If you told me five years ago that millions around the world would know who I was and that I would have made a impact, I would not have believed you. But that did not happen in Flint, and those lies and cover ups cost my community. It’s also those in power's job to tell the truth. After all, when you’re a kid and something bad happens, it’s those in power’s job to actually step up and fix it-and fix it fast. If you told me five years ago that Flint would not be fixed, I would not have believed you. Here, Copeny looks back on the crisis, the work she's done, and where we are now. This month marks five years since the water crisis began, and still, some residents don't trust the city's water supply. And Copeny has continued to focus on her activism, handing out hundreds of thousands of water bottles to families, becoming a Women's March Youth Ambassador, and donating backpacks and school supplies to children in Flint.
Obama responded to Copeny and ended up visiting the city, and he later signed off on $100 million to help repair Flint's water system. At the time, the city was in the midst of a water crisis residents had been exposed to contaminated water that was poisoning the community and killed 12 people. When she was just eight years old, Mari Copeny, otherwise known as "Little Miss Flint," wrote to President Barack Obama asking if he would come meet with her and other citizens of Flint, Michigan.
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