Homelessness is complex, but here are some immediate ways and best practices that anyone can do to help end homelessness in OKC. BE KIND People who are experiencing homelessness are people. How would you normally treat someone you pass on the street? Instead of avoiding eye contact, acknowledge one another. Smile. Say hello. Wave. Treat […]
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PRESS RELEASE Oklahoma Humane Society raises funds with quirky “Stay at home with your pet” shirts
The Oklahoma Humane Society is raising funds by selling “Stay Home With Your Pet” shirts amidst social distancing practices, which can be purchased at okhumane.org. The Oklahoma Humane Society is open and working to save animals during this time, but needs your help to continue. Support local rescue while practicing safe social distancing and purchase […]
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Twofold Pride
Oklahoma City will be home to two Pride celebrations this year. Board members from Oklahoma City Pride Alliance and 39th Street District Association decided to host their own events after they could not agree on a unified vision for Pride 2020. “There is a little confusion, and hopefully as we move through the next couple […]
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Fresh brew
The first Scooter’s Coffee in Oklahoma City opened last month in the far northwest part of the city. Two more are expected to open soon along Route 66, and a total of about 10 will be open by the end of the year. Scooter’s Coffee was founded in Nebraska in 1998 as a drive-thru coffee […]
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Impact strength
Impact Oklahoma distributed almost $250,000 this year to five local organizations. Impact Oklahoma is a network of women who strive for the betterment of Oklahoma and work for the goal through annual grants to local nonprofits. OKC Metro Alliance and Sooner Theatre were awarded grants of $100,000 each. Putnam City Schools Foundation, Variety Care and […]
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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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PRIDE Building pride
Oklahoma City’s Pride events were hosted by Pride, Inc. for decades, but an embezzlement scandal crippled the organization. Lori Honeycutt, former Pride, Inc. president, was charged with one count of felony embezzlement last year, but litigation is still ongoing. Lauren Zuniga, while serving as 39th St. District Association president, encouraged the district to step up […]
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Blocked signals
The former charitable organization tasked with funding Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) since 1983, OETA Foundation, has dissolved. The foundation’s lawsuit against OETA culminated last month with a settlement agreement that essentially replaces the foundation with a new entity, Friends of OETA. OETA’s board of directors last week passed a resolution and agreement to seat […]
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Still proud
Registered members of the OKC Pride organization gathered for an emergency meeting on the evening of July 26. A crowd of around 100 people packed into Expressions Church in 39th Street District to vote on a sole agenda item: the dissolution of the entire organization. After nearly two hours of debate and discussion over the […]
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deadCenter Film Festival’s engaging high-school education program spans the state
deadCenter brings its program to around 30 high schools each year, from inner Oklahoma City to rural Guymon and Durant.