Excerpt from Executive Director Dr. Charlae Davis’s message at the Interfaith Community Vigil on February 22nd, 2016, at First Congregational Church of Kalamazoo: (Please hold the hands of your neighbors sitting next to you.) We are a community, we are a family and we feel sadness, we feel powerlessness, we feel grief, we feel disbelief, […]
I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our President, Pastor Matt Weiler for his leadership, dedication and service to ISAAC. I am thankful for his ongoing support of me as the Executive Director.
Congratulations to Treasurer Ben Jamieson, who has given so much of his time to ISAAC! We are so proud of you and your new endeavors, as you are being led of God to spend more time working with the Episcopal Diocese.
A time of fellowship and food, open to all community members! Wednesday, March 16, 5-8 pm 5015 West Main St. at Drake Rd. Kalamazoo Valid for dine in and take out orders. 20% of meal proceeds will be donated to ISAAC. > Please print and bring this flyer with you to Blaze Pizza. We look […]
Your ad in the ISAAC Banquet Book shows that you support our work to “Let Justice Roll Like a River” in our community and our state. Here’s everything you need to know about the Banquet, ISAAC’s recent work, and how to place your ad.
As part of our listening campaign, the Youth Violence Prevention Task Force is hosting two round table discussions around the topic of bullying. One of these will be held at Galilee Baptist Church on Saturday, March 12…
February was a very important, direction-setting month for our task force! In the first two pictures, you see the lively discussion underway with members and partners (United Way, Learning Network, County Health & Community Services), and surprise visitor Dr. Warfield, President of our metropolitan NAACP.
Last month the Anti-racism Task Force met with Jacob Pinney-Johnson from SHARE. The Society for History and Racial Equity (SHARE) is a Kalamazoo organization that explores the history of racism in Kalamazoo, along with organizing events such as the annual Summit on Racism…
At the end of this month of I will be attending, along with three members of my congregation, the ERACCE intensive training called Understanding and Analyzing Systemic Racism.
It is my pleasure to introduce our new Development Consultant, Lauren Fitzmaurice. In November 2015, ISAAC’s Leadership Board voted to offer Lauren a year-long contract to work on issues of organizational sustainability
I am always astounded when I see Romans 8:28 unfold in my life. The scripture states that: “…all things work together for good….” After learning that our initial Banquet speaker had to cancel, we reached out to a Founding Clergy Member of ISAAC, Dr. J. Louis Felton. Everything fell into place. It became clear that Dr. Felton was God’s choice […]
As ISAAC focuses on becoming more sustainable and less dependent upon grants, we are ecstatic and feel so blessed for the generous contributions given during our 2015 End-Of-Year Campaign.
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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