Tag Archives: SJR 15

Democratic Women Schedule May 3rd Political Forum

 Opposing SJR 15 – Oklahoma’s Anti-Affirmative BillOklahoma City, Oklahoma – A local Democratic Party women’s group will host a political forum on Tuesday, May 3rd, at Langston University – Oklahoma City Campus from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm.  The event is billed as a non-partisan public education community forum.  Panelists will discuss the ramifications of

Save Affirmative Action in Oklahoma!

Save Affirmative Action in Oklahoma!Public Education ~ Panel DiscussionTuesday, May 3, 2011 · 6:00pm – 8:00pmLangston University – Oklahoma City Campus4205 N. Lincoln BoulevardOklahoma City, OK 73105The Oklahoma Senate has recently passed SJR 15, which will end affirmative action in Oklahoma public employment, public education, and public contracting.  The legislation has also been advanced by

Lessons From My Grandmother: Vigilance by Jana Lewis Harkins

“We, the people.” It is a very eloquent beginning. But when that document [the Preamble to the US Constitution] was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787 I was not included in that “We, the people.” I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake.

An African American Woman’s Reaction to Oklahoma SJR 15 by Jana Lewis Harkins

Oklahoma Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 15 Will Hurt Women and Minorities by Jana Lewis HarkinsI am an African American woman. My mother was an African American woman, as was her mother and grandmother before her. One day my granddaughters will be African American women. Like my mother and my grandmothers, my hope is that it

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