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Protecting Detroit's Water: Rally at the Capitol

Lansing, MI - Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Boarding Busses headed for Michigan's State Capitol at the Northwest Activities Center in Detroit, Metro Detroit residents prepare for a day of protest to defend their public water system, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Increasingly, the current trend, across the globe, has been for multinational corporations to take control of public water resources. As a basic element to survive, these corporations see the benefit of controlling such a vital resource. Limitless profits. These citizens along, with others around the world, are speaking out against these corporations and the focus on profit over the rights of people and their communities.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Detroit resident Thelma McQueen, waits to board a bus to Lansing, MI. Wednesday morning at the Northwest Activities Center in Detroit. McQueen and nearly 300 fellow protestors headed for Michigan's State Capitol to rally against the privatization of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Protestors board school busses at the Northwest Activities Center in Detroit Wednesday morning.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Protestors arrive at the Capitol steps in Lansing and gather to listen to speakers at the rally.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Speaking out against the proposed privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department protestors gathered on the steps of Michigan's State Capital Building Wednesday afternoon in Lansing.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Detroit City Council member JoAnn Watson addresses the crowd of 300 protestors on the steps of the Michigan Capitol Wednesday afternoon. She, along with Senator Virgil K. Smith Jr. (D-Detroit) (right), speak against the proposed privatization of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Faith, Detroit resident, holds her protest sign during the rally in Lansing Wednesday.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

A number of local groups from the Detroit Metro area joined forces to protest in Lansing Wednesday against privatizing the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Senator Virgil K. Smith Jr. (D-Detroit), rallies the a crowd of protestors at the State Capitol.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Senator Smith listens as others address the rally at the Capitol. Born and raised in Detroit, the Smith, served for three consecutive terms as a Representative in the Michigan House of Representatives before being elected to the Michigan Senate.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

A coalition of groups from the Detroit Metro Area made up the 300 protestors attending the rally in Lansing Wednesday.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Russ Bellant, member of the Keep the Vote/No Takeover Coalition, tells the crowd the history of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department and the surrounding suburbs plan to take it over.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

A protestor's opinion about the effects of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's budget plan.

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Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Rally at Michigan's State Capital against the privatization of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

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