💧Here is Sonali Menezes’ design for the 2023 Steal This Poster Exchange! Thank you, @sonaleeeeeee !💧 “When I was in high school, I was passionate about eliminating the sale of one time use plastic water bottles in the school board. Our goal was to replace coca cola vending machines with water fountains connected to public water. At the time I was concerned about the impact on the environment and our landfills filling up with plastic. As I read to help build the campaign, I came across the phrase ‘people before profits’ and the concept of water privatization thanks to activists like Maude Barlow. My sixteen year old eyes were opened to the reality of this terrible system we live under called capitalism that allowed corporations to steal our water and sell it back to us at a profit. Students rallied, held actions, made art, and pressured the adults making decisions around us and water bottle sales ended in the school board. When I returned to my high school a year after graduating, t...