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    Detroit Water Brigade Presents: Detroit Huddle Community Gathering

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    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: 313 420-9779 Email: captain@detroitwaterbrigade.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DETROIT, MI — The Detroit Water Brigade is hosting a series of Community Town Hall Events to educate, illustrate and motivate residents about the importance of […]

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    One Of Our Founders is Quitting Facebook to Help Detroit

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    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 extensively in his work, but has come to believe that most social networks only exploit their users for advertising revenue and surveillance without returning any tangible benefits. […]

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    Detroit News Publishes Water Brigade Op-Ed Response to Kevyn Orr

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    After former bankruptcy boss Kevyn Orr attacked the Brigade last week in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club, we came back with this response thanking him for revealing a truth: that the world stands with Detroiter against the water shutoffs! Read our Political Director Meeko Williams’ Op-Ed Response here

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    The Two Sides of Emergency Management

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    On Wednesday, January 27, 2015, in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club at Cobo Hall, former Detroit Emergency Manager, Kevyn Orr, blamed the water crisis on 3 activists with cameras taking pictures at an angle to create the perception there were 200 people. The activists he blamed are called the Detroit Water Brigade (DWB). […]

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    Like Croatia, Detroit Should Cancel Debts of the Poorest

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    This post originally appeared on JustinWedes.com Croatia, a small Mediterranean country of 4.4 million, just did an amazing thing: it wiped clean the debts of its 60,000 poorest citizens. Their Deputy Prime Minister, Milanka Opacic, announced: They will be given a chance for a new start without a burden of debt. The move will unfreeze bank […]

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    STATEMENT: Tricycle Collective Evicted from Cobo Hall For Helping Keep Families in Their Homes

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    This statement was sent to us by our friends at the Tricycle Collective. Contact them at hello@thetricyclecollective.com or 313-338-9291 This morning, a group of community advocates attempting to help people save their homes from foreclosure were forcibly evicted from Cobo Hall, where the “Show Cause Hearings” were being held. This year alone, 62,000 Detroit properties are in tax foreclosure in the […]

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    The Detroit Water Crisis is Real: A Response to Former Detroit EM Kevyn Orr

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    Yesterday, in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club at Cobo Hall, former Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr told an audience of business and government elites: Some of [the water crisis] was orchestrated. We know that the Occupy Wall Street folks are the folks behind Detroit Water Brigade. Yes, Mr. Orr has ‘outed’ us: we are […]

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    PETITION: Cancel the #DetroitWater Debt and Start Afresh

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    Click here to add your signature to our petition. We call on the City of Detroit and the newly-formed Great Lakes Water Authority to cancel the existing debts of Detroit Water and Sewerage customers and start afresh with simple, affordable rates: all customer past-due balances are wiped clean. Last year, Detroit made international headlines when tens […]

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    DETROIT WATER BRIGADE STATEMENT ON PROPOSED WATER RATE HIKES

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    Last year, the people of Metro Detroit were told that regionalizing the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) would result in a more efficient system and a promise of an annual 4% cap on water rate increases. The Detroit News reports now this promise will likely be broken, and both city and suburbs will again face steeper rates this […]

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    Turning Ms. Connie’s Water Back On

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    With help from the Detroit Water Brigade and small donors from around the world, one more Detroiter has running water and peace of mind again. Learn more about how we’re helping Detroit turn the water back on: http://detroitwaterbrigade.org/waf/ Video by KC Burns, Detroit    

  • We are now on Tsu, the social network that pays you

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    The Detroit Water Brigade is proud to join Tsū, a months-old new social that shares ad revenue with its users. We’ve already surpassed 3,000 followers on the network, and we hope you’ll join us by clicking this link here. Every supporter who joins us also brings additional royalties to the Brigade — so by using the network […]

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    America is Better Than This: Let’s Put Detroit to Work

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    A boarded-up house next to the former Michigan Central Station building near downtown Detroit. Photo: Balazs Gardi This article originally appeared on JustinWedes.com Over the course of the last few painful months, I’ve descended into the depths of another world that does not feel like America. A world illuminated by creaky old stove burners, backyard pit […]