ISAAC
October 25th was our 2022 Public Meeting and the 20th Anniversary of the ISAAC Covenant Celebration held by our founding congregations in the fall of 2002. You can watch the entire video below or you can choose specific sections–each part is inspiring!
Please note some respondents may have used on-screen emojis to commit to an ask and those may not be captured below.
These are personal commitments (not deliberations) given before the Public Meeting. Elected Officials have the option to accept or not.
Link to YouTube video of Oct. 25 ISAAC Public Meeting:
Public Meeting 2022 Agenda
6:30pm – Recordings: Voting, Sponsors & Slide Show 0:00
7:05pm – 20th Anniversary Reading 34:55
7:10pm – Opening, Beloved Community Quote and ISAAC Member Congregations and Organizations 41:18
7:16pm – Welcome to Public Officials, Leaders and Community 46:35
7:19pm – Public Meeting Purpose Statement & Task Force Presentations 47:58
7:25pm – Gun Violence Prevention Presentation & Asks 52:12
7:40pm – Anti-Racism Task Force Presentation & Asks 1:17:22
7:55pm – Housing Task Force Task Force Presentation & Asks 1:53:22
8:10pm –Voting November 8 2:25:13
8:19pm – Closing Song and Words 2:27:09
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.