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Women’s rights rally promotes solidarity Gathering initially created in response to Return of Kings meet-up ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes pictures with churchgoers after speaking at the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church in Flint on Sunday.
Clinton visits state to attend Flint community meeting Presidential hopeful discusses water crisis By LYDIA MURRAY Daily Staff Reporter
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton visited Flint on Sunday to attend a community meeting with Flint Mayor
Karen Weaver. During remarks at the meeting, Clinton discussed her support for the Flint community amid the city’s water crisis and federal states of emergency. The Flint water crisis began in April 2014 when the city switched from Detroit city water to Flint River water. In the weeks and months following the switch, citizens began reporting adverse health effects, but the city didb’t return to Detroit water until Oct.
2015. Clinton’s visit follows her mention of the Flint water crisis in the last two Democratic debates and on the campaign trail. Additionally, the visit came just two days before the New Hampshire primary, where Clinton trails Bernie Sanders by 20 points, according to a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. Clinton’s appearance was preceded by a sermon by Pastor
Kenneth L. Stewart in the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church where the meeting was held, in which he encouraged patrons to wait for God’s assistance in the crisis. Clinton discussed the need for both immediate action in the form of infrastructure improvements and long-term monitoring and care for the affected children. Lead exposure in young See CLINTON, Page 3A
Nearly 100 protesters gathered in the Diag Saturday night to attend a rally for women’s rights awareness in response to a proposed meet-up of selfproclaimed men’s rights group Return of Kings in downtown Ann Arbor. The protest carried on despite the event’s cancellation late last week. LSA sophomore Susanna Wang created the rally’s Facebook event protesting ROK’s meet-ups, which turned into a community effort to address women’s rights and issues including reproductive health, sexism on campus and discrimination against sexuality. Both city organizers and students said their aim was to frame the
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CDC advice on drinking faces heavy backlash Agency says sexually active women not on birth control should avoid alcohol By KATIE PENROD Daily News Editor
On Tuesday, the Center for Disease Control released a statement recommending that sexually active women who are not on birth control should refrain from drinking alcohol. Since the statement’s release, the CDC has received harsh backlash from women citing the recommendation as antiquated and extreme. During pregnancy, if women consume alcohol, they are at risk of giving their newborns fetal alcohol syndrome. This syndrome can encompass symptoms such as learning disabilities and heart defects. Women’s Studies Prof. Joanne Motino Bailey, director of the Nurse Midwifery Service at the University, said she
thought that while there is some merit to the CDC’s recommendation, the way it was released assumed a lot about sexually active women. “I have no idea what their tactic is in this very broad, farreaching justification,” she said. “I think it would be totally appropriate for women who are planning a pregnancy to avoid alcohol; that makes complete sense. But this broad-arching idea, assuming women are having sex with men, is making men’s responsibility not even considered.” LSA senior Stephanie Mecham, director of circle engagement for Lean In at the University, echoed Bailey’s sentiments, saying that the CDC’s statement leaves out certain subsets of women and leads to questionable assumptions about who is sexually active and in what way. “I think it’s really problematic because it definitely excludes a lot of people. It excludes a lot of people who identify as queer or lesbian and people who are See CDC, Page 3A
rally positively — as a show of feminism and solidarity — rather than an angry reaction to the proposed meet-up. One of the event’s organizers, Lauren Ashley, a Hazel Park resident, said the interest the event garnered on Facebook moved her to alter its message. “When we found out over 600 people were interested in coming … we wanted to turn this into something good and focus on the positive,” Ashley said. “Instead of focusing all of our energy and resources on these awful men, we wanted to celebrate women instead.” ROK gained national attention on social media last week after announcing “international tribal meetups” for members. The group, led by founder Roosh Valizadeh, is infamous for advocating agendas such as the legalization of rape on private property and genderbased subjugation. The University’s Department of Public Safety and Security and the Ann Arbor Police Department said See RALLY, Page 3A
Conference looks at need for diversity in business Keynote speaker discusses link between work and social movements By EMILY ROBERTS
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Justin Idleburg of St. Louis unloads donations of water at a “water tailgate” outside Flint City Hall on Saturday. The “water tailgate” was part of the effort manifested in the tri-campus summit to resolve the Flint water crisis.
Tri-campus summit aims to foster student organizing Over 50 from Flint, Dearborn and Ann Arbor discuss implementing change By LARA MOEHLMAN Daily Staff Reporter
Members of the University community gathered at the University’s Flint campus Saturday morning for the inaugural TriCampus Community Engagement
Summit, where students from the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint communities came together to explore issues including rights of campus workers, community organizing, body image and refugee support. The event, which drew roughly 50 students, was centered around the theme of social justice and the University’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. symposium: #WhoWillBeNext. The day’s workshops and activities were entirely studentrun, a product of planning and preparation from a cross-campus
committee of student leaders. In her opening address to students, Susan Borrego, chancellor of the University’s Flint campus, said though the meeting was held in Flint due to a scheduling conflict, the relocation was ultimately a valuable opportunity for students to engage in community networking within the context of the city’s current water contamination crisis. “It couldn’t be a more important moment in the life of this community,” Borrego said, addSee FLINT, Page 3A
As part of the 40th Annual Alfred L. Edwards Conference and Celebration, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, scholar, social activist, author and reverend, gave the keynote address to a crowd in the Ross School of Business Friday evening. Lecture attendees included current Business students, potential students, alumni and guests. Dyson’s talk covered a wide range — he jumped from sharing an anecdote about receiving a call from O.J. Simpson to discussing the significance of race in professional athletes’ reputations, dropping names like Cam Newton and Serena Williams, to political responsibility in Flint, Michigan. His stories were often punctuated with bits of humor and song — from belting a line from Adele’s “Hello” See CONFERENCE, Page 3A
State Supremacy Michigan State routed Michigan at Crisler Center on Saturday
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