by Chelsea Weeks and Janelle Stecklein | The Claremore Daily Progress | Jul 29, 2022 | In The News
CLAREMORE – A state senate candidate from Rogers County is being called out for what critics say is hate speech targeting a number of different groups. District 2 Republican candidate Jarrin Jackson has made posts that are criticized as anti-Semitic, homophobic...
by Lauren Daniels | KFOR News Channel 4 | Jul 25, 2022 | In The News
EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) – In Oklahoma, there are 1,800 new neighbors who have fled from Afghanistan this year. As you can imagine, it’s been a massive change for them – and leadership is putting out a new guide for us to help them in their new journey. “It took us...
by Carla Hinton | The Oklahoman | Jun 23, 2022 | In The News
Editor’s note: This story contains some spoilers about the new Disney+ show “Ms. Marvel.” So much of what the Edmond teen saw on the screen was familiar to her — the rhythm of an iconic Pakistani song, a character’s selection of a mango at a...
by Jen Hund | The Oklahoman | Jun 19, 2022 | In The News
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 metro area. As the final group of Afghan families arrived this spring,...
by Megan Prather | Non Doc | Jun 1, 2022 | In The News
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 organizations identified the need for an educational transition...
by Brooke Anderson | The New Arab | May 22, 2022 | In The News
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 Oklahoma, a state that has not historically had a sizable...
