Meet Sheila Takyi, Office Manager at ISAAC

Sheila was born and raised in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Upon graduation from High School in 1988, she attended Grambling State University in hopes of pursuing a nursing degree, but soon realized the medical field wasn’t her calling.

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Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Bios

Meet Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Coordinator, Michael Wilder My name is Michael Wilder, I was born and raised in Chicago and I am the Group Violence Intervention Coordinator for The City of Kalamazoo. I did not start out with such a prestigious title. Try Career Criminal! Three trips to prison. My future was as bleak […]

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Prayer for a Pandemic

May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake. May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable. May we who have the luxury of working from home remember those who must choose between preserving their health or making their rent. May we who have the flexibility to care […]

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A message from our ISAAC President and Executive Director

Dear ISAAC Family, We pray for and send you love, peace, health and wellness to you and yours and all individuals around the world. We would like you to know that St. Luke’s as with many congregations, organizations, businesses and locations, for the safety of our community, will be closed to in person services and […]

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Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Street Outreach Dinner

Sending a special thank you to our Awesome Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Coordinator Michael Wilder for building our GVI Street Outreach Team, with Phenomenal Community Members, with powerful testimonies. Our new Street Outreach Workers are vital and valued Team Members for Group Violence Reduction and are already working tirelessly for our community. We had a […]

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Leadership Board’s StrengthsFinder Workshop

ISAAC would like to send heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Pat Stromsta, VP for Leadership Development, for her facilitation of our Leadership Board’s StrengthsFinder Workshop (this meeting happened pre-covid19 social distancing). This was truly a wonderful opportunity for us to explore our strengths and natural talents together, while better positioning us to use our gifts for […]

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Gun Violence Prevention Task Force

In light of ISAAC meeting cancellations and stay-at-home orders, The Gun Violence Task Force is going to keep highlighting awareness of gun violence topics which affect Kalamazoo.  In particular, there are currently gun violence prevention issues which intersect with the coronavirus pandemic. Stay-at-home orders for those in domestic violence situations are intensifying the danger that […]

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Meet Chris Roberts

I have been with ISAAC in some capacity for over ten years. My latest assignment is doing data entry work for the office. I have done this on and off for five years. It is easy and fun spending time with Charlae Davis and Sheila Takyi at the office. I change all the addresses and […]

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Add your voice! Support the Housing Equity ordinance!

“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for!”  That saying is especially true right now.  We are the ones who can give the Kalamazoo City Commissioners the community support they need in order to pass the Housing Equity ordinance. Would you help by adding your voice to this letter? Click here to download the printable […]

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Bugs in Our Brains: Changing the World by Changing Our Thinking

ISAAC would like to send a heartfelt thank you to Beth Washington for facilitating an awesome, eye opening and powerful Bias Workshop! Participants learned how to examine human bias, recognize different cultural dimensions, define key terms needed for eliminating racism and oppression and understanding the connection between USA history and structurally disadvantaged communities and populations.  A […]

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