Relationships are key.

Community Organizing is defined as the coordination of cooperative efforts and?campaigning?carried out by local residents to promote the interests of their community. I appreciate this definition and add that Community Organizing is a power-building catalyst. Community Organizing is also a way to reimagine the world we currently operate in with the people directly impacted by the restructuring of systems that create the environments we live in. In order to do all of this effectively, we must build relationships and community conversations are a medium for that progress.

Here in Tulsa, I am an organizer for the Terence Crutcher Foundation. A social justice organization dedicated to creating just and liberated communities free from racial violence and harm. No matter your trade, occupation, creed, or identity, you name it, there is a place for you in this movement and I'd like to help you source that place. We are multi-directional, we work in education, policy, remembrance work, narrative change, community safety, and many other areas.

If you're familiar with organizing, you'll know organizers typically host community meetings that we affectionately refer to as 1:1s. I'm aiming to have 100+ 1:1s before March. These meetings are connecting points for community members to share about themselves and for me to share a little bit about the work that the Terence Crutcher Foundation does. I welcome you all to join me for coffee sometime in the near future, you can schedule these by emailing me at diamond@terencecrutcherfoundation or calendly.com/meetdime.

Let's find a time to connect and work together to create a more just Tulsa.