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Viewpoint: Neighborly acts of kindness toward refugees make a difference for them and you
Since September 2021, Catholic Charities has moved roughly 90% of Afghan families into permanent housing — that’s nearly 900 individuals resettling in apartments and homes across the Oklahoma City...
CAIR-OK Launches Okie Muslim Voter Portal in Advance of June Primary Election
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 6/15/2022) – The Oklahoma Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today announced the launch of its 2022 Okie Muslim Voter Portal in advance of the June...
‘Triage effort from multiple entities’: Afghan Students Settling in Oklahoma
With hundreds of school-aged Afghan children arriving in the Oklahoma City area following the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the subsequent Taliban takeover, local resettlement...
Week 15 Recap: Sine Die, Special Sessions, and More
Week 15 Legislative Recap Congratulations! We made it to the end of another legislative session. The final week of meetings for the governing body of the state of Oklahoma was fraught with tension,...
Week 14 Legislative Recap
Week 14 Recap The final weeks of the legislative session bring a slew of new budget-related bills as other business comes to a close. Criminal Justice A number of criminal justice-related measures...
Oklahoma Opens its Arms to Afghan Refugees With Welcome Centre
A refugee resource centre serving Afghan parolees has opened in Oklahoma City, where around 1,000 have resettled - and 1,800 statewide - following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan last summer. In...
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