KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo (ACGK) is announcing the addition of Nicki Poer to its staff. Poer joins the ACGK i.
Kalamazoo hip-hop artist, educator excited to share her passion with youth as leader of literacy nonprofit
Posted May 15, 2021
Kandace Lavender was recently named the new executive director of Read and Write Kalamazoo, also known as RAWK. Lavender is a poet, hip hop artist and a longtime educator. (Photo by Walker Leigh Photography and provided by RAWK)Walker Leigh Photography
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KALAMAZOO, MI Kandace Lavender is a poet, hip hop artist and an educator.
Known to many across the Kalamazoo arts and music community as “DC,” Lavender now has another hat to try on as the recently-named executive director of Read and Write Kalamazoo. The local nonprofit focuses on celebrating and amplifying youth voices through cultivating reading and writing skills, “via joy, creativity, equity and access.”