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Make your voice heard! Save Your Representation! County Commission Districts are about to be set in stone for 10 YEARS! Plans are to eliminate two County Commissioners--perhaps the ones you count on to represent you!

Decisions are happening NOW.


Save My Representation! Or Enter the personalized “subject” for your email:
Dear Apportionment Commission Members (County Clerk Meredith Place, County Treasurer Thomas Whitener, Prosecutor Jeff Getting, Republican Party County Chair Scott McGraw and Democratic Party County Chair Mariah Phelps),
My name is
and I have lived in
for the past


years.
I identify as
My Kalamazoo County District is
and/or I work in Kalamazoo County.
Representation is important! We need
Kalamazoo County Commissioners because,
I am writing to convey my disappointment with four Commission Members voting to reduce our Kalamazoo County Commission Representation from eleven (11) County Commissioners to nine (9) County Commissioners.
I am also concerned about a reduction in our representations as it will result in
I want to also ask that you increase accessibility by adding a recording line so that all community members have equitable access to offering public comments for upcoming apportionment commission meetings. Especially since you voted to move upcoming meeting times from 5pm to 1pm. Many community members will be at work during this new time. Inclusive community voices are important to this process because
While you are working hard to draw up potential maps that will be placed on the website for the community members to view ahead of your next meeting, please include maps for nine (9) districts, maps for eleven (11) districts and maps for thirteen (13) districts. It is important to offer maps for these various numbers of districts and not just nine (9) districts because
Thank you for your transparency, open minds, open hearts, keeping anti-racism and equity at the center of all decisions, and listening ears to community voices. Especially our Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) community members who are greatly impacted by our current Kalamazoo County disparities.
We honor the work you are doing is not easy. Thank you. We ask that you please do this work in collaboration with us as community members. We look forward to viewing diverse maps via the Kalamazoo County website and providing community feedback prior to your next meeting.
Sincerely,
Your Constituent

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Llamada de acción: ¡Haz que se escuche tu voz! ¡Salva a tu representación! ¡Los Distritos de la Comisión del Condado están a punto de ser grabados en piedra por los siguientes 10 AÑOS! Los planes eliminan a dos comisionados del condado, ¡quizás con los que cuentas para tu representación!

Las decisiones están sucediendo AHORA.

¡Guarde mi representación! O ingrese el "asunto" personalizado para su correo electrónico:
Estimados miembros del Comité de Reparto (secretaria del condado Meredith Place, tesorero del condado Thomas Whitener, fiscal Jeff Getting, El presidente del condado del Partido Republicano, Scott McGraw, y la presidenta del condado del Partido Demócrata, Mariah Phelps),
Mi nombre es
y ​​he vivido en
durante los últimos


años.
Me identifico como
Mi distrito del condado de Kalamazoo es el
y ​​/ o trabajo en el condado de Kalamazoo.
¡La representación es importante! Necesitamos
Comisionados para el Condado de Kalamazoo porque
Le escribo para transmitir mi decepción con cuatro miembros del Comité que votaron para reducir nuestra Representación de la Comisión del Condado de Kalamazoo de once (11) Comisionados del Condado a nueve (9) Comisionados del Condado. También me preocupa una reducción en nuestras representaciones, ya que resultará en
También quiero pedirles que aumenten la accesibilidad agregando una línea de grabación para que todos los miembros de la comunidad tengan acceso equitativo para ofrecer comentarios públicos para las próximas reuniones del comité de distribución. Sobre todo porque votaron a favor de cambiar los horarios de las próximas reuniones de las 5 p.m. a la 1 p.m. Muchos miembros de la comunidad estarán trabajando durante este nuevo tiempo. Las voces de una comunidad inclusiva son importantes para este proceso porque
Mientras trabajan arduamente para elaborar mapas potenciales que se colocarán en el sitio web para la observación de los miembros de la comunidad antes de su próxima reunión, incluyan mapas de nueve (9) distritos, mapas de once (11) distritos y mapas de trece (13) distritos. Es importante ofrecer mapas para estos diversos números de distritos y no solo nueve (9) distritos porque
Gracias por su transparencia, mentes abiertas, corazones abiertos, por mantener el antirracismo y la equidad en el centro de todas las decisiones y por escuchar las voces de la comunidad. Especialmente nuestros miembros de la comunidad morena, indígenas y de color (BIPOC, por sus siglas en inglés) que se ven muy afectados por las disparidades actuales del condado de Kalamazoo.
Honramos el trabajo que están haciendo no es fácil. Gracias. Les pedimos que hagan este trabajo en colaboración con nosotros como miembros de la comunidad. Esperamos ver diversos mapas a través del sitio web del condado de Kalamazoo y brindar comentarios de la comunidad antes de su próxima reunión.
Atentamente,
Tu Constituyente

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To do justice and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
" - Micah 6:8

 

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    Ed Genesis Bio

    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.