Civics Con, a virtual convention about civics, voting and elections, will be held on Friday, May 29, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., hosted by a collective of Oklahoma-based organizations. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this inaugural event will be live-streamed, featuring experts from across the country, discussing the issues facing our local communities […]
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Powerful women
Before flipping Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional district, Kendra Horn served as executive director of Sally’s List. She helped recruit and train women who considered running for elected positions before jumping into the mix herself. “Sometimes you have to take your own advice,” she previously told Oklahoma Gazette. “I was hearing woman after woman tell me that […]
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Youth voters
Several local civic groups teamed up to register voters at every Oklahoma City public high school next week. Part of a larger partnership between Generation Citizen and Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS), the effort aims to empower young people to advocate for change. “We’re a national civics education organization,” said Amy Curran, executive director of […]
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PRIDE Civic union
On one hand, Freedom Oklahoma and Women Lead Oklahoma advocate for two distinct constituencies — the former promotes civil engagement in the LGBTQ community while the latter concentrates on those who identify as women. But the two groups have more in common than they have separate — a shared board of directors and office space, […]
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Commentary: What rivalry?
Without uniting these cities on important issues, we might lose our ability to put our state on the map in a positive light.