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Fellow Flint travelers have more water than they can use. Cosmic pranks! Please contribute if you can:
08/14/2016

Fellow Flint travelers have more water than they can use. Cosmic pranks! Please contribute if you can:

I am starting this fund on behalf of my son Phillip and his wife Lindsey and granddaughter Isabella Jacks. They moved to   Lousiana this past January  from the lead poisoned  water crisis in Flint Michigan into a property  in Independence Louisiana  where that they felt it  was safe to raise Phil...

10/19/2014

Press Release:

DONATIONS NEEDED AT FLINT WATER RELIEF SITE AS DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY

Flint’s Democracy Defense League has established an emergency water relief center at Mission of Hope located at 4618 Roberts Street, Flint, MI 48505. Donations of cases of water are accepted and people in need of water may pick it up between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Pastor Bobby Jackson, who coordinates the Mission of Hope, keeps meticulous records of the quantity of donated water coming in and water being distributed out to individuals who need it. Since the water relief center opened on August 18, 2014, 40 cases of 12-oz. bottles of water plus 31 gallons in various size jugs have been donated, and people in need have made 135 water pickups. Jackson reports that each day at least one person comes in needing water and most days there are 7 or 8 people who come in need of water.

“People who live in the boil advisory areas came because they could not touch their water,” said Jackson. “Some people still come because they are afraid of the water, and some come because they cannot afford to keep their water turned on. It is not our place to judge why these people come in need of water, so we don’t. It is sad when people have to feel judged over a situation that we are all facing together.”

The Democracy Defense League organized in response to the elimination of local democracy and the imposition of one-man-rule in Flint via Emergency Manager.

Flint resident Claire McClinton participates in the League and would like to see additional water relief sites started across the city. “People all over need access to clean water,” said McClinton. “This situation is reaching epidemic proportions, with some residents unable to even touch their water during these boil advisories. If the Emergency Manager is unable to address this public health emergency, then the people of Flint will have to do it ourselves. We urge anyone who can donate water to the water relief center at Mission of Hope to please do so. There is an immediate need for it among too many of our neighbors.”

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If the Flint Farmers' Market was still owned by the people of , it couldn't be rented out to the likes of Governor Rick...
08/27/2014

If the Flint Farmers' Market was still owned by the people of , it couldn't be rented out to the likes of Governor Rick Snyder for fundraisers supporting politicians and policies that fuel :

Broadside #24 has finally been printed! Thanks and congrats to all contributors! Come to the Soggy Bottom Bar tonight a...
07/30/2014

Broadside #24 has finally been printed! Thanks and congrats to all contributors! Come to the Soggy Bottom Bar tonight at 6pm to pick up some copies. Hope to have it to all other regular distribution locations by the end of the weekend.

07/16/2014

Hi. We are meeting tonight at 6 pm at the Soggy Bottom Bar. We have an updated and super-almost-final draft of #24 to go over and prepare to send to the printer! For realz! See you tonight!

Here's the deal with Issue #24: We won't have a completed draft until mid-July at the earliest. We apologize for the en...
06/25/2014

Here's the deal with Issue #24:

We won't have a completed draft until mid-July at the earliest.

We apologize for the endless delays, but as you all know we are at the mercy of each other's time. Several of us will be going on vacation, and there just isn't time to complete #24 before we bounce.

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, July 16 at 6 pm at the Soggy Bottom. We'll see where we stand at that time—as our predictions of publication dates are as credible as the boy who cried, "wolf!"

Anyhow, enjoy yourselves and see you in July!

Broad

06/18/2014

No Broadside meeting tonight and no completed Broadside #24 as yet. Keep the faith and stand by for updates.

06/04/2014

Hi all. We will be meeting tonight at 6pm at Soggy Bottom Bar to review some late arriving but very awesome content for #24. We will also go over final tweaks to the already-completed spreads. Please try to come if you can. Broad

05/21/2014

Hi there. Just a reminder that we ARE meeting tonight at 6pm at the Soggy Bottom Bar to check in on the status of Issue #24.

We will have a rough draft to review, but there are still some holes and other things that we need to make some decisions about.

See you there then!

Broad

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