ISAAC Executive Committee and Staff meets with Core Team representatives of member congregations and organizations. Open to all who want to make a difference.
Learn a special way of listening to build the Beloved Community, 9:00-10:30am OR come on Monday September 26 at 6:30-8:00p
2nd and 4th Thursdays, 5:00-6:30 pm Help find winnable policy changes to improve education opportunities! Contact LaShana Jones, Chair, at 269-353-1423
Go door to door with a partner and ask residents and business owners about their concerns and desires for their neighborhood. Edison – From the Bible Church, 1030 Portage St. at Lake St Northside –[…]
Keynote – Che Madyun. Inspiring Community Organizer featured in Streets of Hope:The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood. Truth Tone Records & Meagan McNeal. Using music, spoken word and dance to strengthen our community[…]
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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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