Cher is doing her part to help out the people of Flint as they continue to deal with city’s water crisis.
Flint has been struggling with a crisis since 2014. It recently came to light that the Flint’s drinking water has suffered from severe contamination when officials began siphoning river water into the drinking supply to save money. Since the river water was untreated, it breeded lead contamination as metal from pipes leached into the water.
President Barack Obama has intervened by sending federal aid to Flint in hopes of cleaning up the water supply. But until things have been cleared up, The Detroit Free Press reports that Cher is helping out by sending bottles of clean water.
“This is a tragedy of staggering proportion and shocking that it’s happening in the middle of our country,” Cher told the Associated Press.
Now more than 180,000 bottles of water are being shipped to Flint courtesy of Cher and water company Icelandic Glacial, which pledged to double her donation. The Free Press reports that the bottles should be arriving starting Wednesday.
SOURCE: The Detroit Free Press | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty
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Black in America is much harder than it ought to be. And yet in the same breath, 2015 was a year of Black joy during which our culture dominated not only in our lives, but in the mainstream consciousness. From
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Cosby Ebony cover, our brilliance helped to push the conversation, affirm our greatness, make history and most important, make us laugh.
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1. Top Black Pop Culture Moments Of 2015: Viola Davis Wins an Emmy for HTGWM
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2. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: Misty Copeland’s “I Will, What I Want” Commercial
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3. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: Zendaya and Amandla Read The Girls For Filth
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4. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: The Year of The Black Cover Girl
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5. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: Common and John Legend at the Oscars
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6. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: “Black-ish”’s ‘N-Word’ Episode
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7. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: Cicely Tyson Scratching Viola Davis’ Scalp on ‘HTGAWM’
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8. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: Tristan Wilds in the Adele Video
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9. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: Grace Jones’ AfroPunk Performance
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10. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: Beyonce’s Met Gala Dress
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11. Top Black Pop Culture Moments Of 2015: The Throning of Queen Serena
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12. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: Missy Elliot’s Super Bowl Halftime Performance
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13. Top Black Pop Culture Moments of 2015: That Bill Cosby ‘EBONY’ Cover
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14. Top Black Pop Culture Moments Of 2015: Dem Patty Pies
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15. Top Black Pop Culture Moments Of 2015: The Rise of ‘Empire’
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16. Top Black Pop Culture Moments Of 2015: Drake Demolishes the Internet
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17. Top Black Pop Culture Moments Of 2015: “Miley, What’s Good?”
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18. Top Black Pop Culture Moments Of 2015: The Black Brilliance of ‘The Wiz’ Live
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19. Top Black Pop Culture Moments Of 2015: Ava DuVernay’s Barbie Sells Out in 17 Minutes
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20. Top Black Pop Culture Moments Of 2015: John Boyega Stays Drinking White Tears
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21. Top Black Pop Culture Moments Of 2015: Everything Black Twitter Did
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22. Worst Moments In Pop Culture Moments Of 2015
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