ISAAC Family - Annual Meeting & 2023 Report
Join us as we hear about and celebrate the Beloved Community work of ISAAC!!!
Please invite other ISAAC Family Members from your Congregation/Organization!!!
ISAAC Virtual Fireside ChatIf you are interested in viewing Layla Saad's Virtual Fireside Chat with Elder King, participating
in a "me & white supremacy" book group or getting more involved with anti-racism work,
please email us: isaackalamazoo@gmail.com
For more information on this Speaker please visit www.pandelectures.com
Let's Vote - GOTV 2024 Videos
Tue. Sept. 10, 5:30pm – Douglass Community Association This event is open to the public and everyone is invited! Get information, register to vote, practice using the voting machines, and more! Please encourage first-time voters and those that don’t usually vote to attend! This is a NONPARTISAN event.
Votaciones Anticipadas – 27 de Julio al 4 de agosto! El Centro de Exposiciones de Kalamazoo es uno de los cuatro sitios para votar anticipadamente.
Your Vote Matters! Vote on Tuesday, August 6 or Vote Early! Please click the links below to hear from ISAAC Leadership Board & Family Team Members and Partners on the importance of voting. Elder King Rabbi Schicker Irving Quintero Kathy Hillman Ashante’ Collins Kaleb Beiter Michael Monroe [...]
Early Voting! Michigan voters can vote early and in person for the August 6th primary! Proposal 2, passed in 2022, guarantees 9 days of early, in-person voting for all state or federal elections. Any Kalamazoo County registered voter (except residents of Pavilion Township) may vote early from Saturday, July 27th until Sunday, August 4th [...]
Practicing connection, conflict and coordination: A series of three in-person workshops and monthly virtual practice sessions to support white people in embodied anti-racism practice. Each workshop will be focused on the themes of connection,conflict and coordination. In our time together will explore why connection, conflict and coordination are vital in our organizing work, how white supremacy culture disrupts our ability to [...]
In 2022 ISAAC, EL CONCILLIO, METROPOLITAN NAACP, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, DOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, PARENTS UNITED, HOPE THRU NAVIGATION, BLOCKS CLUB, TRHT KALAMAZOO, GVI and Partners came together to work collectively on Vote August 2 and Vote November 8! This committee worked hard to bring awareness, and deepen engagement in non-partisan elections work. ISAAC and [...]
Listen as ISAAC Family Members and Leaders share their ISAAC Story!
This is amazing! ISAAC donors gave over $14,000 to our Endowment Fund in 2022! A huge thank you to the Endowment Fund donors who put so much trust in our work together to build the Beloved Community. Your commitment and generosity have increased our fund value to more than $176,000 even after the stock market’s [...]
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.
In 2017 Ed Genesis created Poetic Justice, a monthly open-mic that was hosted/led by 5 local poets. He has performed as well as hosted several events such as the Black Arts Festival, the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival, and the National Day of Racial Healing.
Ed Genesis is Lead Mentor and head of community relations at Speak It Forward where he teaches youth at Lakeside Academy, Starr-Commonwealth, and the Kalamazoo County Juvenile home healing through music and art. In 2017, he started WE ACTIVE! a community organization aimed at fighting against mass incarceration and the school to prison pipeline. The organization was recognized by the State of Michigan and presented with a Special Tribute by Representative Jon Hoadley for its work on Criminal Justice Reform and Mass Incarceration in the Kalamazoo Community. Ed Genesis has been a panelist and featured speaker in Washington D.C., Chicago, and Milwaukee. He has and continues to collaborate with artists local to Kalamazoo, youth included, to create music to address social justice issues. In 2018 Ed Genesis joined Truth Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT). He leads the Racial Healing design team with a focus on healing justice and is also part of the Law Design Team.
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