Isaac I. Scott

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Isaac I. Scott is a multidisciplinary visual artist, community organizer, and minister based in East Harlem, New York. His lived experience with incarceration drives his commitment to community-specific prevention strategies that address the root causes of incarceration in Harlem and beyond.

He serves as the Director of Community Initiatives at Another Choice Youth and Family Outreach (ACYFO), the outreach ministry of Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church, and as Chair of the Human Services Committee for Manhattan Community Board 11. Isaac organizes both locally and nationally through the Arts Justice Safety Coalition, is a proud alum of the Coro Neighborhood Leadership Program, and currently leads community-rooted research with Goddard Riverside as a DegreesNYC Data Fellow, focused on educational equity and justice-impacted youth.

Through strategic arts engagement, public programming, and systems intervention, Isaac leads initiatives that use creative expression to strengthen families, prevent violence, and disrupt cycles of incarceration. His work centers healing, justice, and neighborhood transformation through programs that are responsive, youth-driven, and rooted in the lived reality of the communities they serve.