It’s Wednesday and time for our Neighbors in Action segment, where we feature people and organizations working to make our community a better place. Today we feature Kids Read Comics, a Michigan nonprofit that promotes comics for building youth engagement and creativity. This weekend marks their fifth annual Kids Read Comics celebration at the Ann Arbor district library.Dan Mishkin is the co-founder of Kids Read comics. He’s a long-time comic book writer and a co-creator of the superhero Blue Devil and the girls' fantasy adventure series Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld at DC Comics. He says that comics are a way for kids to rehearse for adulthood.
We could always use more nominations and we know there are people and organizations out there that are doing excellent work, but we just don’t know about them. Please help us out and tweet us suggestions at @KARCurrentState or send us an email to Currentstate@wkar.org. Put “Neighbors in Action” in the subject line and tell us why you think they should be featured for the great work they do.