Lies, damn lies, and HQ2

There are few things certain in our world except for the uplifting tendencies of technology. I’ve spent the past few years trying to prove this to myself, at least, by interviewing hundreds of thinkers on the topic. I’ve come to a singular conclusion: when tech moves into a city, be it an iOS dev shop […]

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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

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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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How to help Californians whose tap water is tainted

Karen Lewis knows about water problems. The 67-year-old lives in Compton, where the water coming out of her tap is tinged brown by manganese, a metal similar to iron, from old pipes.

The water is supplied by the troubled Sativa Los Angeles County Water District. The district has been plagued by administrative scandal and charges of mismanagement, and it hasn’t been able to generate the money needed to fix the brown water.

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Nick Kroll, ‘Little Miss Flint’ Mari Copeny join 2018 Social Good Summit speaker lineup

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There is a lot going on out there today, and the Social Good Summit is your inside look at untold stories, reimagination, reinvention, and most of all, a place to connect about solutions as we work towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as an international community.

This year’s Summit is focused on elevating solutions that leave no one behind. As such, our speaker roster continues to diversify in age, background, and passion points. With even more names set to be announced in the coming weeks, the latest slate of Social Good Summit speakers includes comedian Nick Kroll and youth activist Mari Copeny. Read more…

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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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