Demand justice with the people of Flint

Dear Governor Snyder:

Four years ago, your administration's racist application of the emergency management law led to the water crisis in Flint. For four years, residents of Flint have been organizing to restore not only their democracy, but also their basic human right to water. And for four years, you have ignored and trivialized their demands.

Meanwhile, just days before ending water aid for Flint, your administration granted Nestlé's request to increase its extraction from nearby Osceola Township for a mere $200 per year. Flint residents pay up to $200 per month for poison. This handout to Nestlé makes your priorities abundantly clear: corporate profit over human lives.

These actions are unacceptable and inexcusable. Water is a human right. The people of Flint deserve justice, and water profiteers like Nestlé have no place extracting and profiting from Michigan's water.

Therefore, in solidarity with the people of Flint, we demand that you:

1. Fix what you broke: Take every measure to ensure safe and affordable water and health care for Flint residents in the short, medium, and long term.

2. Stop letting Nestlé profit from Michigan's water: Revoke Nestlé's permit immediately.

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Demand justice with the people of Flint

It's been four years since people in Flint first noticed something was wrong with the water coming from their taps. It was lead contamination, and they've been forced to rely on bottled water for years since.

You would think that ensuring people had access to our most essential resource would be Governor Snyder's highest priority. Instead he ended water aid to Flint just days after his administration granted Nestlé a permit to extract hundreds of millions of gallons of Michigan's water, practically for free.

Enough is enough. On the anniversary of the Flint lead crisis, we're joining our allies to send a message to Governor Snyder: water for Flint, not for Nestlé's profit.