ISAAC
Wendy Flora
“Abandoned at birth by a father who didn’t want me. Visions of my mother being beaten still haunt me. But I broke my mother’s heart. I was delinquent. It was frequent,” recited Michael Wilder, telling his story and calling for action against youth violence at the Issues Convention. Venessa Collins-Smith also shared her story about the pain and violence that she endured growing up. She explained that she wanted to fight back with more violence but a voice inside stopped her from doing so. ISAAC voted to continue the work of the ISAAC Youth Violence Prevention task force. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, October 27 at 6 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Join us!
Ed Genesis is an artist, poet, musician, organizer, entrepreneur, and community leader. Born and raised in Gary, Indiana and moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan permanently in his early 20’s, his love of art/music, his passion for his people and community, and his gift of creativity are evident in all areas of his work. In October 2018 Ed Genesis released a song to accompany the campaign he was working on around school push out, entitled Junior High, which was distributed nationwide including on his own iHeart radio station, Spotify, and iTunes.