Join Russell Lacour, Isaac Causey and other journalists and community leaders at Langston University – Tulsa for and upfront and candid dialogue on issues and concerns within the African-American Community in Tulsa. Topics include healthcare, education, transportation, housing, planitulsa, and more… if you are concerned about it, let’s discuss solutions… Juneteenth Community Forum friday, june [...]
Greetings! The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ-Tulsa) is excited to announce that on June 18th we will be holding a networking fundraiser at The IVEY on Brookside one of Tulsa’s newest hot spots! This mixer will be a great opportunity to network with other Tulsa professionals while also supporting our Yvonne Harris Urban Journalism [...]
Wayman Tisdale: Documentary on former OU star will be shown at Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Saturday. By BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer Published: 6/4/2010 “The Wayman Tisdale Story,” a documentary that chronicles Tisdale’s life in basketball and music and his May 2009 death that was the result of cancer treatment complications, is set for [...]
Local TV newswoman Jamie McGriff of KOTV will moderate an NABJ-Tulsa community forum on health, education, public transportation, economic development and future plans for Tulsa. The TV talk-show format discussion is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday, June 18, at Langston University-Tulsa’s new campus at 914 N. Greenwood Ave. McGriff joined The News [...]
NABJ-Tulsa Urban Journalism Workshop applications are available. UPDATE Added June 5, 2010: Deadline to apply has been extended to June 15. Space is limited. This year promises to be bigger and better than ever. Sign-up now. Please contact students to attend the NABJ-Tulsa 2010 UJW. This year we are collaborating with Langston University-Tulsa and their [...]
Marlin Lavanhar is the minister of All Souls Unitarian Church, 2900 S. Peoria, in Tulsa. He is the president of the Tulsa Metropoitan Ministry. Many people have asked for copies of the sermon I delivered last Sunday about the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and the connection with Memorial Day. I offered it, in part, as [...]
UPDATE Added June 9, 2010: The All Black Town Tour is sold out, according to Alicia Latimer, African -American Resource Center Coordinator. The Historic All Black Town Tour is only two weeks away and there are only 30 seats left. Churches, Civic Organizations, Youth Groups—this is an exciting and fun tour. This year’s towns are [...]
Drama in the Museum? Yes, that is what you will find when Theatre North presents, George C. Wolfe’s, The Colored Museum, in the new Living ArtSpace. Staged as museum exhibits, this production satirizes the black experience in America in the 1980’s. It is comedy and entertaining drama told in eleven vignettes, which include Git on [...]
NABJ-Tulsa Urban Journalism Workshop applications are available. Deadline to apply is June 1. Space is limited. This year promises to be bigger and better than ever. Sign-up now. Please contact students to attend the NABJ-Tulsa 2010 UJW. This year we are collaborating with Langston University-Tulsa and their Gear-Up program, A Pocket Full of Hope and [...]
Come Honor the Creators of Black Wallstreet, and Remember the Survivors of an American Holocuast that occured June 1st, 1921 in Tulsa , Ok When: May 30th, 2010 5:30 pm Where: Begins at the Church of Restoration on Historic Greenwood 1314 North Greenwood Avenue Tulsa, OK 74106-4854 (918) 587-1314