By Kim Redigan
Detroit community members plan a 68-mile walk from Detroit to Flint, Michigan calling for an end to water shut-offs in Detroit implementation of the 2005 Detroit Water Affordability Plan, provision of clean, affordable water in both cities, and an end to the commodification of water, declaring that water is a commons not to be commodified for private profit. The tentative plan is to begin the walk July 4th and educate people along the way by lifting up various voices from the Detroit community, and ending the walk in Flint with an event on July 10.
In Flint, there is a dangerous public health crisis due to contaminated municipal water, while at the same time an increasing cost of service and water.
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Photo: Activists will take part July 4-10 in a 68-mile walk from Detroit to Flint, Michigan calling for an end to water shut-offs in Detroit. Credit: Kim Redigan