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NextGen Meeting: Find your voice. Create change.
The goal of this program is to provide students with a place to meet other young advocates, connect with community leaders, and learn new skills and information that will allow them to be better advocates in their schools and communities.
The purpose of this first meeting is for students to get to know each other and meet community organizing leaders in OKC. Students will also have a chance to brainstorm ideas on how to approach pressing issues in their communities.
Ask the Experts: How to Connect With Hesitant Voters
Ahead of the midterm elections, Connie Jeung-Mills tells us how she motivates people to get to the polls and what fuels her activism.
Constitutionality of Oklahoma City Municipal Sign Code
We sent a demand letter to OKC requesting the repeal of its ordinance banning political and social signs on medians, roadsides, and street corners. Oklahomans have the First Amendment right to speak in the public square, including on medians and other public areas around roadways.
Native Families' Right to Stay Together is at Stake at the Supreme Court
The Indian Child Welfare Act — a law that protects Native children from forced removal from their families, tribes, and culture — is currently under attack.
The 64th Anniversary of the OKC Sit-In with Jabee
On August 19, 1958, Clara Luper, along with thirteen children, from the NAACP youth council, went to the Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City, known for not serving Black people at the lunch counter.
Ask the Experts: How to Inspire People to Vote for Their Values
Ahead of the midterm elections, People Power volunteer tells us how she motivates people to get to the polls and what fuels her activism.
To Fight a Stacked Federal Bench, the ACLU Goes to the States
As federal courts grow more hostile to civil rights and civil liberties, the ACLU turns to state courts — building on a century of experience.
UN Racial Justice Review Gives Biden Opportunity to Center International Human Rights
The administration claimed significant progress in its report and presentation to the United Nations, but true progress has been sluggish.
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