The article covers President Obama’s visit to Flint and discusses the various government efforts to replace the city’s water pipes, but Maya Rockeymoore, CGPS President and CEO, makes the point that that is not sufficient.
“People of color were disproportionately harmed, because they had an infrastructure that was older and more decrepit, because the water caused more leaching in those pipes. We know that those households were disproportionately black, brown and low-income,” Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, head of the Center for Global Policy Solutions think tank.
She’s been advocating for a joint federal and state relief fund for Flint residents in the aftermath of the contamination.
“What we’re looking for is a comprehensive response that includes a 9/11-style compensation fund to help restore some semblance of normalcy to the residents of Flint,” she said. “It would actually provide direct compensation to the residents of Flint who have been harmed by the malfeasance of state decision makers but also by the neglect of federal decision makers who have failed to invest in the nation’s infrastructure.”
This is the letter that requests the compensation fund for those affected by the Flint water crisis.
