Mari Copeny

Mari Copeny

Born on July 6, 2007, in Flint, Michigan.  At the age of 8 she became an an activist at her home town Flint, Michigan. Which she has been fighting a life-threatening water crisis since April 2014. Mari Copeny wrote a letter to President Barack Obama, challenging him to come to her hometown and bear witness to the crisis she and her community faced. She is known for being a young activist and a proof that you’re never too young to be an activist. She said that lots of children like her are getting sick because of the high level of bacteria in their water. Seven months later President Barack Obama funded $100 million to repair Flint’s water system. She has sent out more than over 700,000 water bottles to local families.  Mari says that she believes that skills she’s been developing are getting her ready for the presidency that she has been planning to seek in 2044. The event was very successful and Mari helped over 1,000 Flints student and help them go back to school with the enough supplies they needed.