Program: Cocktails & Council

Shailaja Marion

We would like to invite you to join us for our happy hour meet-up, Cocktails & Council with guest City Councilor Vanessa Hall-Harper! The event begins at 5:30 p.m. at Hotel Indigo on November 21, 2019, and is an opportunity for members and other interested citizens to gather and discuss topical issues and investigate areas of advocacy with local elected officials. …

Building Greater Equality in Tulsa

Shailaja Marion Announcement

This meeting welcomes City of Tulsa Deputy Mayor Amy Brown and Major Laurel Roberts from the Tulsa Police Department as the discussion continues on concerns about racial bias in our city’s policing efforts. Our guest, Deputy Mayor Amy Brown served as an aide for former Mayor Kathy Taylor. Bynum was elected mayor in 2016, and Brown was appointed deputy mayor …

Program: Lunch Meet-Up

Shailaja Marion

The “heart of the LWV”, Meet-up’s are open to all members / potential members to discuss issues, offer recommendations for full study, and investigate areas of advocacy. The Lunch Meet-Up generally takes place in the Community Room of the YWCA every third Tuesday of the month. While the meet-up officially starts at 12pm, attendees are encouraged to come a few …

Building Trust: Helping End Racially Biased Policing

Shailaja Marion Announcement

This meeting welcomes Drew Diamond, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Tulsa, as discussion continues from last month, focusing on key findings in the Tulsa Equality Indicators report. Our September lunch meet-up welcomed Melanie Poulter who shared with us the latest findings about key social dynamics via the Tulsa Equality Indicators report: Measuring change toward greater equality in Tulsa. …

The State of Equality in the City of Tulsa

Shailaja Marion News

Measuring progress toward greater equality in the City of Tulsa: 41.74 out of 100. The LWVMT hopes you will join us Tuesday, September 17th at our Lunch Meet-Up when we will welcome Melanie Poulter, Director of Innovative Data & Research at the Community Service Council of Tulsa.  Melanie has been directing the work for the Tulsa Equality Indicators which is …