2009 Detroit Water Petition Campaign	Let’s make it a law that the City of Detroit must make water affordable and stop shutting off the water of low-income people! Help us get signatures for the 2009 November ballot in the City of Detroit! Call the MWRO office to get a copy of signature petitions (313) 964-0618.
As announced on Tuesday's 4/14/09 WHPR "Ask Welfare Rights" Show, go to a Michigan Dept of Human Services (DHS) office by Thurs, 4/16/09 to receive DTE matching funds for SER! If you have received a shut-off notice for your DTE bill, you can receive matching funds with a State Emergency Relief (SER) application that may help you pay off your entire electric bill. SER funds are also available for water shut-off bills, foreclosure and eviction notice, or home disaster relief. Don't let your DHS worker tell you funds are not available--that's not true! Also if you are in the welfare-to-work Jobs, Education, and Training (JET) program and you are not receiving the benefits and fairness you deserve, call MWRO at (313) 964-0618.
Check out this WATER WARRIORS poetry video by MWRO's comrade William Copeland! From Izaca Productions
	Food & Water Watch along with director, Liz Miller will be launching a six-month tour of the The Water Front around the Great Lakes. The campaign begins in September and we will be visiting over 20 cities and 40 universities! Some of our stops include: Duluth, Madison, Chicago, Grand Rapids, Akron, Erie, Buffalo, Minneapolis, D.C. Traverse City, Fort Wayne, Benton Harbor, Tiffin, Pittsburg, Lansing, Green Bay, Gary and more...
The Water Front Tour Opens in Detroit with a Splash! Water Tour News (Submitted by Liz Miller on 09/30/2008) The Detroit area, was a natural venue for the opening of the 6-month tour of The Water Front throughout the Great Lakes region. “With the recent passage of the Great Lakes Compact and the approaching elections, this couldn’t be timelier” said Sam Finkelstein, the tour organizer, as he introduced the film. Residents from the area gathered in Marygrove College, a leader in urban social justice education. “This film shouldn’t just touch you,” said Marian Kramer, who is featured in the film and was at the screening, “it should grab you” – and she gestured as if she was choking. And it did just that, the viewers were grabbed by this film and the subsequent discussions. “How can our water be defined as a product?” asked Lynna Kaucheck of Clean Water Action, as she highlighted the underlying economic and political issues that result in situations such as those we experienced in Highland Park. This screening was a great way to launch this historic tour to over 30 cities! Sam Finkelstein, Food & Water Watch September 26, 2008