler, pediatrician Rhea Boyd, Carmen Perez of Justice League NYC, Pastor Michael McBride of PICO (People Improving Communities through Organizing), Rashid Shabazz of Campaign for Black Male Achievement, Color of Change’s Rashad Robinson and Rick Carter of Michigan Faith in Action: ow.ly/YL5jO Take a Moment to Read the Insightful Articles Below on the Flint Water Crisis to Learn More About the Situation:“Since the city’s emergency managers decided to draw Flint’s water from the highly corrosive local river, this small city of 100,000 people – just 70 miles from Michigan’s great lakes, the world’s largest freshwater source – has suffered alone, let down by local, state and federal officials and almost entirely ignored by the rest of America.” The Guardian: http://bit.ly/1Tz1GxH“Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s successive emergency managers are now gone from Flint, but the wreckage of their rule there still pollutes many homes. The crisis in Flint is, on the surface, about water. The Flint debacle also is about democracy.” Democracy Now: http://bit.ly/1Q6gdLt“Environmental racism is an issue of political power: Polluters and waste sites are placed where politicians expect little or no political backlash.” The Nation: http://bit.ly/1V3R2wL“What we have here is a horrific clash of race, class, politics and public health.” The New York Daily News: http://nydn.us/1SIrHL7“First Flint’s auto manufacturing benefactor began cutting jobs. Then white flight pulled people into the suburbs. Residents of Michigan began agitating over taxes and ushered in laws that kneecapped the city’s finances. All of it set the stage for a massive public health disaster that has touched nearly everyone in the city.” Think Progress: http://bit.ly/20LtFyFWe Fear the Water: Residents Struggle to Cope with Flint Water Crisis: http://bit.ly/1oCERwL“You know how many babies here is affected now man, for the rest of their lives? And to my understanding and my little research it’s irreversible once you get lead poison in the brain. It’s nothing you can do about it. And it’s like giving a whale a tic tac for bad breath man, giving us a case a water a day. How we supposed to bathe, man? I got a wife, and I got a daughter here. I need way more than one case of water now. The people in charge need to take responsibility for what they’ve done to this city, man! People out here are mad as hell man, and I’m one of ‘em.” Flint Resident Alvon Leighton in National Geographic: http://bit.ly/1PNL6YC -- source link
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