Podcast appearances and mentions of Dennis R Neill

Our guest is the Oklahoma-born, New York-based author and artist, John Paul Brammer. His new memoir, "¡Hola Papi!," is just being published. The book is an autobiograhical extension of his popular LGBTQIA advice column of the same title, which began in 2017. On Monday the 4th, Oklahomans for Equality will present "An Evening with John Paul Brammer" at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center in downtown Tulsa, beginning at 7pm. This free event is being offered as part of OKEQ's annual celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month. (There is no charge for the event, but "reserved tickets" are required. For tickets and more information, please see this link .)

Our guest is the Oklahoma-born, New York-based author and artist, John Paul Brammer. His new memoir, "¡Hola Papi!," is just being published. The book is an autobiograhical extension of his popular LGBTQIA advice column of the same title, which began in 2017. On Monday the 4th, Oklahomans for Equality will present "An Evening with John Paul Brammer" at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center in downtown Tulsa, beginning at 7pm. This free event is being offered as part of OKEQ's annual celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month. (There is no charge for the event, but "reserved tickets" are required. For tickets and more information, please see this link.)

You’re listening to the Mental Health Download from the nonprofit Mental Health Association Oklahoma. Our guest is Morgan Allen of the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, home of Oklahomans for Equality. On today’s episode, Morgan talks with the Download’s host for the day, Whitney Cipolla, about LGBTQ+ advocacy related to mental health.

Welcome to Tulsa Talks presented by Tulsa Regional Chamber. I’m your host Tim Landes. Has anybody else noticed we’re going through a sort of modern age renaissance period in Tulsa? Some may hear Renaissance and only think legendary artists, but it was also a period of social change. Hear me out. The arts are alive and thriving like never before in Tulsa, and with that comes messages of resiliency and calls for change. Drive anywhere around town and there’s a good chance you’ll see a bright, vibrant mural that tells a story and/or promotes a business, organization, neighborhood or district. And there are some that are just fun.  There are multiple art museums, numerous galleries and exhibits being shown wherever artists can find wall space. Artists are selling paintings, prints and apparel through their Instagram and Pintrest.  There are galleries in Brookside, on Admiral, on Greenwood and inside the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center. Many of the paintings have small stickers on the nameplate indicating they’re sold. A message painted on Greenwood caused a lot of controversy in the summer of 2020 and was eventually removed by the City. It stated Black lives matter. Philbrook just launched the new exhibit “From the Limitations of Now,” which spans the museum and officials say “reflects on the important ways art and literature allow us to examine America’s past and picture a future in which, in the words of renowned Oklahoma author Ralph Ellison, “we are able to free ourselves from the limitations of today.”My guest on this episode is Alexander Tamahn. His work along with many other local artists is on display at Philbrook through September 5. He contributed to a mural titled “Time Travel” with his friends in Black Moon Collective. They also did the BLM mural by the railroad tracks between Archer and First off Greenwood. Alexander is on a prolific tear right now. He has work showing at ahha and recently contributed to a Gathering Place exhibit. It was a massive beautiful painting he did in a week because he’s that talented and always creating for the next thing.  He’s so busy we had to squeeze in time for this conversation as he was leaving Philbrook and traveling to another destination to discuss another upcoming art show. We talk about his incredible year of art. If you’ve seen the beautiful faces on the wall outside of Fulton Street Books, that’s Alexander’s work. He also contributed to the mural of Black community leaders on the wall of the Metro by T-Mobile across from McLain. He’s got more work all over the place. Alexander is also a teacher and an ORU graduate with a background in psychology. I met him a few years ago when he and other Teach for America teachers painted a mural with students through their after school project called Disrupt. We discuss why he enjoys teaching art to young people and more in this chat. Following my conversation with him, I share an audio excerpt from my recent interview with Casii Stephan about her new single “Here Comes the Light,” which she graciously shared with us to share with you. More on that later. This episode is produced by Tim Landes and Morgan Phillips. 

"I cannot ignore people who are facing poverty, discrimination because of their race and, of course, in the work I do every day with individuals who are being stigmatized or marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression." --Toby Jenkins, CEO & Executive Director of Oklahomans for Equality and the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center On today’s episode, our guests are Toby Jenkins, CEO & Executive Director of Oklahomans for Equality and the Dennis R Neill Equality Center, and he’s joined by Jose Vega, who serves as the Deputy Director of Oklahomans for Equality. You can learn more about Oklahomans for Equality at okeq.org Our friend, Avarie Wilson, who serves as the Association’s Assistant Director of Development, asked Toby and Jose to be on the show today to talk about the Zarrow Mental Health Symposium session titled “Hxstories of Healing: LGBTNB+ Community Resilience.” You can register today for the virtual Symposium at zarrowsymposium.org.

Philip and Caitlin are joined by Jose Vega and Jamie Henderson to discuss the recent vandalism at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center.