{"id":12094,"date":"2014-12-09T13:49:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=12094"},"modified":"2014-12-09T13:49:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T13:49:05","slug":"atpeace-makita-the-detroit-water-brigade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=12094","title":{"rendered":"Atpeace Makita, The Detroit Water Brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Noel Mc Guinness talks to Atpeace Makita from Detroit. Atpeace is a member of the Detroit Water Brigade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They are a volunteer-led alliance of compassionate citizens of Detroit and their international allies working to bring emergency relief to families facing water shut offs while advocating for an income-based\u00a0<a class=\"fancybox-iframe\" style=\"color: #0f75bd;\" href=\"http:\/\/mwro.org\/water_affordability_program.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Water Affordability Plan<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in Detroit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They deliver bottled water, water coolers, jugs, rainwater catchment barrels, filters, and other supplies to families. Supplies are donated to their various\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0f75bd;\" href=\"http:\/\/detroitwaterbrigade.org\/find-water-map\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Water Stations<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or their central hub at 1514 Washington Blvd downtown from their\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0f75bd;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/registry\/wedding\/1H3ZZPKTLGZYL\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">online registry<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They believe that\u00a0<em>water is a human right<\/em>. They work towards a Water Affordability Plan for all. The plan, created by Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and others, caps your utility payment at 2.5% of monthly income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can get more information about the Detroit Water Brigade<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/detroitwaterbrigade.org\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_708\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/AtpeaceMakita.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('708','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/AtpeaceMakita.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/AtpeaceMakita.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=12094-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/AtpeaceMakita.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AtpeaceMakita.mp3\">Download<\/a> (14.3MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noel Mc Guinness talks to Atpeace Makita from Detroit. Atpeace is a member of the Detroit Water Brigade. They are a volunteer-led alliance of compassionate citizens of Detroit and their international allies working to bring emergency relief to families facing water shut offs while advocating for an income-based\u00a0Water Affordability Plan\u00a0in Detroit. They deliver bottled water, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_709\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/AtpeaceMakita.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('709','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/AtpeaceMakita.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/AtpeaceMakita.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=12094-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/AtpeaceMakita.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AtpeaceMakita.mp3\">Download<\/a> (14.3MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[330,894,2205,2239],"class_list":["post-12094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northside-today","tag-atpeace-makita","tag-detroit-water-brigade","tag-noel-mcguinness","tag-northside-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}