EARTH DAY 2020 - 50th Anniversary: Movie Screening & Discussion of "Flint - The Poisoning of an American City"
"Access to safe drinkable water is a basic and universal human right." - LAUDATO SI' 30
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“Flint: The Poisoning of an American City” traces the timeline of the city’s interaction with the Flint River – from the continued abuse and neglect of both city infrastructure and environmental regulations, to subsequent population decline, through to Michigan’s 2013 appointing of outside emergency managers. This poisonous mix of factors created a crisis which has gone on for five years, resulting in record high levels of lead in the drinking water of the city.
The film intersperses first-person accounts of area residents (including parents, social workers, educators, pastors, and experts on water and health) with testimony at congressional and other oversight committee hearings to demonstrate how 100,000 people have been poisoned by lead, an irreversible affliction. No timeline exists for the remediation of the situation.
Join the Creation Care Team on Earth Day to discuss the ethical issues and themes found in Laudato Si' tied to the negation of a basic human right to safe drinking water. Click here for the trailer.
- When: Wednesday, April 22, 2020
- Time: 4pm - 6pm
- Join In: If you are interested, please email Phil Downey phildowney.jr@gmail.com and Simone Seym at simone.seym@gmail.com to join our EARTH DAY Special via Zoom.
- Creation Care Team: Learn more about our parish Team, visit here.