E-M:/ Seminar: Access to Clean and Affordable Water

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:

Friday, August 31, 2007 Melissa Damaschke, Sierra Club Organizer

Office (248) 549-6213

Cell (248) 990-1688

Lynn Kaucheck, Clean Water Action Organizer

Cell (586) 556-8805

Sierra Club & Clean Water Action Host

Brown Bag Lunch Seminar

Topic: Access to Clean and Affordable Water

Rochester and Waterford, MI —Sierra Club and Clean Water Action believe that all citizens have a right to safe, clean, and affordable water. However, that is not the case in Michigan. Marian Kramer from Michigan Welfare Rights will discuss how Michigan families are having their water shut-off every day.

Participants are encouraged to bring their personal lunches to the presentation in Waterford. In Rochester, participants have the option to order their lunches from Mr. B’s Food & Spirits.

WHAT: Brown Bag Lunch Seminar

WHO: Marian Kramer, Michigan Welfare Rights

Melissa Damaschke, Sierra Club Organizer

Lynna Kaucheck, Clean Water Action Organizer

WHEN: Waterford = Wednesday, September 5 from 12 to 1pm

Rochester = Wednesday, September 19 from 12 to 1pm

WHERE: Waterford = Warming House Pavilion (5050 Civic Center Drive; Waterford)

Rochester = Mr. B’s Food & Spirits (423 South Main Street; Rochester)

FUTURE BROWN BAG LUNCH SEMINAR:

October Topic = Environmental Health (Clean Water Action)

Waterford = Wednesday, October 3 from 12 to 1pm (Warming House Pavilion)

Rochester = Wednesday, October 17 from 12 to 1pm (Mr. B’s Food & Spirits)

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Melissa Damaschke

Sierra Club Conservation Organizer

1723 West Fourteen Mile Road

Royal Oak, MI 48073

Phone: (248) 549-6213

Website: www.sierraclub.org/community/oakland

Together, we will keep the Great Lakes GREAT!