We’re back!
Today we’ll be talking about the foster care and adoption system in Oklahoma - it’s not a sexy subject - but it’s an important one. My guest is an employee with the Oklahoma Dept of Human Services' Child Welfare division working in Foster Care and Adoption Recruitment, Christina Cabbiness-Lloyd.And I’ll be sharing with you the crazy month I’ve had and why we haven’t had any new episodes since early November.

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Executive Producers: Landry Miller, Quinn Blakely

SoundsTooth.com———Special Thanks to my guest, Christina Cabbiness-Lloyd

Oklahoma Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline information:1-800-522-3511

OKhotline.org

http://www.okdhs.org/contactus/Pages/DHSHotlines.aspx

Today we are going to be Talking about the next few weeks in American history and how we can use our voices to help our families, friends, and neighbors move past this. We’ll be talking to Walela Knight, the Tulsa coordinator for Rock the Native Vote and she is on the board of directors for Matriarch about Native discrimination, our role in getting involved, and why it’s so important and so much bigger of a problem than you think it is to wear that horribly racist native american costume.

But first - if you’re listening to this the day it comes out - then you know it’s election day… and I gotta be honest, I’ve been fretting about this day for months - and I’m sure you have too… so let’s talk about the days and weeks to come.
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Executive Producers: Landry Miller, DeVo

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Special Thanks to my guest, Walela Knight
www.rockthenativevote2020.org/
https://www.matriarchok.com/

References:

https://www.insider.com/native-american-offensive-racist-things-2020-1

https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/09/25/in-the-fight-for-racial-justice-native-stories-should-not-be-ignored/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/stories/articles/2020/8/31/use-of-native-american-imagery

https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears

Produced by Landry Miller

Executive Producers: Landry Miller, DeVo, Quinn Blakely

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Special Thanks to my guest, Quinn Blakely

References:
Water Quality - https://sites.google.com/view/whatsinyourwater/home?authuser=0
COVID UPDATE LOCAL - https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/four-tulsa-county-zip-codes-are-in-red-and-contact-tracers-cant-determine-reasons-because/article_5d65d36a-0ff8-11eb-accc-1b95e25e8e06.html
Minimum Wage - https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/state-lawmakers-warned-theres-work-do-v-shaped-recovery-table#stream/0

On today’s episode we are talking about what it is like being a teacher in the middle of a pandemic. Landry talks with teacher, and he’s on the Oklahoma Education Association Board of Directors for Tulsa Metro C, Dr. Dustin Devore.
And Landry shares his thoughts about Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day.

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Executive Producers: Landry Miller, DeVo

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Special Thanks to my guest, Dr. Dustin Devore

References:
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/12/columbus-day-indigenous-peoples-day-facts-2020-holiday-trump/5952881002/

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/14/769083847/columbus-day-or-indigenous-peoples-day

On today’s episode we are talking about just how impactful climate change is to our everyday lives and why we need our local leaders to take this seriously. Landry talks with activist, co-chair of the Tulsa Ready for 100 campaign, a member of the TYPROs Sustainability crew, Nancy Moran about how difficult it is to stay healthy on an unhealthy planet and why it’s our responsibility to reduce our carbon footprint.

Produced by Landry Miller

Executive Producers: Landry Miller, DeVo

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Special Thanks to my guest, Nancy Moran - www.sierraclub.org/ready-for-100

Refrences:
Disaster Distress Helplineexternal icon: 1-800-985-5990 (press 2 for Spanish), or text TalkWithUs for English or Hablanos for Spanish to 66746. Spanish speakers from Puerto Rico can text Hablanos to 1-787-339-2663.

National Suicide Prevention Lifelineexternal icon: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) for English, 1-888-628-9454 for Spanish, or Lifeline Crisis Chatexternal icon.

National Domestic Violence Hotlineexternal icon: 1-800-799-7233 or text LOVEIS to 22522

National Child Abuse Hotlineexternal icon: 1-800-4AChild (1-800-422-4453) or text 1-800-422-4453

National Sexual Assault Hotlineexternal icon: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or Online Chat external icon

The Eldercare Locatorexternal icon: 1-800-677-1116 TTY Instructionsexternal icon

Veteran’s Crisis Lineexternal icon: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or Crisis Chatexternal icon or text: 8388255

On today’s episode we are talking about how we could raise the minimum wage for Tulsa workers - and the uphill battle it will be. Then Landry talks to former mayoral candidate, Craig Immel, about his vision of moving Tulsa forward and some of the ways we can address poverty in this city, as well as using technology to bring us into the 21st century.
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Executive Producers: Landry Miller, DeVo

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Special Thanks to my guest, Craig Immel - follow his upcoming moves at MoveTulsaForward.com

Refrences:
https://www.jltulsa.org/poverty-in-tulsa/#:~:text=The%202015%20Department%20of%20Health,difficult%20for%20Tulsa's%20disadvantaged%20population.

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/score-does-minimum-wage-kill-jobs/

https://datausa.io/profile/geo/tulsa-ok/#:~:text=20%25%20of%20the%20population%20for,and%20then%20Females%206%20%2D%2011.

https://www.bls.gov/regions/southwest/news-release/minimumwageworkers_oklahoma.htm

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/30/two-thirds-of-americans-favor-raising-federal-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/

https://edlabor.house.gov/download/fact-sheet-raising-the-minimum-wage-is-good-for-workers-business-and-the-economy-#:~:text=Raising%20the%20federal%20minimum%20wage,by%20generating%20increased%20consumer%20demand.

https://www.nelp.org/wp-content/uploads/Minimum-Wage-Basics-Polling.pdf

https://www.epi.org/publication/ib341-raising-federal-minimum-wage/

On today’s episode we are talking about the Tulsa Association of Pioneer’s monument in Owen Park, the history behind it, and what we should do next? Then we’re joined by Ryan Rhoades, a local activist, who has helped advocate for BLM.
We talk about the process of getting the Black Lives Matter mural in Greenwood, being self-aware enough as a white dude to know where the line is when fighting against racism, and what he hopes to see for the future - including the $40 million Tulsa Race Massacre reparations.
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Executive Producers: Landry Miller, DeVo

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Episode notes:

http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/09/?m=1&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://thislandpress.com/2011/09/03/beno-hall-tulsas-den-of-terror/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://youtu.be/raVFzZZLp3A

https://youtu.be/l-FHJ5z3e3o

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=111583&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Landry Miller, politician, writer, and entertainer is sitting down to discuss and breakdown issues that are affecting us every day - and talking to community leaders, experts, and elected officials on how we can work together to solve those problems.
We’ll be talking about systemic racism, inequality, homelessness, government accessibility and transparency, minimum wage increase, the pandemic, local economies, and so much more. We’ll spend each episode having hard discussions and conversations about the things that affect you.

- SoundsTooth 2020

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