Novelist Rilla Askew boldly states, “Oklahoma is America: we are its microcosm; our story is America’s story, intensified to the hundredth power.” I believe that this is true and will be lived out if we exchange fear of difference and embrace the fact that this difference is where Oklahoma was birthed from the beginning. The… Continue reading Why Oklahoma
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Ruba Tariq: I am the present and future of American Democracy
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_video admin_label=”Ruba Tariq: NSVF Video” _builder_version=”3.0.105″ src=”https://youtu.be/W9IQV3ea4mM” image_src=”//i.ytimg.com/vi/W9IQV3ea4mM/hqdefault.jpg” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.105″ background_layout=”light”] Ruba Tariq, a member of Generation Citizen’s Student Leadership Board, shares her message about the power of youth voice in democracy at the annual New Schools Venture Fund Summit, a gathering for education leaders who bring important and diverse perspectives in PreK-12… Continue reading Ruba Tariq: I am the present and future of American Democracy