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ABOUT US
Learn about the mission and philosophy the Tulsa Equity Alliance grounds its work in.
"If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together."
- Lilla Watson
OUR MISSION
The Tulsa Equity Alliance's mission is to identify & address the inequities of the community members of the Tulsa Metro Area.
We recognize that Tulsans are affected by the following issue areas:
Community Safety
Economic Mobility
Education & Youth Development
Environmental & Infrastructural Issues
Food Insecurity
Healthcare Inequity
Housing Insecurity
Legal System Impact
Racial & Immigration Injustice
Voter Mobility Issues
Recognizing and understanding these issues, we carry out our mission by organizing, conducting narrative work, establishing partnerships, participating in communal & mutual aid, and sharing resources.
We take a three prong approach to the work:
Identify community members in need and connect them to resources.
Provide a pathway for Tulsans to get involved in the work.
Connect those doing the work with each other to strengthen efforts.
"It's not about supplication, it's about power. It's not about asking, it's about demanding. It's not about convincing those who are currently in power, it's about changing the very face of power itself."
- Kimberlé W. Crenshaw
OUR PHILOSOPHY
The Tulsa Equity Alliance believes in a safer and prosperous community for all.
In everything we do, the Tulsa Equity Alliance chooses to center those most effected and marginalized by the issue being addressed.
We understand and practice this through the understanding the philosophy of Intersectionality.
Intersectionality, a term coined by Dr. Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, is the study of overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination.
When identifying needs or issues that affect members of our community, there's more than likely overlap existing with other social issues that relate or perpetuate marginalization & oppression.
By understanding and acknowledging this, we believe the people that are closest to the problems are closest to the solutions.
"Nobody's free until everybody's free."
- Fannie Lou Hamer
REALITY → EQUALITY → EQUITY → JUSTICE → LIBERATION
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