OKC Sunday Morning Magazine

This week in segment one, we interview Captins Dwight and Shelly Durant from Ten Seven Retreat  https://www.tensevenretreat.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/208089713707623 Our second segment features The Character Council of Edmond with Shaun Prior, Anna Rogness and Diane Krakowski https://edmondcharacter.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April Grant from Rose Rock Habitat Community Outreach Administrator for Humanity and Allison Coffman Director of Community Experiences at Oklahoma Baptist University. https://roserockhabitat.org/  Segment two features 3 different Oklahoma City Theaters!  OKC Rep Kelly Kerwin https://www.okcrep.org/ Actor Ashley J Mandanas representing Lyric Theatre https://lyrictheatreokc.com/shows/lyrics-a-christmas-carol-2023/ Actor Tyler John Malenauskus representing https://www.okshakes.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our continuing segment on local issues, Jacquelyne Finley, and David Pilchman, co-presidents join us in the studio. https://my.lwv.org/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/about In our second segment we welcome back representatives from Canadian County Casa https://canadiancountycasa.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our first segment we feature information about the Norman Glow Walk with Tammy Keller who is the Oklahoma Area Director and Lisa Knowles, the publicity chair of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. https://supporting.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=9659&_gl=1*1g24a1s*_ga*MTI0NjI0OTg0Ny4xNjk3MzczMjI0*_ga_44VZZG2H84*MTY5NzM3MzIyMy4xLjEuMTY5NzM3MzI1My4zMC4wLjA.*_fplc*VGNGNTJXWGRDckh5Q2wxcHU1anNWNW55bXdkNW9VZmJscG5rJTJCNDFMV1NBdSUyQjRXVXJ4UGtCeURwSWt5WFlDR21wR0w0OGxYQ3QwSFBvb1Uwd01yQ2FhQlhITTY3V1F4QzNqYWRDZSUyRkoyajlmc21TclolMkY5bkpIcyUyQlUzWnpVUSUzRCUzRA..&language=en In our second segment we speak with Mellissa Hearne, President of the Tornado Alley Writers chapter of Sisters in Crime https://www.sistersincrime.org/group/TornadoAlley https://tornadoalleymysterywriters.buzzsprout.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TornadoAlleySinC  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margo Gianos a representative of The Greek Fest OKC joined us to talk about their upcoming event and she brought along  Janna Wade and Melinda Zelesnikar who represent Project Beloved, this year's charity recipient.  https://www.greekfestokc.com/ https://www.projectbeloved.org/ Our second segment features Jenny Brand, Executive Director of Theatre Crude and Rodney Brazil and Actor and Playwright and Morgan Simon, Producer and Co-founder of Collective Arts Productions. They came in to tell us about their upcoming Theatre Crude Fringe Festival! https://www.theatrecrude.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two people from the Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre joined us for the first segment, Kelly Kerwin, Artistic Director and Jesse Jou, Director of the play "The Antelope Party. https://www.okcrep.org/ The second segment features the return of Kidvation's Chief Imagination Officer Brent Wheelbarger and a graduate of his program, Katie Sparks, CEO and Co-founder of Wrist World.www.kidvationglobal.com  www.kidvationmarket.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rock the Block with Dolese and United Way of Central Oklahoma Donate to the United Way and get a hot dog!! https://www.dolese.com/company/media-room/dolese-presents-rock-the-block/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Powers, Director of the JD McCarty Center, with Megan Mattox, Physical Therapist and Jenny Hughes Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant came to the studio to discuss their upcoming golf tournament. https://www.jdmc.org/golf Tammy Laakso, president and John Osse board member from the Welcome to Hope Foundation in Tulsa joined us to talk about their new organization https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093660459082See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week in our first segment we have Seth King with the Shawnee Family YMCA and David Ricks with the Shawnee Elks Lodge in to discuss their October Golf Tournament!https://www.ymca.org/locations/shawnee-family-ymca https://www.facebook.com/shawneeymca The second segment features The League of Women Voters of Oklahoma County David Pilchman - Co-President LWVOKCTaz Al-Michael - Treasurer LWVOKC and Central Regional Organizer for TogetherOKDr. John Thompson - Retired History Teacher at John Marshall and Centennial HSs.   https://my.lwv.org/oklahoma/oklahoma-countySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angie Doss joins us again for good news about fundraising for Sunbeam Family Services! Through August 31st, Jersey Mikes is donating 100% of cookie sales to help build brighter futures for children and families!   Angie Doss, Chief Development and Marketing Officer Sara Linhardt, Foster Care Certification Specialist https://sunbeamfamilyservices.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our first segment this week features Executive Artistic DirectorRhonda Clark and Chair of the Board of Directors of Carpenter Square Theater. https://www.carpentersquare.com/ Next, we welcome Suzette Chang from Thick Descriptions back to discuss their upcoming fundraiser. https://www.thickdescriptions.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our first segment is a conversation with Misha Mohr, Public Information Officer and Erin Dorio, Director of Support Services both from the Oklahoma State Election board. https://oklahoma.gov/elections.html The second segment features the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Dept. Executive Director Shelley Zumwalt and Communications Director Chase Horn https://www.travelok.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jakky Lynette, Oklahoma County League of Women Voters President returns this week along with Co President David Pilchman. We also welcome Tasreem Al-Michael, Treasurer with the League of Women Voters of Oklahoma County and Community Organizer with Oklahoma Policy Institute. https://my.lwv.org/oklahoma/oklahoma-county https://okpolicy.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we begin with Kidvation Global Chief Operations Officer Harold Lee and Chief Imagination Officer Brent Wheelbarger. https://kidvationglobal.com/ Our second segment features Judy Startzman, Chief Product Program and Marketing Officer for The Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma. She also brought Jennifer who is a troop leader, and Anna a scout. https://www.gswestok.org/en/Membership/join.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

https://www.thickdescriptions.org/ Thick Descriptions Founder and CEO Suzette Chang joined us and brought two Fellows, Khomal Kushboo and Aminata Dembele.   https://www.tinkerfcu.org/?s=foundation Kevin Jamison, Executive Director and Kate Bacon, Development Director came to represent TFCU Foundation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we have two mental health professionals from Sunbeam Family Services, Charles Jackson, LPC-S, RPT, Therapist and Shayla Winrow, M. Ed., LPC-S, Clinical Supervisor.https://sunbeamfamilyservices.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we spoke to Kareem Muhammad, Executive Director and Malik Muhammad, Executive Board Member for The Teachers Appreciation Foundation. https://www.taf5.org/    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We had another fantastic conversation with The League of Women Voters of Oklahoma County. The Treasurer Rhonda McLean and David Pilchman gave us some great information about voting! https://my.lwv.org/oklahoma/oklahoma-county https://oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Segment one this week features two people from the Paseo Arts Festival, Theresa Hultburg, Program Manager and Amanda Bleakley, Executive Director https://www.thepaseo.org/festival Second is The Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma's Chief Product Program and Marketing officer, Judi Starzman. https://www.gswestok.org/ https://camp.gswestok.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are honored this week to have a former member of the Cumulus OKC family in the studio! Emanuel (Eman) Rivera is now the Executive Director of The Come Up Foundation and he has brought the Chairman, Carl Belford along for the interview. We spend 30 minutes this week learning about this amazing foundation! https://comeupfoundation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083740004770See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Segment one this week features The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. Cathy Nestlen, Director of Communications and Marketing joins us along with Steve Riggs who is the Food Drive State Chair for the National Association of Letter Carriers. https://www.nalc.org/community-service/food-drive https://www.regionalfoodbank.org/stamp-out-hunger/ Segment two features De'iona Monay, President and Founder of the XFA Foundation and Wyjuana Montgomery, XFA Foundation Volunteer and Co-facilitator.https://www.xtremefinancialacademy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/xfafoundationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we welcome New View Oklahoma's Ashley Howard VP of and Communications and Mark Ivy Development Manager to talk about their Blackout Banquet June 24th. https://nvoklahoma.org/ Our second segments features Amber Hanaken,  Director of Marketing and Communications at Soonercon and Matthew Cavanaugh Treasurer of The Future Society of Oklahoma https://soonercon.com/ https://www.fscok.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Martha's favorite subject this week...books! We welcome Steven Baker President of the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book as well as Troy Miligan, a board member. https://oklahoma.gov/libraries/ocb.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our first segment features an organization called Loveworks Leadership. We were excited to meet and talk with Ed Taylor, Executive Director.  https://www.loveworksleadership.org/ The second segment we welcome Pivot back to the house! Chandy Rice, Senior Director of External Affairs and Terrell Johnson, Community Intervention Center Team Lead both took time to give us an update on what's new with them. https://www.pivotok.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first interview this week is with Byron Jackson, the Executive Director of Possibilities Inc with Building Bridges OKC. Jakky Finley of the podcast Tushalicious Talk, and Stephanie Laswell of the Podcast The Divorced Life. buildingbridgesokc.org https://www.buildingbridgesokc.org/thedivorcedlife https://www.buildingbridgesokc.org/tushalicioustalk Our second segment features Camp Claphans Camp Director Bobbie Hunter along with two campers. Emily Nelson graduated from camp in 2019, and Jordan Holcer has been a camper since 2019! https://www.jdmc.org/node/30See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jesse Hebden Taylor, Construction Associate with Rose Rock Habitat for Humanity is joined by Kelli Weaver, Life group leader for Life Church Shawnee and Warren Stowe of WEJ Productions to give us details on their move to help the citizens of Potawatomi County by building new homes there.  https://www.habitat.org/ok/norman/rose-rock-hfhSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Dismukes joins us from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse and brings Donna Woods the founder of Ocarta along for the discussion. https://www.ocartaoklahoma.org/ https://oklahoma.gov/odmhsas.html  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April Railey and Priscilla Donnely from Tinker Family Readiness Fund join us to talk about some upcoming fundraisers and events! https://www.facebook.com/TinkerFamilyReadinessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Randall Gardner, Director and Elle Shroyer from Rose Rock Habitat for Humanity stopped in to discuss their upcoming Common Grounds Coffee Festival in Norman March 4th at Cleveland County Fairgrounds. Randy Gardner - President and CEOElle Shroyer - VP of Donor and Community Engagementhttps//RoseRockHabitat.orghttps://www.facebook.com/RoseRockHabitat/https://www.facebook.com/RoseRockHabitat.CoffeeFestivalhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/common-grounds-coffee-festival-tickets-443791982767?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are excited to have Clint Stone, VP of Programs and Collections from Science Museum Oklahoma and Tom Arnold, Director of The Kirkpatrick Planetarium in the studio! https://www.sciencemuseumok.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are happy to welcome Dr Jalisha Booth from the James Booth Foundation and glad to meet Wyjuana Montgomery from Reach Forward Foundation to the studio! https://www.jamesboothfoundation.org/ https://reachforward.wixsite.com/reachforwardSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are proud to welcome three people from the Oklahoma City Museum of Art this week! Michael Anderson, President and CEO, Kimberly Worrell Director of Development, and Rosie May, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Audience Engagement. https://www.okcmoa.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sunbeam Family Services is in the studio today. Jillian Walker, Marketing and Communications Specialist and Colton Kirton, Development and Marketing  Specialist have come to talk about their new teacher incentives. https://sunbeamfamilyservices.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we are happy to welcome Melanie Anthony, Senior Director of Development, and Jennifer Edwards, Women's Business Center Program Manager from REI Oklahoma. They also brought along Ronda A. White, owner of Conference Architects, a client of REI. We had a great conversation about the organization in general and about micro-grants that women can apply for. https://reiwbc.org/reiwbc_capacity_initiative/?fbclid=IwAR1l4vNKBiIeyQcwz7So8Jfobwke-oasxVoFV8UOqkV_pbA03z37NfeD2Ek https://www.reiok.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our two part conversation this week is with Sunbeam Family Services. Parthenia Barry, Care Navigation Supervisor and a client who is a Grandparent who is raising her grandchild who is being helped by the program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our two part conversation today features husband and wife team Amanda and Jeremy Haysmer of The Puzzle Piece Ranch near Guthrie OK. https://thepuzzlepieceranch.org/  https://www.facebook.com/ThePuzzlePieceRanch  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we welcome two seniors from Norman North Highschool, Jamaal Jackson and Cal Smith to discuss SPUD week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Dismukes and Heath Hayes from then Oklahoma Dept of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services joined Martha in the studio this week for a two part conversation about mental health and the new number 988!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our first segment we visit with David Crawford, Account Consultant for the Oklahoma Blood Institute and Ronna Jan Chitwood from Realty On Group Capstone about their upcoming blood drive. Segment two is Stacy Aldridge, Director of Marketing and Communications and Heidi Costello, Events Manager from Scissortail Park. Night Markets are coming to an end for the season but we talk about their upcoming holiday events.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our conversation with Rhonda Clark, Executive Artistic Director and Rick Allen Lippert, Board Chair of Carpenter Square Theater is all about when their new space will be ready for shows!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week our conversation is with Sydney Concha, LMSW, and Foster Care Certification Specialist and Katy Lundberg, a Foster Parent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Perriann Pulliam, Chief Executive Officer and Karla Stinnett, Director of Public Relations join us from Upward Transitions for both segments this week! https://upwardtransitions.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The fight to make the library in Tuttle a public library continues. Since opening with only volunteers and donated books back in 2014, things have progressed a bit but not enough. Vivian Sloan, the librarian, gives us an update on their status. https://www.tuttlelibrary.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we have an extended conversation with representatives from two different organizations. Margaret Kobos, founder and CEO of Oklahoma United for Progress  https://ok-united.org/ and Julie Knutson, CEO of The Oklahoma Academy and John Harper, board member of The Oklahoma Academy https://okacademy.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we use the show to highlight a couple of REALLY hard working people from https://sharingtreeok.org/ Lizzy Bozarth, the Executive Director and Andrea Harrison, the Program Manager. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jabar Shumate, VP of Community Convening and Social Justice of The Urban League of Oklahoma City was on hand to discuss their ongoing efforts. https://urbanleagueok.org/ Cassie Gillman, Chief Development Officer and Cathy Nestlan, Director of Communications and Marketing came to the studio to talk about upcoming projects! https://www.regionalfoodbank.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first segment we welcome St. George Greek Festival's Irene Gianos and Jennifer Blair from the Brendon McLarty Memorial Foundation. https://www.saintgeorgeokc.org/news/festival https://www.saintgeorgeokc.org/news/festival Segment two is an interview with Melissa Eick, co-founder and director of communications and development, and Halle Carr, sex trafficking victim outreach coordinator both from The Dragonfly Home. https://www.thedragonflyhome.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first segment focuses on the organization Flames to Hope as we interview Kelly King , executive director and her husband Ron King, director of logistics and military liaison.  https://www.flamestohope.org/ In the second half of the program Brandy Tibbs, CFO of Rilie's Rainbow CFO along with volunteer Kelly King give us the scoop on their upcoming fundraiser. https://www.riliesrainbow.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's episode is an extended 2 part conversation with Wildcare Oklahoma Executive Director Inger Giuffrida and Jennifer Randell, Board President. Jennifer is also Director of The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Eagle Aviary. https://www.wildcareoklahoma.org/ https://www.facebook.com/WildCareOklahoma https://www.potawatomiheritage.com/aviary/ https://www.facebook.com/CPNeagleaviary/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Both 15 minute segments this week feature the Diversity Center of Oklahoma as we interview Kelley Blair, CEO/Founder and one of their volunteers, Julie Williams https://www.diversitycenterofoklahoma.org/ https://www.facebook.com/DiversityCenterofOklahoma.IncSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we give both segments to The League of Women Voters. Stephanie Henson, Vice President of the  State of Oklahoma League of Women Voters, Jakky Finley, Co-President for the Oklahoma County League and Office Administrator for both the state and Oklahoma County Leagues, and Rhonda McLean, Treasurer and Board member for the Oklahoma County League.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.