2014 | Detroit Environmental Agenda
Together, we can define Detroit’s moment of possibility. History has brought us to a moment where Detroit faces tremendous economic, social and environmental challenges — low graduation rates, high unemployment, asthma and lead poisoning rates higher than state or national averages, and the list goes on. We’re ready to face those challenges and are actively writing a different kind of list — one full of hope, promise and equity.
We’re united for healthy communities and a Detroit that is fully alive! Detroit’s leading environmental and social justice voices have combined efforts to provide information critical to our city’s health and, most importantly, how health can be shared among our most vulnerable populations. In the following documents, we share: 1) where we are and where we need to be and 2) what our current mayoral and city council candidates say about how they would get us there. [...]