Fablab in KW Neighborhood

So, awhile back we posted about our experience at the Boston Fablab and how we might work to bring one to Tulsa. Well, fast forward and Kendall Whittier Inc is seriously pursuing the idea of putting one in the KW neighborhood. There will be a community presentation on Oct 5 at 7pm at Educare at [...]

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PLANiTulsa Releases Draft Plan

Yesterday evening, PLANiTulsa officially released a draft of  Tulsa’s vision and planning for the future. As many of you are aware, Tulsans have spent the last year attending planning sessions through PLANiTulsa and helping to guide and provide input towards Tulsa’s future. Micah and I have written past blogs on the subject which I encourage you to read if [...]

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Radiothon for Child Abuse Network

The Child Abuse Network, an innovative Tulsa agency that uses an integrated model of child abuse investigation and recovery services, is being featured today on Clear Channel’s local radio stations. All day the stations will feature stories about what CAN does, how its affected the lives of the children it serves, and interviews with the [...]

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Moveable Oases for the Food Desert

Some of the innovation gang headed over to a local taco stand for lunch to enjoy the weather and much talked about experience by the local media of late. When we came back, I had an a-ha moment of why doesn’t Tulsa introduce some sort of traveling fruit and vegetable truck in our food deserts? Since [...]

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100+ Mayors Promoting Child and Family Well-Being

The Mayor’s Action Challenge for Children and Families just signed on its 100th Mayor. Initiated last November at the National League of Cities’ -Congress of Cities and Expositions – The Challenge calls upon mayors to promote child and family well-being including setting at least one local and unique goal in each of the following four [...]

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I like school better with Grandmas and Grandpas – Liam

This month’s Edutopia magazine featured none other than our very own Jenks.  With a title of “Senior Citizens Help Young Children with Reading – and Relationships” I was pretty sure where the article was going, but was I in for a surprise…
In 1998, Don Greiner started construction of a nursing home in Jenks next [...]

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Congrats OU-Tulsa

Congratulations to OU-Tulsa for being selected by the University of Pennsylvania Netter Center for Community Partnerships as its first regional training center on university-assisted community schools.
OU-Tulsa has been recognized for its innovative university-community-school partnerships. It is anticipated the training center will not only deepen OU-Tulsa’s involvement in the community including the Tulsa Area Community [...]

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Au Con-pear

Diama mentioned that the food bank recently received 6,000 pounds of pears. As I understood it, they actually received about 40,000 pounds. The chefs “just” prepared 3 tons worth of pears in meals. The rest went home to families badly in need of fresh produce.
Not to detract from the awesomeness of that fact.
How much more [...]

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Out and About

So, this post is a shout-out to Tulsa’s unofficial Young Non-Profit Professionals group or “Non-Pros.” Courtesy of Facebook, this group recently came to the attention of some of us of a certain age demographic here at CAP. This group informally meets once a month at the Community Food Bank’s headquarters where, Director of Culinary Arts, Jonathan Haring [...]

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Social Innovation Camp

For those of you that know me, you can probably picture my excitement and bulging of eyes as  I saw these three beautiful words. One of my favorite and inspiring sites to check in on every once in awhile is launchpad a project of the Young Foundation headquartered in London. The Young Foundation specifically focuses on social innovation and [...]

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