The Water Box, which is a four part filtration system, made its debut at First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Jada Pinkett Smith, Flint Water Crisis, Jaden Smith Flint, and Jaden Smith Just
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Mari Copeny continues to fight for clean water and inspires other folks to stand up and speak up
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
View More Mari Copeny continues to fight for clean water and inspires other folks to stand up and speak upMiss 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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View More Following his Thailand visit, Elon Musk is going to, um, save Flint?Netflix’s ‘Flint Town’ trailer zeroes in on a suffering city
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Flint, MI has been on national radar for a while now, but the city’s problems aren’t over, nor did they arise from nothing. Netflix’s latest documentary series, Flint Town, explores the background and trajectory of this city how poverty, police relations, and a notorious water crisis took a heavy toll.
Flint is a city of 100,000 people with roughly 0.1 percent of that staffing the police force. In the trailer, multiple residents express mistrust for the law or hopelessness at what the city – once a promising automotive hub ranked high in safety and potential – has become. Read more…
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