On Thursday July 10th from 8:30 pm – 9:45 pm, folks from Detroit and all across SE Michigan will come together to “shed light” on the unjust water shut-offs in Detroit and stand alongside vigils and actions happening all across North America for the 1 year anniversary of the oil train derailment in Lac-Megantic that took the lives of 47 people. The same explosive Bakken oil trains are heading to MI and refineries in Detroit in the next few years unless we the people say otherwise.

Our Messages: Water is a Right & It's Time to Move Beyond Extreme Energy Extraction & Transportation that Destroys Communities!

Bring a candle and come spread some light with the Detroit Light Brigade(DLB) "Batlight" and Detroit Coalition Against Tar Sands(D-CATS). This event is in solidarity with residents of Detroit and those in Lac-Megantic, and being organized alongside grassroots activists across North America, and with ForestEthics, MI-CATS, 350.org, Oil Change International and the Sierra Club.

WHAT: The event is free and family friendly. You'll hear from some amazing young Detroit artists, learn about the Bakken oil fields from a resident D-CAT & MI-CAT, and learn about powerful work happening to halt the unjust water shutoffs plaguing families in Detroit. Photographers will be on site to capture moments throughout the evening and get the large DLB group photo.

WHY: In Detroit, up to 3k families a week are getting their water shut off because of late payments on their water bill. This is part of the attempt to privatize the water system and break apart families and communities. This is a human rights issue and the People's Water Board of Detroit are among those leading the way to halt the water shut-offs and address the real root issues.

At a time when the urgency for climate action is at its greatest in history, we cannot fall into the oil industry’s distracting debates on the ‘best methods’ to transport fossil fuels. As our movement has blocked climate-killing pipelines across North America, big oil has moved at an alarming rate to transport oil by rail. Yet despite dozens of oil train disasters, the oil industry is seeking to dramatically expand oil by rail in the US and in Canada.

Lac-Megantic’s struggle is a grim reminder to us all: Big Oil will stop at nothing to extract, transport, and burn every drop of oil in the ground. No matter the risk, no matter the cost to public health, safety, and the climate, the oil industry will jump at every opportunity to profit.

But now we say NO MORE. We the People Must Peacefully Rise!

No more exploding trains. No more tar sands. No more extraction. No more water shut-offs. No more reckless endangerment of our communities and our climate! Join our event on Thursday July 10th. RSVP HERE