[OBupdates] Beat Racism, Stop Poverty, Save FLINT'S Children

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What
if poverty was declared an emergency?

The mayor of Flint, Michigan – the birthplace of General Motors and the
famous UAW sit-down strikes – is doing just that. She's declared a
*"Manmade* State of Emergency" in her town after years of
under-funding, divestment and imposed leadership over her city finally
brought the city to a crisis moment: thousands of poor kids are being
lead-poisoned by water that was never supposed to be pumped into their
homes from a polluted local river.

Last month, Mayor Karen Weaver
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defeated the incumbent Mayor who aided the state in poisoning these kids by
running on a simple platform: if elected, she would call for a state of
emergency in the city and request federal funds to bring livable conditions
back to her city. *She was elected, and now she's doing just that. And she
needs our help* to get the people in power to listen to her overwhelmingly
low-income and black city:

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Let's amplify the voices of Flint and make sure President Obama, Congress
and all of the upcoming presidential candidates hear this message: *poverty
is the real national emergency we face today and you can't ignore it any
longer!*

And keep fighting,

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"Our goal is a society that prioritizes the needs of all before the profits
of the few." passed by Occupy Boston General Assembly 11/29/11
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