What We Do

“Can I join, I’m not black?” “Am I allowed?” “What will my family think?” “Am I welcomed?” These are questions that many people ask themselves when they hear about #RacismStinks. The short answer is: yes. Please join. We welcome you.

Read on to learn more about what we do.

Our Programs

Celebration of Reconciliation

This celebration has a two-fold purpose. First to highlight, applaud, and inspire the people who are doing the difficult work of racial reconciliation, and social justice, to keep going. The second is to write "our chapter", the chapter of healing to the story of Tulsa's Race Massacre of 1921. We pay respects to our history and honor the lives that were lost during the massacre that destroyed the most affluent African American community in the United States due to racism.

We host our annual 5k, "The Race Against Racism" or nick-named "The Skunk Run" along with our "Jr. Skunk Olympics" for the kids which consist of tug-o-war, soccer, and 20-yard dash. We have guest speakers and a local historian who gives the history of the 1921 Race Massacre, and the speaks to the resilience of the Greenwood Community. The Tulsa Police Department speaks on their efforts to heal Tulsa through community policing. Also in attendance are multiple agencies and organizations who are passionate about racial reconciliation in our city. These organizations give out information on how you can get involved in this important and great work!

The most important piece in this event is YOU, the community! Join us for Tulsa's unifying fun run to heal the racial divides in our city! By jogging this historic path together, we are symbolically stomping out racism with every step! Be a part of making #OneTulsa a reality!

Remember: It takes us all
Together We Will Change The World
#racismstinks

Fight for Fatherhood

The Fight for Fatherhood initiative is to address and tackle the leading cause of the vast divide in foundational areas of human existence in America. These divides represent themselves in all racial disparity indicators across the board, racial disparities in employment for example. The 2018 Tulsa Equality Indicator Report states, “Unemployed individuals are those who are in the labor force but are not currently working.” Black Tulsans (81.2) are almost two and a half times more likely to be unemployed compared to White Tulsans (34.3). Asians (61.5) and Native Americans (60.6) also have unemployment rates that are nearly twice that of Whites. Hispanic/Latinos have a similar rate of unemployment to Whites (39.0). We know unemployment leads to a host of other conditions that accompany the lack of finances. These disparities expose unsettling truths about the difference in living conditions amongst races of people who live so close together in one of the greatest countries on earth.

In his article in The Guardian author Kirk E. Harris states, "Research has established that father involvement improves a child’s educational outcomes, confidence, minimizes counter-productive behavior and decreases early sexual activity and other dangerous risk-associated behaviors,” (June 2018).

We combat this issue by providing these desperate fathers with access to resources necessary to become an active participant in their child/children's lives. This consists of legal support, emotional support, educational and constructive recreational options. By streamlining access to these services vital to rekindling and sustaining a healthy father/child relationship we wholeheartedly believe we will see a positive change to the Tulsa Equality Indicators Report.

Fight for Families

We are building a great program for the people highly effected by separation and breakdown of the family unit. This is sure to be one of our greatest programs.

HomeSafe 101

We host a monthly community training class on best safety practices for encounters with law enforcement. With the heightened climate of officer-involved shootings of unarmed black and brown people, racism has been heavily discussed as a motive. If in fact, an officer is racially biased, we wouldn't be able to tell. We’re not out to change that officer's individual beliefs concerning minority people. We believe that we must challenge the systems that allow any racial biases to thrive. In the immediate instance of a situation where someone finds themselves encountered with a police officer, we feel that it’s necessary to equip the individual with situational knowledge and safety recommendations. This is so they understand the legitimate fears police officers may have in those encounters, the potential dangers of the situation they face and the dangers that officers face along with the boundaries of the law. Our primary concern is not the immediate assertion of an individual’s rights, but the preservation of life for all parties involved in the encounter to make it HomeSafe.

People Policing People

We also offer training to police departments for their officers called "People Policing People." We understand that the profession of policing can be a very dangerous profession. We also understand that there can be Acute Dissociative Experiences put in place by the brain as methods to protect ones moral-sanity during a critical incident. When an officer dissociates the human element from the being who is accused of committing a crime it is easier to pull the trigger in fear. We believe that infusing the human element into the interaction between law enforcement and potential detainee will lead to a safer interaction for not only the potential detainee but for the officer as well.