Monica Lewis-Patrick
Detroit, MI
Monica is an educator, entrepreneur, and human rights activist/advocate. Along with the other four founders of We the People of Detroit (WPD), she, with the leadership of volunteers and community experts, placed herself and We the People at the forefront of the water justice struggle in Michigan, across the country and globally. Lewis-Patrick is known throughout the environmental justice community as “The Water Warrior.” She is actively engaged in the struggle for access to safe, affordable water for all under-resourced communities.