Thank you.

We're good.

Yes.

All right.

Good afternoon, everyone.

Thank you all for being here to everyone in the room.

I bet for something Elaine is here.

Um good to see everyone.

Today is March 20th, 2026, and the actual time is 105 p.m.

Um, let's go ahead and do our roll call.

Uh Commissioner Taylor West.

Present.

Dr.

Carincy Wilson.

Not online yet.

Okay, not online yet.

Okay.

Um Commissioner DeMali Wilson.

Commissioner Matisse Mason.

Here.

Commissioner Jackie Evans.

Present.

Commissioner Greg Taylor.

Here.

Commissioner Theresa Dooney.

Commissioner Phil Armstrong.

Present.

And Commissioner Demaria Monday.

Commissioner Keith Mays is out.

Am I missing anyone?

Chairman.

So myself and I am present.

Okay, so we will go ahead and start with our ancestral acknowledgement.

Umisher Taylor West, would you like to read?

Yes.

With the heart's full of gratitude to our ancestors.

We come together at this time to build a future for our descendants.

May our ancestors' flame burn within us, illuminate our way, teach us to see the light of God's wisdom that serves as a beacon of light to keep us grounded from both nearby and distant challenges.

We are exactly where we need to be right now.

May the ancestors' legacy inspire us to walk faithfully in your light.

Give us awareness and assistance of our judges.

Open up the doors of understanding.

Open up the doors of restoration.

Let us invest in building inspiration for the next generation.

May or will be done.

All right.

Yes.

All right.

So now let's um take a few minutes to go over the meeting minutes from our last meeting.

Which was February 20th, 2026.

All right.

Does anyone need more time to go over the meeting minutes?

Yeah, I was posting this before when this commission.

Okay, is there a motion to accept the uh meeting minutes from February 20th?

I make I make a motion to accept the meeting minutes from February 20th.

Second motion.

All right, all in favor to accept the meeting minutes from Feb for February 20th, 2026.

All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed.

All right.

So I have a lot.

Uh but we're gonna try to um go through it.

Um so again, good afternoon.

Um, I want to begin by grounding us in the purpose uh of this commission.

Uh we were created not to just acknowledge harm, but to move Tulsa toward repair, uh real repair, measurable and lasting repair.

The work before us, of course, is urgent.

And I am proud that we are moving in that direction.

Our committees have been amazing.

Everyone has just been amazing.

And so I'm just so happy that we are moving in that direction.

And with that being said, we had talked about the National Reparations Conference that we're going to host in Tulsa.

And those dates have been confirmed.

So it's going to be April 24th through the 26th.

April 24th, April 25th, April 26th.

That's a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

And so we'll close at Historic Vernon AME Church with service for the 26th.

And it's going to be at Langston Tulsa.

And we um there's going to be and we're going to have some of the um the powerhouses and reparations nationally.

And so we are actually part partnering with First Repair, Robin Ru Simmons, will be here.

And we are working on getting the um working on their schedules for Dr.

Julianne Malvo, Dr.

Joy DeGru, who wrote uh post-traumatic slave syndrome.

Um it's and some others that we are actually just kind of waiting on, and then we will finalize and send that out.

But they are actually been helping in really planning this thing out.

And with that being said, I want us to also do some workshops.

I want to designate our education committee.

Look and see if any pop in our education committee.

I thought that maybe when they would be here, but our education committee, I want them to do a workshop on either of those two days were the 24th, the 25th.

And then for our health and wellness committee, um, I would love for you all to set up something like, you know, when we go to Edison and we have a wellness room, um, something like that, and we can talk, you know, about it later and what you're going to need uh for that.

Um of course I'm going to have everyone uh from this commission to be present and we're gonna talk about the work that we're doing.

Um and a part of this conference, one of the things that I'm going to do, I'm gonna do a closed door session with elected officials across Oklahoma.

So I'm not gonna just uh focus in Tulsa.

Um I have already reached out to a lot of the black mayors of the black towns, um uh through Oklahoma City.

I'm getting everyone in a room, and we're also gonna have elected officials who have been passing reparations policies across this country and sharing how they did that, and particularly some from the South, because they face the same legislation like we do and barriers, and so they're gonna be here to uh do a workshop.

Well, not a work, well, I guess we could call it a workshop, but it's going to be a closed session with us, other commissions can come, but it will just be um it's not that part won't be open so much to the public.

And then I'm going to have another closed door session with all the faith leaders who will come.

And uh Pastor Neighbors in uh Evanston, he received a million dollars in reparations and divided it up to all the black churches in Evanston.

And so he's gonna talk about how faith leaders play a role in repair.

Y'all really be asking.

So um that's those so those are yeah, so those are gonna be two.

Yes, him and the Kichi, uh, the attorney Nikchi type.

But we we're gonna have those closed door sessions, but um the main thing what I want to do is also have it uh for public to understand, and this will be Cam Howard and Robin Ru Simmons talking about what reparations is, what it isn't, how can and really just educate uh people on that and the things that are happening and what is possible, um, especially as we talk policy wise.

Um and so those are um one of them the main reasons why I want to do that.

I'm gonna have already we talked uh Vanessa and I talked to Chef Chad Cherry, he's going to do the food for the conference, so we'll have a breakfast, we're gonna have um you know snacks throughout the uh conference.

Vanessa's always about this continental breakfast.

I want meat in the commonal breakfast so anyway.

We work that out and and and lunch, and then in both and say tumbling, yeah, and so and is in Black History Saturday style.

Um he will do a presentation to teach a history about the food he's going to serve.

So it will be reflective of black history for both of those days.

Absolutely.

Also, um, something else I wanted to touch on about that.

I think I'm missing that.

Um it'll come back to me.

But we're gonna um we're gonna be uh hosting this amazing conference, and um it's gonna be great.

Um I'm gonna also get some invitations together.

So if you want to invite people to it, we're also gonna charge a registration fee because we want to put value on this conference.

Um, and so the charge, the the the registration fee will be 1921.

$19.21.

So this is what we're gonna do.

If they want to round it up to 20, that's great.

But those the the monies earned from this conference will go right back into us to help us to be able to go to Evanston for the next year as well.

And so um that's just one of the things that we are doing.

Um so I hope everybody's happy with that, and I will get back with everyone through email.

So I right now let's see.

I wanna does anyone want to help serve on a committee where we're just kind of like helping, you know, for little things, but first repair is really handling a lot um of it, but I just think like just logistically, um, you know, where we're gonna put everyone.

I'm sorry, didn't you interrupt?

Okay, um chairwoman, so that it'll be put on by them.

We're just hosting, we're just gonna be the host.

We're hosting.

Um I'm just wondering for support for ability for sponsorships, you know, marketing, you know, when I mean because this would be this is great.

I mean, I love everything here.

But how soon can we get graphics and flyers and get out in the community?

I wanted to talk to you all first before I put it out.

So that's why I'm I I put it out here, but yeah, so um we um as I had the date when you are when are you anticipating the safe the dates to I'm going to do that probably this evening.

Okay, I just wanted to make sure I waited to talk to I didn't want to put it out in a so yeah, so I wanted to just share that.

Um so I'm happy about this.

I can't wait for it.

It's gonna be class class act all the way.

Um we actually wrote um well Vanessa and I we put a grant together through the and we added this for for beyond apology.

So this is how we're able to cover, you know, for this.

So um it's us doing this, and so it's great.

But to his point, yeah, there are opportunities for sponsorship.

Yeah, yes, organizations that do.

Yeah, I think there's a lot of I mean, there's foundation for liberating minds, uh OCCJ, there's a lot of things we'd love to show oftentimes just putting this out there, oftentimes when when organizations sponsor they want to dictate and so as long as they understand when you sponsor you sponsor what we're doing, you're not sponsoring and telling us what you need.

That makes sense.

Yeah, I think the organizations that I'm referring to are they they're not they don't operate in that manner.

Okay, good.

Just you know, hey, visuals mean a lot of things.

If you have certain logos or certain organizations that hey, they're sponsoring or being support that can bring a lot of attention.

So uh press release as well.

We're gonna do it all the way um out.

You got a lot to do.

You're gonna have a busy month.

We've been working, yeah.

And also, yeah, we're also gonna use the if anyone is aware of the of the Hoover app.

So I've been working with them on getting that app together, um, so we can use because it I love that when I go to conferences that have that, and so we're working on getting that together so we can keep up and everyone can keep up with that.

Um so we can use because it I love that when I go to conferences to have that, and so we're working on getting that together so we can keep up and everyone can keep up with that.

So um I'll have some updates and stuff on that as well.

Um the other thing that we have coming up, and I talked about the day at the city.

That's gonna um start the date that I'm looking for is April 8th.

Please write that down.

April 8th.

Uh, we're gonna be starting meeting with our city counselors, and we're um we're going to be able to it's um it'll be like a a couple of them together, but as I keep saying we don't have to meet with her.

Um, but just updating them on what we're doing, inviting them to the reparations conference um as well.

What day would it be?

April 8th.

And I'm working uh with with uh Bailey with scheduling for that.

Uh, but it's gonna be a whole day, April 8th.

Um I'm gonna take everyone to lunch.

We're all gonna go to lunch together.

We can go over to the Williams building for lunch.

Uh, but we're gonna spend the day talking to the city counselors about the work we're doing.

Um anything you may have in your committees that you want to talk about and getting support for, that's what we're gonna be doing with those city councillors.

So um also you all heard me talk about this ordinance um that um I want to propose to City Council um for how are we handling um remains as they come out the mass graves, how are we handling artifacts that comes because this is one of the challenges that we've had with the Vernon Witness where um when they built Langston Tulsa and BMX, it was our city counselor who chased to get our artifacts that they had in the trash next sitting to the trash can.

Um and so this is how you know they're treating our artifacts, but there is no ordinance, there's nothing in place, a process on how are we handling these things when it's happening.

Um there's a federal law called NACRA that protects indigenous um artifacts and remains, but there's nothing across the country that protects remains and artifacts from African Americans, black people.

It's just not and so I've been working with Dr.

O'Dowley on this as well, and there are two black archaeologists who have um who've been working on this bill, um, and I've had a conversation with them, and they are happy to come along and help because they haven't gotten the traction that they wanted on this bill.

It's a federal bill, it's a federal bill.

So um, this is something that we can do locally.

I talked to our Senator Regina Goodwin, I talked to our state representative Ronald Stewart, and I also said that this is something that I feel beyond apology could also push on a state level because it also needs to happen, and so they would love that.

So this is an opportunity for us to also um, yes, we work on the municipal piece of policy, but we can take it a little bit further and go state and federal.

And Robin Ruth Simmons and Cam Howard even suggested getting us to the UN to talk about this, and so that's in the works as well.

So this is something that we really need to dig into.

And we've been working on this for the past what couple months now, um, really heavily.

So um this is work from the policy committee that I would love to have everyone's uh support.

But um as we're entering this next season, we are stepping into a moment of alignment.

We're getting um the the national attention is growing on what's happening in Tulsa around reparations, um, local momentum is building, and the work of reparations is becoming more tangible, it's more tangible.

But let's be clear this work is about repair, but I do want to thank everyone for their commitment.

I know this is not easy.

You all do not get paid to do this work, you do not nobody is getting paid to do this work, and so I appreciate the time that you all put into this and the seriousness that you put into this, and um I I'm forever grateful um to have you all on this role to not just repair but justice because this is what it looks like, and we have to hit policy and the things that we can do from this local level.

Um, my vice chair Matisse and I we had a meeting uh with Branson Tide last week, and it went pretty well, and I'll let you you want to talk about that.

Well, I just since since he gave me the grace to to come meet with them.

Um it's really awesome to see Christy and her brilliance now.

You know, she's just a really good leader, and I I mean I you know pretty much respected her before because I saw it in from this vintage, but to see it from behind the scenes and how labor-intensive and and and detail-oriented and passionate she is about you know the work, and it just really is inspiring.

Um, and and we did have a pretty good meeting with Brentham.

I mean, I thought it was eye-opening and it gave some clarity, and I feel like um it helped me build you know trust in the fact that we are partnering with the city a little bit more.

Uh and we'll you know, we will, you know, I am one that wants to see the words come to action, but I do feel better about our partnership with the city, um, and you know, where we stand as their commission.

So one of our main one of our main um topics of conversation was that that as a commission, you know, we felt we wanted to make sure that we are in collaboration with whatever the city the city does in regards to reparations, and it's so exciting to see you know how we've able to how the city is able to collaborate with all these different uh reparative organizations, but we wanted to make sure that they knew that their priority one is with the commission because we are them and they are with us, uh and so that was important, and I felt like it was received.

We also talked about you know um how they're looking at all the different facets to be able to use city resources to help with the uh developing the loss that this community has had.

But but in that we did make sure to uh tell that the commission's goal is for repair and how how the wonderful the trust is, how it's like gonna it's like something that's you know uh different than you've seen anywhere else where they build a trust with this like trifold effect where everybody's contributing to it, and we love that, and we also want to see the city participate in repair because the only people that can repair a situation is the people who were participative in it, and the the but there is a reparative effect in the trust, and we're very excited about that.

You know, we asked if we could be more um contiguous about our meetings and getting communication about what's happening, what the trust is doing, where the trust is going, how much money is there, what's the priority in the in the you know, dividends, how can we support it?

And you know, we did go in the you know me, y'all know me, I go in there.

However, what I did ask is that can you please tell us what we as a commission could do to make sure that we are a part of, you know, not being a hindrance, but also what could we do to to bolster the relationship and also to support the efforts?

Uh one thing I did ask is like again, I'm gonna say if there is a conversation that the city is involved in about repair or reparations in regards to the 1921 race massacre that this commission is involved because we are the experts.

There are other people that have expertise, but the re this commission was based on a report that that that um they authored.

So we would like to be a part of that.

And um, but I was just he was very communicative, very open.

Um I feel like he allied with us.

You know, my my new thing is are you an adversary or are you an ally?

And I felt like that at that point he said he was gonna be an ally and I'm gonna trust it till I see something different.

Um, and then I just appreciate him giving his resources and his access for us to be able to utilize in this mission towards repair.

So it was good.

Yeah, I mean, I don't know if it was as good for him.

He probably was like, get this lady out of here.

I got a follow-up question for you, um, commissioner or vice chair.

So I know you're good at asking questions.

So did you ask questions about is there any money in the Greenwood Trust for us yet?

Well, uh so they're there they are building the trust at this time.

But but actually, Miss Beverly's here today.

They're one of the best allies.

Actually, I was on the meeting that you had it was beautiful.

It was real good.

I saw excellent.

I was like, oh, they acting up down here and tell us that they showing me good.

It was really good.

But you know, that's one of the things that we asked about checks and balances.

And so, and I think that we have a right to that information.

So maybe if we have time, she could speak if you don't mind.

Yeah, okay.

If you don't mind, if you want now to give up, David.

Well, this is I have to.

Come on, come on over.

Go back to the diet.

Um, let's see.

That's terrible.

I don't want to go into the diet.

You can join the table.

You can actually sit at the table and seats at the table.

So good afternoon, everyone.

My name is Elena Beverly.

It's particular.

Is that good?

Yeah.

Good afternoon.

My name's Elena Beverly.

I'm the inaugural executive director for the Greenwood Trust.

It's an honor to be with you all.

Um, I just want to thank you.

Thank this commission for all the work that you have done to date for your long-term commitment to justice and repair for the survivor now, descendants, um, and and long-term residents of Greenwood.

Um, I'm grateful for you.

Uh, the update, let's see, where to begin.

So I was hired in October.

Um, I hit the ground running in terms of creating partnerships, developing infrastructure that includes um developing a rubric for board and national advisory board members that includes making sure that we have operational support so that we can stay in existence and sketching out programming.

But you know that the mayor and his commitment to developing the trust, committed to uh raising uh 105 million dollars to invest uh 24 million dollars into housing, and what I've shared with publicly and will continue to share with you is that we've said that we want that money to invest in the community's recommendations for housing, home ownership, preservation, um, all of the things that you have outlined in the commission's early report uh and recommendations.

21 million dollars to invest in legacy, which is in education and entrepreneurship.

Um we are focusing on some early childhood interventions also on a scholarship program for entrepreneurship, and that is still that is early in information.

There are partners around this table that I need to speak to, and also um across the city that I'd like to speak to regard regarding the scholarship program.

But we want to make sure that we're creating a cradle to career pipeline for the next generation of descendants and long-term residents of Greenwood and North Tulsa.

Entrepreneurship is part of that legacy fund, um, and we are both committed to the no interest uh and low interest grants and loans, but also thinking through new strategies to create pipelines to broader industries for this community.

Um then last but not least, 60 million dollars dedicated to cultural preservation, and that cultural cultural preservation is not building a brand new building, it is investing in the community leaders who have been doing this work to both have arts and cultural education to archive uh materials and to make sure that the legacy of Greenwood is never erased.

So that is where I am.

I can tell you that we we are very clear about the trajectory.

We are working diligently to make sure that we are standing up in infrastructure that will enable us to meet out the programming that meets the needs and the promise of what the trust was created to do.

And for those of you who did participate in the Black History Black Futures program, I'm so grateful for your participation.

It was an opportunity to lift up both the greatness, um, the entrepreneurship, the ingenuity that is in this community, as well as to bring the eyes and attention of national partners.

And I've heard nothing really nothing but rave reviews from our philanthropic partners who think some you know they are now recognizing that there's momentum and energy here in Greenwood worthy of investment, that there is the importance of repair for healing community, um, and that there is a brighter future that they can be part of building.

So that was the that was our initial, our first program.

Um I do not endeavor for the Greenwood Trust to be a program entity.

We are creating the systems to create robust investments to make sure that we meet the repair that you all have laid out.

Um but there is an opportunity to create create platforms so people know what's happening here so that they feel like they're part of uh the repairs that they feel like they're part of this community, um, and that they're you know, as we develop a model that there's something that is exportable.

Very good.

Thank you.

All right, okay, I'm gonna go back to my head.

Questions?

Okay, any questions?

Well, I did have a question.

I'm sorry.

And this is one of the concerns is that um when when the when the when and if the trust does um start get you know get getting funds, uh will we be uh knowledgeable about the amounts, and then we want to know where we are prioritized in the distribution of that as a commission.

So where the commission is prior to prioritized in the distribution of funds.

So what I can commit to is that there will be community participation um in the shaping of programming.

So we will have um as we build out this national advisory board.

I intend to have representation from community, and of course, we are very mindful of the fact that the Beyond Apology Commission helped to shape the housing portfolio in particular, but also has recommendations for economic development, and so amongst amongst other of all the eight priority areas.

So I'm that is not lost on the trust.

There will be representation from the commission in the work of the trust.

And the reason why that question is prominent is because you know, the with the report and with the forming of this commission, that's where the first official ask came from.

And so it would be unfortunate if we were segmented down further because our sentiment has been prior to talking with Brentham uh that we have not just not been a part of the planning or not been a part of the development, but we've been boxed out of it.

And so I'm just trying to prevent that type of because we have to keep our these brilliant members on board, they represent what the community is saying, and so we feel like that we were part of the original ask, the foundation of the ask, and we don't want to be last in the you know, in priority, and that's how we felt.

So that's why I was just that's why I brought that up.

Well, it's part of my reason for being here today was one to, I mean, I've had I've been in con conversation and communication with Christy and others, but to have an open door of communication with the commission.

So if there, you know, if you want me to, I'm not here all the time, so if you want me to zoom into meetings, I'm happy to do that.

But my intention is to ensure that there's community representation, and and when I say community, I I intend for there to be commission representation and to have an open door of communication.

So please know you can reach out to me at any point, and I'm happy to show up.

I'm also happy to just be in communication about how we are developing.

Thank you for showing up.

Um, I had one follow-up question.

In the beginning, when this commission was created, it was said um it was stated that because there was 75 million dollars there were that was allocated towards towards housing, that there would be a percentage um from of that would go towards our work.

And so, but looking at the Greenwood Trust but how that's structured, just asking where is so they go back to it to be able to say, okay, this percent of that 75 million is is being allocated to the Greenwood Trust for Beyond Apology's work.

Um, I don't know if you're I see Brentham's hand up.

Yeah, that's uh yeah.

So uh Brenton, can you come closer?

Come to the table.

Take money.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So much.

Let me start with this predated the administration, the current administration.

So that was an uh request, an ask.

It it never was put in, voted on or voted it uh by an ordinance because that's what it ultimately would have to take before any city dollars that's in tax callers to be disseminated.

The council has to vote in order to achieve that.

So we were when we were creating the commission, when we requested uh as after the uh the whole uh beyond apology process, that was the uh the first ask create the commission.

Then secondly, the mayor at that time, the uh mayor bino requested based on our our research that housing be prioritized because the city of Tulsa and the rest of this nation for that matter is in a housing crisis, and so that's how that came about hit and the idea again, our proposal was that uh set a portion or percentage of the 75 million would go towards some type of programming in housing for the Greenwood district again.

So that that was all conceptual, and so now we're at a new administration now.

We're trying to figure out how we can actually get that done.

But even if we wanted to do if they it would still have to take a vote of the council, which is why I think it's important that we always stay engaged with the council and let them know what our asked and those types of things are.

So yeah, any city or even the state commissions that are appointed by the governor, appointed by a mayor, all they can do is make recommendations, and so that was we made an official recommendation, they accepted those recommendations, but in mean that that's gonna have to come to fruition but but then so but then the the Greenwood Trust came after the fact, right?

Right, and so yeah, a couple things.

Um I want to mention number one, thank you guys.

Uh you don't know.

I think everyone at the table knows me, but for anyone watching, I'm Brentham Todd, Deputy Chief of Staff, the mayor's office.

Um get to work directly with the the uh Greenwood Trust and the work that's happening there and other work as well.

Um with that the 75 million dollars that was voter approved the IoT $3.

Um those have not none of those dollars have been committed to the Greenwood Trust.

Um as uh councilwoman um mentioned before there was the recommendation of funds to go toward advancing housing within the Greenwood district.

Uh to my knowledge, at this point, there is still intention for funds uh to be distributed toward the facilitation of housing inside the Greenwood district.

Um again, none to my knowledge has been fully committed or voted on by the council uh to say this entity is going to be the distributing entity for these housing funds, etc.

etc.

And so I just wanted to come up and say it's not the Greenwood Trust that's getting any of those funds uh per se, it is still to be voted on and still to be um decided where those funds land, but there are funds that are uh I don't want to say earmark, but intended to um be distributed in the Greenwood area for housing.

The last thing I'll say is the IoT three funds.

Um this past Thursday, they had a informational meeting online.

I believe next week there will be another informational meeting online where you can understand more deeply about those IOT three funds and how they are being distributed, so that you all can um be up to date with the most um up to date information, the latest information.

So definitely wanted to just share some clarity there.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

I I will say as a counselor, I I certainly do intend to make that request, but at the end of the day, I gotta have five votes.

Amen.

Okay, thank you.

And that was that was to your point.

That was the plan all along.

Yes, right.

Okay, yeah.

I was just saying I attended the the IO3 information session yesterday, and so there was a question asked on if they if there was prioritized for specific areas, and they said um not specifically, although the they will look at the fact that there's some areas that have been historically um disinvested into, including North Tulsa and East Tulsa.

Yes, and which is uh why, and I kind of um volunt volunteer Greg Taylor and myself today, and I said, How are you in meeting?

So um, we're gonna be meeting with Jeff Hall to talk about those IoT uh dollars, and so just piggybacking off of what council harper said, what is our job to push that those recommendations that we created gets done because I keep saying um I love what the Greenwood Trust is doing.

It's something new, it's something different, right?

And so we we want to support that, but also understanding by definition that is not reparations and repair.

Reparations and repair comes from the institutions and people who actually did the harm, and that's justice there, and so um I want us to remember that as a commission, and that's why we made those recommendations for the 24 million uh for housing.

Um when we were in Evanston this last time, it was such an amazing feeling to actually be there and help hand out 25,000 for reparations to the community, and that's what we did.

Um, and so when you're there in a space like that that's doing this work, and even though yes, people came up and uh tried to sue them, right?

They didn't go anywhere, right?

They still try, but they are still doing that work, and so we have to do that too.

We if we know whatever we do, people are gonna come at it anyway, right?

So we still need to be pushing for that, and this is one of the reasons why I really want to have that the the National Reparations Conference here because we have to see what's possible and what's being done, because it still feels like Tulsa is in this bubble.

We are and we I mean yeah, we are, and going to see progressive cities who are actually doing this work, um, and uh in a lot of instances led by white mayors and and elected officials.

Um they are doing this work, so if they're doing this, we have to do it too.

And um, and I I I think that's just where we are.

So uh supporting Greenwood Trust and also still supporting um those reparations and and and pushing for that.

And even that's something attorney Demario Solomon Sense has, you know, been saying, I mean, we you have to we have to get repair repressions on the people we did this harm that caused the harm.

And we can't let that go.

And so that's our job for beyond apology.

Show me the time that we got a hard stop in two.

But for the committee report, um is is there anyone from housing?

I will speak up for housing because we're gonna have that meeting.

I'll let you know with Jeff Hall about those IoT dollars.

Anyone from education?

I know they're not here because some meetings, yes.

We're doing a lot of things, and we have a lot of recommendations.

I have to give with Dr.

Curtis, but she's doing a great job.

Yes, she is when um your recommendations do you question?

I'm sorry.

Go ahead.

Oh, we got the two.

Okay, um do you all plan to what do you plan to share the recommendations with us?

Probably next month.

Next meeting, yes, ma'am.

But then you put this conference up.

We'll get reached.

Okay.

Okay.

Understandably.

So health and wellness.

Damali's gonna speak to the health and wellness.

Hi, Commissioner Damali Wilson.

She hear you.

Hello, can y'all hear me?

Yeah, now yes, we can.

Hello.

Okay, sorry about that.

I'm sorry, y'all.

We got three great help going on.

This is the last day, y'all pray for me that we can get through.

You can make it.

Yeah, so sorry about this.

But um, health and wellness.

So we actually had a meeting uh on Wednesday, Wednesday, uh, and talk with Dr.

LaBron Posha and uh Angela Barnett, and they are actually going to be a part of our committee.

We have a great conversation with them.

We are for the next uh six weeks, we're going to meet once a week um to talk about and actually get some other individuals engaged um in what we're doing, and we talked about some of the steps that we're wanting to take.

We also use um excuse me, y'all, I'm out of breath.

Um also uh utilizing um the directive that we received um from the chair from our care about health and wellness.

Um so we talked about those situations and what um we're how we want to proceed forward.

Uh they had some great ideas, both Dr.

Pashaw and um Miss Annual had some great ideas about other folks that they thought they we could bring to the committee.

So once we get those folks engaged here within the next week or so, then we will be choosing our chair and vice chair.

Um and so we will have more information uh for um uh uh from that committee once we get those things done.

So that's kind of where we are.

All right, good work, good work, guys.

Thank you, Commissioner Wilson.

Conditions, yes, good.

All right, community economic and land development.

We have a report.

Yes, we have a report for that one.

So we had a meeting on um on Tuesday between Commissioner, it was me, Greg, uh Commissioner Taylor, and also Commissioner Wilson, and we had Tim Newton and also Carlos Moreno join us or Morenos, and and with that, we identified um, we talked about still the areas because it's such a broad, is it's such a broad committee uh to focus on community economic and land development.

So identifying which areas we want to which direction we want to go in.

Um three three um areas they they kept coming up that were prevalent was the land identification on top of that, the protection and preservation.

And and so with that, um just like the health and wellness committee.

There's the since since there's some momentum, we want to keep the momentum going, and we're gonna meet once a week um for the next the next five weeks, and so we identified that time on Fridays at one that we'll be meeting, and also we're looking to expand our committee of members before we choose to who to be the chair or the vice chair, um, just really being able so that the load doesn't fall on just a few people.

That's good.

That's good.

Thank you.

Okay, uh systems change, which is policy and financial compensation.

Um, I kind of touched on um what we've what we've been working on, and I uh Reverend Francetta Mays is also on our uh policy committee.

Um we're gonna be talking that ordinance, we're gonna be pushing that ordinance through um not push, well we are gonna push it, but we're gonna present that uh to city council as well and get those those get that ball rolling.

Um, and also um Reverend Francetta also does a lot of work in the prison system.

So we're gonna be also talking about what does the care look like from a municipal piece on jails as well.

And so we would love you to also be a part of that commissioner Monday because you've been doing amazing stuff.

Um so we need to all kind of get these things in rolling.

Um, and then um cultural identity.

Uh we haven't had a report, a meeting yet um for that, but we're gonna be working on that committee, getting people there, and that's another thing that we're gonna do at the National Reparations Conference, and hopefully that we get you know, community folks in and also letting them know these are the committees that you can join and work and be a part of as well.

So we will be having something definitely um set up for that.

Um is there any old business?

Any new business?

Okay, any announcements or public comments from anybody?

Okay, Carlos, like April 7th is a bond vote.

I'm saying which way to vote?

April 7th is a bond.

Thank you.

Uh chairwoman has public schools.

Very important by oh, can I say which way to vote?

Oh, no, okay.

So as a commissioner, you couldn't say whatever.

Okay, we're gonna give you that information.

Tulsa public school.

Yes, it's important.

Go ahead.

Uh just as a uh for those that don't on I mean board member for Tulsa Tech Um Technology Zone One, North Tulsa.

Just a uh update on the situation of the Tulsa Tech North campus toward that with the elected officials last uh Sunday.

It's incredible that that was just an F1 and much more incredible, I should say more so a blessing uh that it occurred at night when no one was there.

Uh but it literally looked like a bomb when it was it is it is it is catastrophic devastation to that building.

That's the second oldest campus uh for Tulsa Tech.

And um, so uh we basically want to reassure the the the community because I'm actually served on the facilities committee as well, uh, that not only uh is Tulsa Tech going to rebuild there, but uh there we're actually looking at everything that's going on at that 36th Street North Quarter to look at what does it look like to expand there with the growth that's coming for the area, uh you know, larger conference room, larger community spaces.

Um so of course, all that is being you know worked through with with uh insurance and the different there's five different levels of property insurance they have that covers different things, but just want to reassure that the community because what people don't know they'll make up, and there's already people saying you know they ain't gonna rebuild, and they're gonna use us as an excuse to not be the campus will be one of the best beautiful campus.

It will be about a two-year process, but uh Tulsa Tech will be in back at that area in that location.

Just wanted to kind of report that for the community.

So thank you so much for that.

Um I got a question for you, follow-up.

Um, I'm I'm happy to hear that they're gonna rebuild, but something I was wondering, I'm so happy you're in this space to be able to share with us.

Uh, one of the things I was wondering that in the process of rebuilding, are they looking to partner with other community agencies to be able to still offer programming?

Yes, they uh in fact, the the reason there's there is there is a look believe it or not, there's a over a 5,000 wait list backlog for students to get into Tulsa Tech.

And that's why they're building you know more buildings literally after the pandemic, the the enrollment was just going through the roof, and then it just caps off to where there's no more place to put students.

So uh in fact, there's a new program that just started to increase the enrollment from McLean area.

Uh, and we've had like a 300% increase in students interested that find out, hey, for those that hey, college may not be the route.

There is an incredible career ready for you in many different trades, uh, and just making them aware of it and exposing them to the information, and there's been an outpouring.

So, long story short is yet the increase in investment in partners for the various community programs to expand Tulsa Tex Recon North Tulsa.

Um, that's happening.

It's currently being put into place so that it can be implemented by 2028 when the new campus opens up for Career Services Center and when we get to order back up and running.

So I'll just I'll just continue to keep information up to date.

Okay, thank you.

Also there's a Tulsa Empowerment.

Uh tomorrow from nine until when Tulsa Powerman Network that was shared already.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

No, no, no, it's okay.

I'm just saying you guys have the information in your inbox.

Yeah, thank you, Kyra.

Yeah, there's something.

Yeah.

Well, I I shared with Lexi the next info session that Demario went to, so you all have that.

We'll have it soon.

And then I wanted to do a quick intro for someone uh who's relatively new to the city of Tulsa, our new director of the Office of Public Art and Community Partnerships, um, Ashanti Chaplin is here.

And so I just want to make sure you all knew uh her who she was and um getting connected because there's a lot of intersections.

Yes, thank you.

Uh real quick, just everybody please if you see the opportunity to lend your support to the child care crisis that we're in right now.

Oh, yeah.

We are we are actually gonna be uh uh presenting an acknowledgement to the city to maybe see if they will want to participate.

But child care is in a crisis right now with funding from 70 million to seven million, and we've been at the Capitol every other week and you know, trying to talk to legislators if you have a connection in with whatever fast that you do uh with legislative or in the governor's office or at the head of DHS.

Please use your access to help because this is not only dismantling the child care businesses, but also the families are losing access to those benefits as well, and that's really the most important thing.

So we're trying to protect them from food desert crime and everything else.

So we can lend to that too.

And also, Vanessa and I are gonna be hosting a um on the 4th, April 4th, a housing um class uh for not just first-time homebuyers, but just trying to help you get from you know application to closing and you know, helping you be prepared and realizing the dream of homeownership.

So where's that cover?

Uh I'm sorry.

Where it's gonna be a burn it.

Yes, it's gonna be a burn on the fourth, but I I can send everybody a flyer.

Yeah, yes.

Thank you.

Tomorrow.

Oh, sorry.

Oh, it's okay.

Our uh Department of Resilience and Equity has some amazing programs coming up.

So our Office of Financial Empowerment is hosting a navigating student loans online webinar.

Um so if you are somebody who is still working through paying off those student loans, definitely recommend going and I can share all the info in our follow-up email.

Um, there will also be a neighborhoods and financial resource fair on May 7th.

Um I'll share more information about that, but that will be at Rudisil Library.

So that's also with the Office of Financial Empowerment and partnerships with our um planning and neighborhoods team to get critical resources out to the community.

Um and a little bit further down the line, um, our team member who coordinates the opioid abatement grant on our team is um organizing a rising together Tulsa Recovery Summit where recovery and mental health meet.

So that will help folks learn about addiction, how to help somebody who's struggling with addiction, recognize overdose signs, and how to um be able to you know support such as like administering Narcan and things like that.

So um potentially interesting, especially to those on the Health and Wellness Committee.

So as registration becomes available for that, I will share with that with you as well.

Tomorrow um we are partnering with Beeher Movement to do a citywide um community pop-up care village, and we're gonna be offering case management, clothes, free laundry, free showers, legal services, uh pet vaccines, haircuts, library bus passes, uh resume, job help, um, and hygiene products for free, underwear, wherever you need, um a whole bunch of community uh partners have come together to make this possible.

So we're super excited from 9 a.m.

to 2:30, whoever you are, you don't have to prove anything, just come pick it up, come use good community, um, and there will be food as well.

April 21st is hold on, where is that at?

It's gonna be at the Beherd Movement.

It's at 7216 East Admiral Place.

Um if you just type into Google at the Beher Movement, that the address is up.

And on April 21st is so important, it is state lion day at the Capitol.

Um, that is the day where um alumni, community members, and folks come in, uh lobby on behalf of Langston University.

And so as you all are part of the Tulsa community, uh believe you should lobby on but on behalf of uh Langston Tulsa for sure for sure.

Absolutely.

Thank you all.

What's the date of that?

April 21st.

Lexi has a hard bloody pass or two o'clock, right?

I told you I would give you to 201.

We're okay.

45 seconds.

Commissioner Damali Wilson mentioned the children out at the spring break camp, and those children came to the workshop uh yesterday, and so we could introduce children to a lot of heavy machinery and saws and things like that.

Um we did safety first.

Thank you to you that came uh commissioners came to the first workshop for DIY skills last month, and there's gonna be another one this month, March 28th.

So I'll just pass these out.

So I'll pass them down the line.

Where are you sending that information out?

Okay.

Oh, I did see that.

Yeah, okay.

And you can also go to NorthwoodToys.com and you can see more information.

Okay, so thank you, um, commissioners.

Thank you all so much for the work.

I'm taking more.

Um then for the work that you all are doing on these committees.

Y'all are knocking it out the park.

Um, really, and I'm not just saying that.

I'm just so happy for the work that's taking place and what we're doing, and we're doing this work for generations to come.

Um, also want to say grab some cards on the table.

It's like this will be your business card from Beyond Apology.

Um, we're gonna need these at the National Reparations Conference, I promise.

So make sure you grab some on your way out the door.

Um, and if you have any uh questions about the conference, let me know after this.

Is there a motion to adjourn?

Madam Chair, I move we adjourn this meeting right now until we won't have second.

All right, all in favor.

Hi, see you all check your email.

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