Sunrise Alliance for Equity
Sunrise Alliance for Equity
Critical Events & Issues
Members of the Alpena Public School Board of Education, such as Monica Dziesinski and Eric Lawson, have been pushing to draft a new bathroom policy outlining which bathroom students must use, according to their birth certificate. There have been NO PROBLEMS or complaints about the current bathroom situation at APS. The Board of Education has been told by the Superintendent there is not a problem, dozens of staff members, parents, and even student council members have provided testimony to the Board of Education that there is not a problem and this policy would only create problems.
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This is bad policy, invasive to all students, and it is a direct violation of the civil rights laws of Michigan.
Fed up with their culture wars and crusade against our public school? Tell the APS Board of Education to listen to their own students, parents, staff, and Superintendent and stop pushing their political agenda.
Click on the link below and send emails to all members of the APS Board of Education, telling them to abolish a harmful and discriminatory bathroom policy. You may click in the box and put your name in the letter, which will go to all members of the Board of Education for APS. ​
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Nearly 23 million gallons of oil flow daily through two 71-year-old pipelines in the heart of the Great Lakes, just 1.5 miles west of the Mackinac Bridge. Constructed in 1953 during the Eisenhower administration, the two 20-inch-in-diameter “Line 5” crude oil pipelines owned by Canadian company Enbridge, Inc. lie exposed at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac, a busy shipping channel.
Several troubling factors have come together that cause grave concern:
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An anchor strike in 2018 from a ship in peril gashed and dented both underwater pipelines.
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Enbridge contractors severely damaged pipeline supports in 2019, but Enbridge safety measures missed the damage, which wasn't even discovered until June 2020. The pipeline was temporarily shut down to inspect the damage (subsequently reopened).
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Enbridge, Inc., the Canadian company that operates the pipeline, has a tarnished safety record. Its spills include the second-largest inland oil spill when Line 6B spilled 1.1 million gallons of tar sands bitumen into the Kalamazoo River in 2010.
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The contract between the pipeline company and the State of Michigan (the Easement) has ongoing compliance issues. Gov. Whitmer revoked the easement in 2021 because of eight known violations that make the pipeline dangerous.
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The age, location, and questionable condition of the pipeline.
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An increase in the volume and pressure of fluids moving through the pipelines
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There is a lack of transparency about safety inspections and what petroleum products are being transported through Line 5 in the Great Lakes.
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The lack of proactive regulatory environments in Michigan and at the federal level.
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University of Michigan scientists modeled the currents in the Straits of Mackinac and called it "the worst possible place for an oil spill in the Great Lakes."
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Line 5 is a shortcut for Canada's benefit, with less than 5 to 10% of the product used in Michigan.
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Scientists warn that we have less than ten years to reduce carbon emissions by half or face dire consequences from a dangerously overheating climate. Moving away from dirty fuels like the ones carried by Line 5 is even more urgent.
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Thank you Oil and Water Don't Mix!
