Kalamazoo Promise Returned: In pictures and words
Simon Borst presents a look at what the Kalamazoo Promise has meant to some of those who benefited from the generous scholarship program.
(ii) http://www.nytimes.com/2012/
(iii) http://www.upjohn.org/sites/
(iv) http://swmichigan.
Read part 2 of Promise Retuned here.
Simon Kalil Borst is a Kalamazoo artist and works for the People’s Food Co-op of Kalamazoo. His work appears regularly in the Co-op Scoop.
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