Defend Black Voters Coalition to utilities: Offer ‘accountability for outages’

The Defend Black Voters Coalition on Tuesday launched an effort against the “abuse of our democracy” by utilities DTE and Consumers Energy.

The group — which includes social action nonprofits Detroit Action, MOSES Action, Michigan People’s Campaign, Mothering Justice Action Fund, Emergent Justice, Color of Change and Community Change Action — announced its “Taking Back Our Power Campaign” during a virtual news conference. 

Ponsella Hardaway, executive director of Metropolitan Organizing Strategy for Enabling Strength, commonly known as MOSES Action, and co-chair of the coalition called for state residents to “back our power – not just our electric power, but our political power.”