Mari Copeny, aka Little Miss Flint, is standing up for the Flint Kids of her hometown in Michigan and making the case for clean water for all. Read more…More about Flint Water Crisis, Flint, Flint Michigan, Social Good Summit 2018, and Social Good
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Little Miss Flint’s 5 awesome tips for becoming a young activist
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Mari Copeny, an 11-year-old with an irrepressible desire to make the world a better place, is remarkable proof that you’re never too young to be an activist.
Copeny, also known as “Little Miss Flint,” is an advocate for her hometown of Flint, Michigan, which has been fighting a life-threatening water crisis since 2014. When she was 8 years old, she penned a powerful letter to President Obama on behalf of Flint and its children, who could no longer drink from the tap, shower without their eyes burning, or even safely use a Slip ‘N Slide.
Obama replied to Copeny, visited Flint, and eventually signed off on $100 million in funding to help repair the city’s poisoned water system. But Copeny wasn’t done advocating for change. Read more…
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Miss Michigan brilliantly calls attention to the Flint water crisis
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This year’s Miss America pageant crown went to Miss New York, but Miss Michigan 2018, Emily Sioma, made a splash of her own.
During introductions, Emily Sioma approached the mic confidently and used her moment to bring awareness to the water crisis happening within her state.
Watch to see what Miss Michigan had to say about the water crisis in Flint, during her introduction. The people of Flint are still without clean water!#WaterIsLife pic.twitter.com/jq85jy3Fv8
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Following his Thailand visit, Elon Musk is going to, um, save Flint?
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Fresh off saving a soccer team visiting Thailand with a tiny submarine, Elon Musk is embarking on another heroic mission: bringing clean water to Flint, Michigan.
On Wednesday, Musk was gently needled on Twitter by someone seeking help for the people of Flint, where there’s been a water crisis since 2014.
Musk replied he was up to the task, pledging water filters for anyone in Flint who needed one.
Please consider this a commitment that I will fund fixing the water in any house in Flint that has water contamination above FDA levels. No kidding.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 11, 2018 Read more…
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