Driving on Woodward Avenue, the country’s first mile of concrete roadway and the ‘dividing line’ between the east and west side, it is pretty hard to imagine that #Detroit was once one of the richest cities in the world and the home of the American automotive industry. Today the poverty rate of the city is around 40% and roughly two-thirds of its inhabitants cant afford the most basic needs including housing, healthcare and access to safe and clean drinking water. Since this spring the city has shutoff #water to over 17,000 homes. Click on the photo to hear Justin Wedes (@justinwedes), activist and organizer with the @DetroitWaterBrigade, talk about life in his city. #usa #watercrisis #right2water #DetroitWater #azdarya
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:42:04 +0000