Presenters: Marian Kramer, Ann Rall, and Diana Seales
What if you lived by the largest body of fresh water in the world but could no longer afford to pay for it? This is the reality depicted in a new documentary, "The Water Front" that powerfully connects race and class to the "inconvenient truth" of water privatization and water politics. In 1917 Henry Ford built a water plant for the city of Highland Park to support his growing auto industry. Ninety years later residents of the post-industrial African American community - Highland Park, Michigan have received water bills as high as $10,000 and unable to pay these bills have had their water turned off, their homes foreclosed, and are at risk of having their children taken away.
Highland Park, Michigan is just miles away from the Allied Media Conference. Come partake in a "sneak preview" screening, brainstorm with community members and local organizers depicted in a the film about using alternative media and a national campus tour as organizing strategies. Learn how organizers are implementing the People of Color Environmental Justice "Principles of Working Together" and the "wiki way" into their organizing efforts.
