AKRON, Ohio — Spectrum News 1 brings you our Voices for Change series, where activists, leaders, and community members share what has brought them to action and how addressing racial discrimination will create a better world for everyone.

Imagine going down every street in the city of Akron — more than 2,400 streets — on foot, on bike, sometimes more than once. That's exactly what Mac Love did in order to create public art and support requests for improvements from the people who live in his city.

“My wife and I cofounded Art by Love as an answer to the type of creative agency we thought the world needed,” he said.