our goal of $50,000 total raised $57,175! We went past our goal! Way past! So many awesome donors contributed to the ISAAC Endowment at the end of the year that we exceeded our goal of $50,000 and raised $57,175! December donations alone totaled $12,545! Hallelujah! This means that we will now have a “fully established” […]
Dear ISAAC Family, we are excited for “Women’s March Kalamazoo” on January 18th. ISAAC Clergy/Leaders will be giving the opening blessing. YWCA Kalamazoo will be hosting this powerful and impactful event on January 18, 2020, The mission of Women’s March is to harness the power of diverse women in our community to create transformative social change. This women-led movement is […]
On December 10, 2019, I attended another Racial Healing Circle sponsored by ISAAC. The first half of the meeting was similar in content and style to other such meetings I have attended over the past two years. I thought the meeting was going well, as the others had. But then something happened. One of the […]
The 6th Annual Service of Remembrance for Victims of Gun Violence will be held on Sunday, February 16, 4:00 pm, at Galilee Baptist Church. Please be there to remember lives taken, especially in Kalamazoo, and to pray for peace and call on our representatives to enact reform. Everyone who has a loved one who died […]
Our ISAAC Breakfast was a blessed fellowship! ISAAC would like to send a special thank you to ALL who were able to attend. We greatly appreciate you and your commitment to cultivating The Beloved Community in Kalamazoo County. We would like to send our heartfelt gratitude to our powerful speakers, Stephanie Hoffman, Deacon Pat Vinge, Micheal […]
THANKS to all of these very generous donors, the ISAAC Endowment Fund needs only $5,270 more to reach $50,000 and be “fully established”! With your help, we believe we can reach that goal by December 31! Then ISAAC will be able to receive interest income from our endowment, or we can let that interest grow […]
Twenty-two members of the newly constituted Anti-Racism Task Force focused on learning at the first meeting of the task force following the Issues Convention. We learned the importance and value of deep listening and how it can connect us to each other. We learned about ISAAC’s 2-year cycle of listening, issue identification, training, research, partnering, […]
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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.