Michiganders plan to show their support for the right to clean drinking water with the 26th annual World Water Day on Friday. The event highlights the importance of clean drinking water across the globe. Grand Rapids Water Protectors chief Shannon Abbott tells us several battles over water are going on across Michigan, including fights against chemical contamination and keeping water affordable. Abbott notes low-income communities and people of color face the brunt of those battles.
“Their voices, as many people as stay active and try to make their voices be heard, they’re not taken seriously, unfortunately.”
Abbott says people in Flint still are dealing with the crisis, adding some people don’t have clean water nearly five years later. Groups are holding an event at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History in Detroit on Friday starting at 4 p.m. Advocates for clean water also rallied in Lansing on Wednesday.
