Family & Children’s Services will mark the grand opening of the Family & Children’s Services Thrift Store, located at 724 S. Utica, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 5. The Tulsa Regional Chamber will be present for the event scheduled to take place at 10:30 am. While Tulsa gains an exciting new option for…
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My name is Kate and I am 22 years old. I started being bullied in middle school. The boys started getting taller and the girls were getting prettier, apart from me. I was considered overweight for thirteen. I didn’t have many friends, except food. Food was my comfort and the only thing I had control…
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Let down and locked up: Why Oklahoma’ female incarceration is so high [revealnews.org] by Ziva Branstetter, Allison Herrera, Harriet Rowan and Eric Sagara The stories behind Oklahoma’s disproportionately high female incarceration rate are the subject of an upcoming investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and a forum in Oklahoma City that will explore the experiences…
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Family & Children’s Services announces Tina Parkhill as FY18 board president. As the previous chair of the resource development committee, Parkhill enhanced the fundraising efforts of the agency through her inspirational leadership and commitment to F&CS. Q: How do you manage to juggle family, work and community involvement? A: I am very blessed to have a…
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During the past century, the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work has been dedicated to advancing relevant and high-quality knowledge and values of social work practice. These graduates become competent social workers who are elevating the status of people, populations or communities that experience vulnerability and injustice. Throughout the past year, the Anne…
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