Episode 2.5 - Monica Lewis-Patrick

Climate Changemakers is back for Season 2! And this year, hosts Damon and Kiss are reaching beyond Illinois and talking with environmental justice movement workers from across the land about what ideas guide their work, which strategies have been effective, and what advice they have for Elevate as the organization works to put people and the planet first in the fight to build equity through climate action. On Episode 5, Dame and Kiss head east to talk Detroit with the inimitable Monica Lewis-Patrick. Known as the "Water Warrior," Monica is the cofounder of We The People Detroit, a community-based grassroots organization aiming to inform, educate, and empower Detroit residents on imperative issues surrounding civil rights, land, water, education, and the democratic process. She talks about the links between water access and austerity, the gender-based violence of water shutoffs, the regional coalition of water organizing across the Great Lakes, how her mother called her to action, and much more. SHOW NOTES Support We The People Detroit - https://www.wethepeopleofdetroit.com Gloria House - https://snccdigital.org/people/gloria-house/ Rev. Dr. JoAnne Watson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoAnn_Watson ALEC - https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed Charity Hicks - https://www.onthecommons.org/magazine/commoner/remembering-charity-hicks Prof. Gwen Winston - https://anchor.fm/onesongplaylist/episodes/Monica-Lewis-Patrick--Gwen-Winston-Motown-Matriarchs-Part-1-e10jmdk We the Youth Detroit - https://www.wethepeopleofdetroit.com/youth-leaders The New “Water Barons”: Wall Street Mega-Banks are Buying up the World’s Water - https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-new-water-barons-wall-street-mega-banks-are-buying-up-the-worlds-water/5383274 Water Shutoffs During COVID-19 and Black Lives: Case Study Detroit -https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/env.2020.0064#.YPwWWm4u4S8.facebook Clean Water and Reproductive Justice - https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/repro/clean-water-and-reproductive-justice.pdf Water insecurity and psychosocial distress: case study of the Detroit water shutoffs - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32930795/