MEDIA ADVISORY
Demonstration against Expansion of Hazardous Waste Plant on Hamtramck and Detroit Border/ Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 10:00 AM.
DETROIT — State Reps. Isaac Robinson (D-Detroit), Tyrone Carter (D-Detroit), Cynthia A. Johnson (D-Detroit) and Wayne County Commissioner Jewel Ware will join local residents at a march organized by the Coalition to Oppose the Expansion of U.S. Ecology on Saturday, June 29, beginning at 10 a.m. at Dequindre Cut where Wilkins St. and Orleans St. Meet. The march will continue through Eastern Market. U.S. Ecology Hazardous Waste Treatment and Storage Facility announced plans for a large expansion of its Georgia Street location on the border of Detroit and Hamtramck. The permit for the expansion has been delayed due to the opposition of residents and community activists. This demonstration is a continuation of residents’ opposition to the expansion of the facility. Members of the public are encouraged to attend.
WHO: State Reps. Isaac Robinson, Tyrone Carter and Cynthia A. Johnson; Wayne County Commissioner Jewel Ware, Coalition to Oppose the Expansion of US Ecology, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, Hamtramck Community Initiative, Georgia Street Community Collective, YAPAC, Detroit Peoples’ Water Board; Nayeem Leon Choudhury, Alliance of South Asian American Labor (ASAAL); Arif Huskic, Common Word Alliance; Kianga Moore, the Piast Institute; Dr. Nazmul Hassan (Shahin), MI-BADC; Michigan Sierra Club; Ban Fracking Michigan and Imad Hamad, Executive Director of the American Human Rights Council (AHRC).
WHERE: Beginning at Dequindre Cut where Wilkins St. and Orleans St. meet.
WHEN: Saturday, June 29, beginning at 10 a.m.
For more information Contact: Rep. Isaac Robinson at: (313) 739-5093
From The Detroit News:
Group rallies against expansion of waste facility near Detroit-Hamtramck border
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/06/29/group-rallies-against-expansion-waste-facility-near-detroit-hamtramck-border/1607128001/
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