Published in ZORA·Oct 7, 2019Member-onlyBlack Women Are Leading the Charge in the Fight for Clean Water in NewarkThis New Jersey city’s water crisis is an emergency akin to that of Flint, Michigan, with poor, Black people its main victims — In 2016, when Shakima Thomas first found out that the water was being shutdown in 30 Newark schools, her mind raced through a set of nerve-wracking possibilities. Immediately, she thought back to her own memories of grade school days as a kid at Dayton Street Elementary School in the South…Water12 min readWater12 min read
