Call for Oklahoma Democrats to make change HERE

Candace Richardson was one of the hardest workers for Obama in Oklahoma. Like many of us progressives, she’s a little concerned about what caused Oklahoma to buck the trend and move to the Right instead of the Left in the election.
She’s put out a call for others to join her in making some changes in the base of… Read the rest

Two short videos of OKC’s Join the Impact! rally

My friend (and long-time Okie blogger) James of JMBzine shot this with his new mini video camera. Don’t know the woman’s name who is speaking.

Darla managed to catch James Nimmo’s great speech. (She was going to post here about it on Saturday, but things got too crazy.)

At the Peace Fest, James, Darla and John Walters… Read the rest

Oklahoman continues to blacklist progressive community news

I learn from Sinister that Tulsa World covered the Join the Impact! event there with a pretty decent article. No shocker: it was a not insignificant news event in the city (300 in attendance) and the city’s NEWSpaper did a little writeup about it.
But the 300 that attended the corresponding rally in Oklahoma City (not to mention… Read the rest

Coverage of Oklahoma City’s “Join the Impact” rally

We’re going to have a special report later today about the Join the Impact! rally on the steps of city hall in Oklahoma City. but here are links to photos
DarlaJane’s Flickr set
Trey (one of the organizers) has some photos of OKC event at Towle Road (use the menu to check out the albums from Tulsa also,… Read the rest

OKC Impact! rally update – location change and more

Update to my earlier announcement about the Oklahoma City rally planned in conjunction with the nationwide action on Saturday 11/15.
The Saturday rally has been moved to the OKC City Hall, 200 N. Walker,
just west of the County Courthouse, or just east of the police
station.
Latest news from the organizer:

OKC Impact! Update! November 13,

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OKC Impact! rally for LGBTQ rights, Saturday 11/15

Important update – change of location for OKC event:

The Saturday rally has been moved to the OKC City Hall, 200 N. Walker,
just west of the County Courthouse, or just east of the police
station.

Original post:
Just got a notice of the Oklahoma City event in solidarity with the countrywide Join the Impact! No on… Read the rest

Studs Terkel interview with Mary Owsley and Peggy Terry about Oklahoma City during the depression

Just by chance today I caught This American Life program on NPR when they were noting the recent passing of Studs Terkel by playing a few of the pieces from his radio series, Hard Times, which was recordings of folks who lived through the depression. The TAL retrospective focused on 1971 recordings from a mother and daughter, Mary Owsley and… Read the rest