Little Miss Flint, Amariyanna Copeny, recently went viral after meeting presidential candidate Donald Trump.
A side-by-side comparison of her encounter with the candidate alongside that of her encounter with President Obama swiftly took social media by storm.
WANT MORE FROM ESSENCE? Subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest in hair, beauty, style and celebrity news.
Proof that children can sense evil…#LittleMissFlint pic.twitter.com/JSs6ugere5
— SheTweetsTruth (@MsElectLadyKim) September 16, 2016
In response to the photo, Copeny sends out this message: “If you can share the #trump photo, you can help me raise awareness of the #FlintWaterCrisis #LittleMissFlint #Flint”
if you can share the #trump photo you can help me raise awareness on the #FlintWaterCrisis #LittleMissFlint #Flint pic.twitter.com/ZHveArWFHt
— Little Miss Flint (@LoveMeLuLu22) September 17, 2016
Until we got a really good shower filter this is how we got to enjoy baths #Flint #LittleMissFlint pic.twitter.com/2AP55Q2M25
— Little Miss Flint (@LoveMeLuLu22) September 17, 2016
“More needs to be done to ensure everyone has access to safe water – as well as the trust and confidence that their water is safe, a guarantee that most every other community in America has assumed for decades,” said Pastor Allen Overton, a leader of the Concerned Pastors for Social Action, to the National Resources Defense Council.
“That is still a long way off in Flint.”