FLINT WATER CRISIS—20-POINT COMMUNITY PRIORITY LIST--ACTION MATRIX

PRIORITY WHO IS TAKING ACTION NOW

ACTIONS

1) Emergency Financial Manager

Law Must Be Repealed

Michigan Democrats Introduced legislation to repeal the Emergency Manager Law

Concerned Pastors of Social Action (CPSA)

Held news conference on repeal of Emergency Manager Law

Detroit Chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action

Network

Held news conference to call for repeal of the law

Rainbow PUSH Coalition Held news conference to call for repeal of the law

Representative Sheldon Neely

(D-Flint)

Calling for Repeal of Emergency Manager Law

Common Cause Calling for Reform of Emergency Manager Law

Progress Michigan Calling for Repeal of Emergency Manager Law

Michigan United Calling for Repeal of Emergency Manager Law

Sierra Club Calling for Repeal of Emergency Manager Law

American Civil Liberties Union

Calling for Repeal of Emergency Manager Law

Congressman John Conyers

Congressman Conyers calls for repeal of the Emergency Management Law. He blames the ongoing water crisis on the passage of the Emergency Manager Law. http://fortune.com/2016/02/18/michigan-public-act-436-flint/

National Lawyers Guild and Sugar Law Center

Co-counsel, along with the ACLU, in challenging the Emergency Manager Law

State Representative and Minority Assistant Floor Leader- LaTanya Garrett,

Senator David Knezek, Representative Stephanie

Chang

Introduced House Bill 5260 to repeal the Emergency Manager law.

2) Risk Advisories and Mitigation Instructions Must Be Factual, Timely

and Consistently Delivered to All

Residents.

Virginia Tech Research Team

www.flintwaterstudy.org

Researching problems and scientific uncertainties associated with drinking water issues. Residents can leave questions, which will be answered weekly.

3) Information Sharing and Service

Delivery Must Be Accessible to All

Sierra Club-Michigan Chapter

Conducted public presentations along with Flint area volunteers to explain the situations

SEIU-Local 1, Local 517M Went door to door to educated residents on the health impacts of lead

Healthcare Michigan Went door to door to educated residents on the health impacts of lead

Michigan State University and WKAR

Developed an app called "Empower Flint" which offers a checklist of things people can do to protect themselves, their families and their pets. Also it allows the user to search for the closest water stations, free water filters and sources of nutritious food while making it easy to get directions. Other features include notifications on timely information, details about safe water and a collection of Flint news. http://empowerflint.org

Detroit Free Press Distributed 100,000 copies of a guide:

Tips for installing water filters

How to get help with water bills

Questions and answers on health

How and where to get tested

Nutrition information

Assistance programs freep.com/flintguide

United Way of Genesee County

Set up a fund to purchase of filters, bottled water, water filters, emergency support system and deliver

Genesee County Community

Hispanic/Latino Collaborative

Delivering water to homebound and Spanish speaking residents/immigrants Disseminating information in Spanish

Arab American Heritage Council

Working to indentify vulnerable families, who do not speak English Translating documents into Arabic

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Gathering and disseminating water and filters to Spanish speaking residents

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

Gathering and disseminating water and filters to Spanish speaking residents

National Black Nurses Association

Hurley Medical Center

Parent education about healthy eating, advocating for necessity of fresh fruits and veggies being sent home w/children on weekends

Hamilton Community Health Network

Holding a 3-day educational event in March to provide seminars, nutrition information, food demonstrations, food giveaways, water filters and bottles, games

Kentucky Baptist Convention

Disaster relief volunteers are working at the invitation of Michigan emergency management officials. Teams are going door to door, delivering water filters, bottled water and water test kits. They also are passing along information related to the water crisis and listening as residents tell their stories.

Department of Homeland Security

(DHS)

DHS issued a statement—in English and Spanish—guaranteeing that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would not conduct enforcement operations at or near locations distributing clean water in Flint or surrounding areas.

4) Water Distribution by the National Guard

Must Be Replaced by Local Youth Labor

Sierra Club-Michigan Chapter

Water distribution

SEIU-Local 1, Local 517M Water distribution

Healthcare Michigan Water distribution

Catholic Charities of Genesee and Shiawassee

Counties

Water Distribution

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Water Distribution

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

Water Distribution

Democracy Defense League

Water Distribution

5) Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Must Be

Hurley Medical Center Partner cooking demos at Farmers’ Market focusing on nutrition and lead

Michigan Department of Health and Human

Services

Project Fresh makes fresh produce available to low-income families through the farmer’s market

Accessible for All Residents

Mass Transportation Authority (MTA)

Offering bus rides to groceries operates 10 a.m.-7 p.m. daily along a route with the Kroger store on Richfield and Center, the Fresh Choice Market Place on Franklin at Davison Road and the Walmart. The bus costs 85 cents each way.

Mass Transportation Authority (MTA)

Offering a call-in program to schedule rides from their home to grocery stores. It costs $2.25 each way.

Mass Transportation Authority (MTA)

MTA Senior Shopper Service will pick up residents of several senior housing complexes and transport them to and from grocery stores. Cost is 85 cents for seniors each way; $1.75 for the general public each way.

Michigan Department of Education

Requested $62, 700 from the USDA to help schools purchase foods high in Vitamin C

Food Bank Distribute water and nutritious food to Flint residents

Florida A&M University Seeking grant funding to address access to healthy foods

Michigan Department of Education

The MDE, the state administering agency for USDA’s TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program), will deliver USDA Foods high in the targeted nutrients to the Flint food bank. The Flint food bank will then distribute the USDA Foods to their member food pantries, soup kitchens and other agencies.

GISD (Genesee Intermediate School

District)

With the help of the U.S Department of Education and Gov. Snyder ensuring all elementary students get daily snacks rich in calcium, iron and Vitamin C

6) Fairness/Justice Must Be Examined in

Rate Hikes and Continued Billing for

Poisonous Water

Sierra Club-Michigan Chapter

Fighting against billing people for unsafe water

Salvation Army Utility bill assistance and shut-off assistance

Catholic Outreach Utility bill assistance and shut-off assistance

St. John’s Outreach of Fenton

Utility bill assistance and shut-off assistance

Genesee County Community Action

Resource Department

Utility bill assistance and shut-off assistance

Food and Water Watch Started a petition to keep the water on and to stop the water shut offs

Flint City Council Drafting a resolution to ask Receivership Transition Advisory Board to stop charging residents for water

Flint Democracy Defense League

Holding Community Meetings to gain community input and strategize

Progress Michigan Calling for relief from water bills

Atty. Valdemar Washington

Fighting against water billing during water crisis

Michigan United Advocating for relief for water bills

Progress Michigan Advocating for relief for water bills

7) All Flint Citizens Must Be Provided

Free Home Inspections

Water Defenders Conducted in-home water testing

Virginia Tech Water Study Team

Assembled water testing kits to 271 originally sampled homes

8) All Flint Residents Must Be Provided Federally Funded Replacement of

Damaged Systems/Appliances

Mayor Karen Weaver and Lansing Mayor Virg

Bernero

Mayor Weaver is planning to remove pipes in high-risk homes of kids under 6 and pregnant women. Mayor Bernero has offered technical assistance from the Lansing

Board of Water and Light. Researching federal and private aid for the repairs.

United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters

(UA)

Installed water filters in people’s homes

United Association of Journeymen and

Apprentices of Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry

Installed 1,100 new faucets and water filters

9) The City of Flint Must Have a New, State of

the Art, Water Distribution System

Black Lives Matter Issued statement calling for replacement of water infrastructure

Coalition for Clean Water Issued Infographic calling for “replacement of all public water infrastructure at no cost to residents”

Progress Michigan Calling for “fixing pipes”

Sierra Club Advocating for pipe reconstruction

Michigan League Increase revenues through tax reform to have the adequate resources to address aging infrastructure throughout the state and restore revenue sharing

University of Michigan Mayor Weaver joined University of Michigan-Flint professor Dr. Marty Kaufman Monday morning at City Hall to present the results of a project to identify and map all known locations of lead pipes. The project was completed by the Geographic Information Systems Center at the University of Michigan-Flint under the direction of Dr. Kaufman, chair of the Earth and Resource Science Department. The data and research are available for download at umflint.edu/gis

JM Eagle CEO Walter Wang has offered to replace all of the pipes free of charge

10) Pro-Bono Legal Advice Must Be Available to All

ACLU of Michigan Agreed to take referrals from 2-1-1 callers asking about the Flint class action lawsuits

Flint Water Class Action Website set up by a law firm filing a class action suit; holds informational meetings on the suits

www.flintwaterclassaction.com

11) Responsibility for the Crisis Must Be Investigated and

Accountability Measures Must Be

Imposed

Sierra Club-Michigan Chapter

Working with EPA Region 5 acting Director Bob Kaplan; wrote a letter to EPA Admin. Gina McCarthy requesting Flint investigation. EPA announced an investigation,

including assessing actions of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

US Congress--The House Oversight and Reform

Committee

A hearing was held on February 3rd, to examine the situation and review the EPA’s administration of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA assessed and continues to monitor impacts on FDA regulated industries, including human food and animal feed production

Federal Bureau of Investigations

Department of Justice Michigan Attorney

General

Conducting criminal investigation of the Flint Water Crisis

American Civil Liberties Union

Freedom of Information Act Reform

Sierra Club Freedom of Information Act Reform

Progress Michigan Freedom of Information Act Reform

Common Cause Transparency/Accountability/FOIA Reform

12) Multi-Disciplinary Studies Must Be

Conducted to Assess Impacts and Needs Related to the Crisis

Hurley Medical Center University of Michigan,

Flint, Michigan State University Florida A&M

University/Historically

Seeking to coordinate efforts to monitor journals, synthesize results and execute a communications plan to disseminate results among community organizations

Black Colleges and Universities

HBCU Climate Change Consortium

Working on a Stand With Flint effort to provide research support

13) All Academic Reports Arising From the Water Crisis Must Be Available to Flint

Residents

Hurley Medical Center University of Michigan,

Flint Michigan State University

Seeking to coordinate efforts to monitor journals, synthesize results and execute a communications plan to disseminate results among community organizations

14) A Dedicated Fund and Support Systems Must Be Established

to Address Impacts of Lead and Other Toxic

Exposure

Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Set up the Flint Child Health and Development Fund to provide short and long term critical interventions

Genesee County Health Department

Free testing for children under the age of 7, who may have been overexposed to lead

Pediatric Public Health Initiative

Provide tools and resources for the assessment, research, monitoring and interventions

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Allowing participants to use WIC vouchers for ready-to-feed infant formula and swap powdered formula for ready-to-feed formula; providing nutrition education on

mitigating lead absorption

United Health and Human Services (HHS) and Health

Resources and Services Administration

Disseminating public health information to HeadStart and Community Health Centers Sponsored a Disaster Distress Helpline to provide crisis counseling and support to

people experiencing emotional distress

Flint Kids--Community Foundation

Aiding children with interventions that support positive health outcomes for Flint children, including: Crisis response, Optimal child health & development, Early

childhood education, Educational and Student Support Services, Continuous access to a pediatric medical home, Access to infant and child behavioral health services, Nutrition education, Healthy food access, Safe & healthy home environments,

Integrated social services, and Research

United Way Address immediate needs of residents such as water, water filters, and any emergency support efforts

Mayor's Fund—Caring for Flint Fund

Rebuilding of Flint’s Infrastructure

Sierra Club Funding for Environmental Health

Gamaliel/Michigan Power to Thrive

Funding for Public Health and Health Impact Assessment

Michigan United Advocating for Long Term Health and Educational Support

American Civil Liberties Union

Advocating for Public Education Conditions and Services

Michigan League Advocating for a Public Education System—Finding a New Way to Fund Schools

Michigan Power to Thrive A group of community leaders, organizations, public health departments collaborating to make sure everyone has access to medical and educational support. Plus they are building community relationships among neighboring community groups.

Magic Johnson The FlintNOW campaign announced a partnership with Johnson that will focus on education initiatives to benefit schools, children and families.

Michigan State University law professors

Held a teach-in to focus on public health and environmental injustice. Open to the public.

15) Equitable Redevelopment Must

Include Anti-Displacement Measures

Flint Neighborhood United Review and follow up on the draft ‘Imagine Flint Master Plan’/Charter

16) Jobs, Contracts, and Other Economic

Benefits Must Go to Local Residents

Various Unions Convening to discuss equity in jobs and contracts in the redevelopment process

17) Small Business Owners and Prospective

Workers Must Have Access to Capacity

Building

Michigan Laborers Training and

Apprenticeship Institute

Unions doing apprenticeship program

Small Business Association

Aid business in Genesee County and Flint effected by the Flint Water Crisis, low interest disaster loans

18) A Flint-Wide Environmental

Assessment Must Occur

Water Defenders

Collecting water samples from residents’ sinks, bathtubs, showers, and water heater sediment fluid. In addition to high levels of lead, chemicals including

chloroform/trihalomethanes and volatile chemicals and metals methylene chloride were analyzed

to Determine and Address Other Risks

Green Door Initiative Planning NIEHS-funded water testing and household training activities

19) The Environmental Justice Plan for the

State of Michigan, the Department of Natural

Resources, and the Department of

Environmental Quality, as established

by Executive Order

2011-1, Must Be Instituted:

Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition

Building Awareness about the existence of the Environmental Justice Plan and Advocacy around implementation of the MI Environmental Justice Plan

Michigan Environmental Justice Action Coalition

Issued Statement on the crisis calling on the Governor to institute the Environmental Justice Plan

20) An Independent Community Oversight

Board Must Be Established

Black Lives Matter Issued statement which included call for oversight board

Donations Sierra Club National President, Aaron Mair-Donated $1500

SEIU-Local 1, Local 517M Started a GoFund Me page. Donated 860 cases of water and a pallet of baby wipes to two churches; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Eternal Life Ministries

Healthcare Michigan Delivered water and supplies

General Motors and United Automobile

Workers

Donated $3 million to United Way of Genesee County for at-home care, nutritional assistance, early childhood and supplemental education to be disseminated in 5 years.

MSU Greenline group Raised $1,400 for the MSU Pediatric Public Health Fund Rev. John Grace,

chaplain at Siena Collected and delivered water to New Life Center in Flint

Heights University and Catholic students

Students from Siena Heights University

Delivered water and donations to the Flint Fire Department

Bluffington University Multicultural Student

Organization

Donated 250 cases of water

Brown City High School and Marletter High

School

Donated 150 cases of water

United Way of Genesee County

Set up a fund. Donated 11,000 filters, 5,000 replacement filters, and bottled water to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. Employ a driver for daily distribution.

Alsum Farms & Produce Inc.

Donated 40,000 pounds of potatoes to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

Resources Unite (organization in Dubuque, Iowa)

Collected 300,000 bottles of water

Levi Elementary School Donated 550 cases of water 78th Security Forces

Squadron at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia

Collected 5 tons of bottled water

Victor Peoples, Alpha Eta Omega Alumni Chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Bethany Christian Church

Accepting donations of toiletries, hygiene items, baby food, formula, wipes, diapers, money, household cleaners and other non-perishable grocery items

for Catholic Charities and Genessee County United Way.

DePaul Dining (Chartwells)

Started a donation campaign that allows students to use their meal plan money to purchase water

Catholic Charities of Genesee and Shiawassee

Counties

Delivering water, water filter kits, clothing, household items, personal hygiene items

King 810, heavy metal band

Recorded a new song and selling t-shirts. Money is to be donated to Flint Child Health & Development Fund. Donated and delivered water

Sweet Holy Spirit Church in

South Chicago

Donated 160,000 bottles of water

First Baptist Church Campostella in Norfolk

Donated 47,000 bottles of water

Who Is Hussain? (London Based Muslim Group)

Donated 30,000 bottles of water for the RedCross

Sean Anderson Foundation Donated $10,000 to the Flint Child Health & Development Fund. Started a Crowdrise Page, which has raised $73,514.

Sean Combs and Mark Walberg, executives of

AquaHydrate

Vowed to donate 1 million bottles of water

Walmart, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle

Donated 6.5 million bottles of water to Flint schools

Detroit Lions Donated 100,000 bottles of water

Cher and Icelandic Glacial Water

Donated 181,00 bottles of water to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

Jimmy Fallon Donated $10,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Eminem Working along with AquaHydrate to donate the 1 million bottles of water

Russell Simmons Donated 150,000 bottles of water

Flint Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Alumnae Chapter

Started a GoFundMe page for donations

Bay City Mayor Kathleen Newsham and residents

Donated 30,000 gallons of water and $1,500

Black Student Union at the University of Michigan

Started a GoFundMe page; raised $5,625

Fusfoo Started a GoFundMe page; raised $53,374 to be donated to the Mission Hope

Virginia Tech Researchers Started GoFundMe page; raised $87,495 out of $150,000 for Virginia Tech Foundation account to offset the cost for water research in Flint

Flint Jewish Federation Started the Flint Emergency Relief Fund to purchase water, filters, and testing kits. The rest of the money goes to the Flint Child Health & Development Fund.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Accepting donation and distributing jugs of milk, water, filters, wet wipes

Aretha Franklin Free hotel rooms for up to 50 residents at Holiday Inn

Pearl Jam $125,000 to United Way of Genesee County’s Flint water Fund; Set up a CrowdRise page. Total amount raised was $393,321. Monetary donations will first be used for

the purchase of water filters, bottled water, emergency support services and prevention. Any remaining funds will be directed to the Flint Child Health &

Development Fund.

Group of Wisconsin Churches

72,000 cans of water

Brownie Girl Scout Troop 71729

Sent letters to Governor Snyder

Little River Band Tribe of Native Americans in

Ottawa

Donated $10,000 to Genesee County Sheriff’s Office

Jon Cryer Donated $10,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Rosie O’Donnell Donated $10,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Seth Myers Donated $10,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint

AT&T Donated $50,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Madonna Donated $10,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Anheuser-Busch Donated 50,000 cans of water to Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

Meek Mill Donated 60,000 bottles of water

The Game- The Robin Hood Project

Donated $500,000 in bottled water to the Food Bank Eastern Michigan

Avita Water Donated $500,000 bottled water to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

Oskar Blues Brewery Donated 100,000 cans of water Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

Mission of Hope Collecting and delivering water

Coalition of Saginaw Pastors

Donated 150 cases of water to the United Methodist Church in Flint

Metcalfe Grocery Stores Donated 450 gallons of water to the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, who are delivering water and accepting donations

Carrie Davis Started a GoFundMe page; Received $20,524 to buy 37,800 bottles of water to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

Dream Girls of Real Estate and Stevens Van

Lines

Donating and delivering 1,000 cases of water

JC Anti-Violence Donating 5,000 cases of water to Flint

Jarobi White (A Tribe Called Quest), Kamilah Rouse, Bed-Vyne Wine

& Spirits, Bed-Stuy’s YMCA

Collecting water, wipes, ready-made baby formula, hand sanitizer

The #BeYouCampaign Started a campaign The #BeYouCampaign and collecting water, filter, hand sanitizer. The campaign has already reached its 10,000 bottles of water.

Plumbing Manufacturers International of Rolling

Meadows

Donated faucets

Monte Morris and Hy-Vee

After Morris made a statement about Flint, Hy-Vee donated 11 semitrailers filled with water to Flint

Shawnee State University in Portsmouth

Donating 500 cases of water

Wendy’s of Ohio and Michigan

Donated 1,500 cases of water

Donnie McClurkin Donated 5,000 cases of water

John P. Kee Held a benefit concert and donated 122,000 bottles and jugs of water,

detergent, filters and paper products

Bishop Marvin Sapp

Delivered 17,000 bottles of water to The Church of the Harvest

Dr. Jamal Bryant, Pastor Welton Smith, Bishop

Donated and delivered 15,000 cases of water to churches in Flint

Edgar L. Vann, Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr.

Black Graduate Student Association

Started the “Fresh for Flint” campaign. Raised $3,182 to buy 960 cases of water for the Boys and Girls Club in Flint

Amway Corp Donated $100,000 worth of water purification filters. Installed filters at the YMCA of Greater Flint and the Flint office of Easter Seals.

Detroit Pistons’ owner, Tom Gore

He has pledged $10 million to the water crisis.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Hamilton Community Health Network and Genesee Health System will split $500,000 to hire more staff and provide the community with more testing, treatment, outreach and education to help address the crisis.

Henry Ford Health System and Health Alliance Plan

(HAP)

Pledged $100,000 toward the United Way of Genessee County and the Flint Child Health and Development Fund

American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ Disaster

Relief Office

Distributed a $2500 emergency grant to American Baptist Churches of Michigan

Water You Fighting For Started a GoFundMe page and has raised $2,690 to purchase hygiene items

Lincoln University in Jefferson City

Organized a water drive for Flint

Newburgh, New York residents

Donated 15,000 bottle of water

Brandon Carr, Dallas Cowboy’s player

Started the Carr Cares Fund for Flint and donated $100,000. Donated $10,000 to the Safe Water Safe Homes Fund for replacing pipes and plumbing.

Bar 145 Collected and donated 5,000 bottles of water

Community Grant Making Fund (Fort Wayne

residents)

Donated $10,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Meridian Winter Blast Festival (Meridian Health Plan, Bands, Talmer Bank,

Donated $50,000 to Flint Child Health & Development Fund

Winter Blast Foundation, Attendees)

Flint Rising Established two collective funds-501c 3 (Flint People’s Recovery Fund) and 501c4 (Flint People’s Movement Fund). Volunteers have knocked on over 7,000 doors to collect stories, identify leaders, deliver accurate information, and asking residents to turnout to meetings. https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/1704/come-together-for-flint

City Campus Church (Michigan)

Collected 6,000 bottles of water

Thrive Church (Michigan) Collected 10,000 bottles of water

Community in Kalamazoo Collected 466 cases of water and 50 one-gallon jugs of water to be delivered to New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church

All Start Services, Inc. During February, the company will donate one bottle of water for each bottle purchased.

JPMorgan Chase & Employees

Donated $350,000 to Flint’s Child Health and Development Fund

Deanna Nolan, WNBA players

Donated 9,000 bottles of waters, 400 wipes, 75 shower head filters, 200 packs of Vitamin C Defense drops

Louisville Water Company Donated $10,000 Flint Children’s Health and Development Fund

Isiah Britt, 7 year old boy from Virginia

Started a GoFundMe page and raised $10,000 to buy hand sanitizer for the elementary school students

United Methodist Committee of Relief

Released a $10,000 emergency grant to assist the 8 United Methodist congregations in Flint to start water resource centers to distribute water filters, replacement filters, water testing kits, and educational information

Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane

McCray

Started the “NYC Loves Flint” effort to get donations toward the United Way of Genesee County’s Flint Fund and the Flint Child Health & Development Fund

Students at Columbia Central High School

Donated 600 cases of water to Food Bank of Eastern Michigan; Donated $1,180 to Genesee County United Way

American Baptist Home Mission Societies’

Disaster Relief Office

Distributed a $2,500 Emergency grant to American Baptist Churches of Michigan. The region will forward funds to Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, Flint.

Flint celebrities, led by Dee Dee Bridgewater

Held a benefit concert to raise money for Flint

St. Stephen AME Zion Church

Donated 80,000 bottles of water

High Point University and Primo Water

Corporation

Donated 92,160 bottles of water

Colt Mavity, University of Jamestown

Started a GoFundMe page and raised $1,520 to buy 13,000 bottles of water

Arkieva, designer and provider of Advanced

Planning and Scheduling software tools

Will be donating $5,000 to the Flint, Michigan water Crisis. The company plans to match contributions made by employees.

Divine Savior Holy Angels High School

Donated 800 gallons of water to St. Vincent De Paul Society Meal program

Poland Spring and Pottle's Transportation

Donated 38,016 bottles of water to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

Great Lakes Conference, Covenant World Relief, and The Love Mercy Do

Justice

Started fund to aid immediate response to children and families affected by the water crisis. Formed a coalition called Flint Grassroots Initiative to deliver water and fruit, conduct blood-level tests, offer education, help install filters

Michigan Senate Approved a $30 million bill to help residents pay their water bills

Napier Academy students Donating 3,000 bottles of water to Flint

Colt Mavity, student of University of Jamestown

Jessen Dolechek, student of Dickinson

State University

Collected 1,600 gallons of water. Donated $500 to Michigan Community Service Commission Safe Water Safe Home Fund.

Saint Thomas More Society and the Student

Service Center of

Collected 100 cases of water

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

Phi Delta Theta Michigan Zeta fraternity

on the campus of Central Michigan

University

Collected and will distribute more than 38,000 bottles of water in the parking lot of Sam’s Club on Corunna Road in Flint.

Michigan Muslim Community Council,

Islamic Relief USA, The Made Institute,

Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village,

Life for Relief and Development, Grand Blanc Muslim Youth

Association, Bottles for Babies

Started an online campaign, Clean Water for Flint, and raised $54,000

Lucky Monkey Tattoo Parlor

Carrie Metz-Caporusso sketched a tattoo as a symbol of Hope for Flint, raised $2,200 for a Flint charity

Terrance Knighton and Chris Baker, Washington

Redskins

Donated 3,600 bottles of water to the Catholic Charities in Flint

Members of 50K Souls Outreach Organization

Donated 4,000 cases of water

L’Anse Creuse High School students and staff

Donated 430 cases of water and 25 gallons.

STATEMENTS/ACTIONS

Phaedra Park Made a statement on Flint and protested with Jesse Jackson and Judge Greg Mathis

http://kticradio.com/abc_entertai/real-housewives-of-atlanta-star-phaedra-park-lending-support-to-flint-michigan-abcid35617936/

Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo

Used their acceptance speeches at the Screen Actors Guild Awards to make a statement about the water crisis http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/30/sag-awards-2016-spotlight

Ava DuVernay, Ryan Coogler, Janelle Monae

Before the Oscars on Sunday, they are hosting a public event with the hashtag #JusticeforFlint. Flint residents will be able to take the stage in front of a live audience to share their personal experiences dealing with the situation at the event, which will take place at the Whiting Auditorium.

Mark Ruffalo, actor Van Jones, Founder of Green For All Vien Truong, Director of Green For All Tom Steyer, Founder of NextGen Climate

Starting a “Support for Flint” Bus Tour to visit Hurley Medical Center, Mission of Hope, St. Michael’s Church, and more.

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWRO)

and Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network

(MUUSJN)

Organizing testimony by affected communities at the state capital in support of the human-right-to-water legislation that is being proposed.

Justice League Water Warriors

Souljahs of the People

“Shut down in Motown” Protest on March 3rd Calling for Justice in Flint and Equality for All

National Action Network Convening protest and call to action on March 3rd to demand that the governor speak to the people and to demand resources for rebuilding Flint to be in the hands of the people.

National Advancement Project and

M.A.D.E. Institute

Hosting a Black Flint Rising Town Hall Meeting on March 4th to call for racial justice in the response to the Flint Crisis and beyond

Sara McCaslin, filmmaker and journalist

Documenting the ongoing water crisis

Hilary Clinton Released a campaign video which features interviews with residents and Mayor Weaver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rki_3VEJ5w

Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator

Delivered a statement at Harvard University http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/271164-epa-head-flint-water-crisis-is-personal

Our Water: Public Water for Public Good

Wrote a solidarity letter to Flint; it was signed by 40-50 organizations http://ourwaterwv.org/blog/2016/2/10/to-the-people-of-flint-michigan

Rev. Jesse Jackson Led march about the Flint Water crisis

WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Issued a statement calling for action and restoration of democratic process

United States Conference of Mayors

Released a statement supporting Mayor Weaver and her call for state and federal assistance for the residents of Flint

Creation Justice Ministries

Released a sign-on statement by prominent national Christian Denominations to U.S. Congress http://www.creationjustice.org/uploads/2/5/4/6/25465131/christian_communities_respond_to_flint_water_crisis.pdf

South Dakota State University Athlete,

Deondre Parks

Issued a statement on the Flint water crisis

Rep. Dan Kildee, Democratic Whip Steny

Hoyer, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Scott Peters, Rep. Brenda

Lawrence, Rep. Debbie Dingell

Traveling to Flint to speak with business owners; called for Snyder to testify before Congressional hearings on the city's water crisis.

WE ACT Held a protest in New York City to show solidarity with Flint and demand justice

Pastor David Bullock Board of Canvassers approved a recall petition against Gov. Snyder over the lead contamination. Bullock and his supporters have 60 days to collect 790,000 signatures in order to recall question on the November ballot.

ACLU of Michigan Pursuing a lawsuit with the Natural Resource Defense Council to enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act. Working with Michigan Immigrant Rights Coalition and the National Immigrant Law Coalition to ensure the health and safety of immigrant children and families.

Congressman Hank Johnson

Issued statement about Flint http://rollingout.com/2016/02/25/congressman-hank-johnson-on-the-flint-water-crisis/