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Shakeva Frazier is the founder of Kick it with JESUS, a local nonprofit in Danville Virginia, that was started to help those in her community overcome harmful addictions. KIWJ began as a ministry where anyone could come to the one-hour session, every Saturday at 5 p.m., to get some food, The Word and resource information. Frazier realized through the sessions, that resources were needed to help persons sustain and maintain a clean journey, and so she began to have resource fairs in her neighborhood. This required community engagement with those who lived there, and the help of local organizations showing up at these events. She quickly realized that obtaining a 501c3 could definitely help offset cost, as she was a single mother of five, and living below poverty guidelines. She was able to raise the money and the ministry became a nonprofit in 2011. Although she continued and continues to be an activist, the use of the nonprofit came lax. She is now looking to brand it and bring the life back to it to continue to help others.
The ministry did serve a purpose by propelling her into the community given title “Community Organizer and Activist.” She has helped in various community comraderies such as; Bibleway Cathedral Community Law Enforcement Partnership Day, Community Engagement Days, Thanksgiving Community Feast, Close the Hoods Movement, Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority community events, AmeriCorps service worker, and so much more.
Frazier has received numerous awards in her community for being a community activist. Some to mention are the Danville Riverview Rotary Paul Harris Fellow Award (22), Danville Police Department Partnership Award (22), Citizen of the month (22), featured in the local town magazine Showcase because of her youth work, and many more. Frazier serves as Board member and Sergeant in Arms in the local Riverview Rotary. She serves on the Truth and Racial Healing committee as well, and in many other capacities in her city. She is the mother of five, grandmother of one.
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