Tulsa Partners Newsletter
October 2008
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LOVELL RECEIVES RECOGNITION FROM ISLAMIC SOCIETY
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Program Updates
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MILLENNIUM CENTER
DISASTER RESISTANT BUSINESS COUNCIL
RESILIENT AND READY
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News To Know
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TULSA PARTNERS LEASE NEW OFFICE SPACE
NEW TULSA PARTNERS STAFF EMAIL ADDRESSES
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Greetings!
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Greetings!
I am pleased to share with you our October newsletter, in a new
e-letter format. I hope that you share my excitement about the great
things happening at Tulsa Partners through you, our partners and
friends. I look forward to seeing each of you at the annual meeting
November 10th!
Tim Lovell
Executive Director
Tulsa Partners, Inc.
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"Renewing The Promise
Annual Meeting Set For November 10th
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The Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet of Tulsa Partners, Inc. is scheduled for Monday, November 10, 2008 at 6 p.m. at the Bernsen Community Life Center Great Hall, 4th Floor, 700 S. Boston. The keynote speaker will be Secretary of State Susan Savage, who participated in the Project Impact signing ceremony in November 1998 as Mayor of Tulsa. The 10th anniversary of that ceremony will be celebrated at the annual meeting.  Susan Savage was appointed Oklahoma Secretary of State by Governor Brad Henry on January 13, 2003. In that capacity, she serves as a member of the Governor's cabinet with broad policy duties and as a Constitutional officer with responsibility for international relations, maintenance of the state's registry of official records and policy oversight for several state agencies. Prior to her service with the State of Oklahoma, Savage served as the Mayor of Tulsa from 1992 to 2002. She won the seat in 1992 in a special election among a field of 54 candidates, completing two years of an unexpired term. Savage was re-elected for two four year terms in 1994 and 1998, making her the most tenured and first woman mayor in Tulsa's history. Tulsa Partners will also present its annual awards during the meeting. Awards to be conferred include the J.D. Metcalfe Building Bridges Award, Don McCarthy Millennium Award, Volunteer of the Year, Life Saver Award and President's Award. Tickets are $30, and attendees can register and pay online at
www.tulsapartners.org/annualmeeting08.asp
. Sponsors to date include EMSA and Williams Companies. For information about sponsorship contact Tim Lovell at tim.lovell@tulsapartners.orgPLEASE REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 1ST
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Tulsa Partners To Host First Meeting Of Natural Hazard Mitigation Assoc.
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On Monday, November 10, Tulsa Partners will host the inaugural meeting of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association (NHMA). This national non-profit organization was formed to establish hazard mitigation as a profession in its own right, to create a forum for professionals working in hazard mitigation to share their ideas and experiences, to advocate for hazard mitigation concerns, and to educate others on the purpose and benefits of hazard mitigation planning.
Some of the initial board memebers for the association include Tulsans Ron Flanagan, Tim Lovell, Ann Patton and Bob Roberts. Members of the NHMA coming to Tulsa will also participate in Tulsa Partners' Annual Meeting the evening of November 10th.
For more information on the NHMA, please check out thier website at http://nhma.info/
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Latest Tulsa Partners Workshop to Focus On Disaster Preparedness For Individuals With Special Needs
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Tulsa Partners is currently planning a disaster preparedness workshop focused on individuals with special needs, thier caregivers, service providers and advocacy organizations. The workshop format will concentrate on developing plans, particularly for individuals who are homebound and developing strategies for assisting those individuals in becoming prepared.
The workshop is tentatively scheduled for early December, with more details to follow in the coming weeks.
If you are interested in participating on the planning committee, please contact Jessica Hill atjessica.hill@tulsapartners.org
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Lovell Receives Recognition From Islamic Society
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Tulsa Partners Executive Director Tim Lovell was recognized at the Islamic Society of Tulsa's Goodwill Appreciation Annual Awards Dinner held in August. Lovell was nominated by Sheryl Siddiqui and the award was presented by Michael Egan.
In the award remarks, Lovell was cited for serving as one of the driving forces in the founding of the Language and Culture Bank, and for including the Peace Academy as one of the pilot schools for the Children's Disaster Prepereness Workshops that were part of Tulsa Partners' Save The Children grant in 2007.
"Tim Lovell had enough forsight and experience to know that minority groups must also be included in (the City of Tulsa's disaster) plan for Tulsa to be truly safe. Tim was concerned for the people who were not being recognized in the original plan and who were at risk due to difference in language, culture or ethnicity."
Congratulations, Tim!
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Millennium Center Education Subcommittee Formed
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The Millennium Center Exhibits and Education Committee has formed an Education Subcommittee and appointed a chairperson. We are excited that Theresa Buchert has agreed to chair. Theresa has been interested in the Millennium Center and contributing for some time now and is ready to hit the ground running with her talented group. The Subcommittee will consist of people who are subject matter experts, specialists in curriculum development for both child and adult learning, and representatives from our key target audiences.
The Education Subcommittee will first solidify its membership and then move on to its initial tasks, including:
- Conducting research and a targeted Community Needs Assessment;
- Providing information to the Capital Campaign Committee;
-Developing an Education Strategic Plan;
-Initiating implementation of the Strategic Plan
"The subcommittee formation is a sign of great progress with the Millennium Center project," says Graham Brannin, Chair of the Exhibits & Education Committee. "We look forward to dynamic programs to come from the Education group."
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A special thanks to our Disaster Resistant Business Council volunteers who have been giving presentations on business continuity planning. Bob Roberts and Pam Nielsen spoke to 150 people at a meeting sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and held at the Greater Tulsa Association of Realtors. Bob Roberts also traveled to Altus, Oklahoma at the invitation of the local emergency manager to present the IBHS Open For Business course to representatives from emergency management, the local business community and the U.S. Air Force. Dave Hall has recently given presentations to the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce, the Native American Business Network and Tulsa Midtown Rotary Club.
The Child Care Resource Center continues to offer training to child care centers on emergency and business continuity planning in a program initially developed with Tulsa Partners' DRBC. The DRBC has also continued discussions with the Tulsa Metro Chamber on interpreting and using data from the Ice Storm survey conducted earlier this year.
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Resilient and Ready
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Tulsa Partners volunteers have been diligent in their efforts this fall to teach children and thier parents disaster preparedness. Over 170 children participated in Save The Children's Resilient and Ready workshops in September, and an additional 200 children are scheduled to attend
workshops in October. The program plans to reach 600 total children by the end of the year. Resilient and Ready offers community-based recovery and resilience-building programs for children. These workshops, also known as psychosocial programs because they address children's personal, emotional and social needs, use cooperative games and structured play, expressive and art activities to help children learn how to cope with thier feelings and how to be prepared for a disaster. Through Tulsa's Resilient and Ready program, each child attending the workshop receives a backpack filled with disaster kit items including a Family Preparedness Guide to give to thier parents. After a workshop at the Tulsa Public Schools' Cooper Elementary School, Penni Chandler, Resilient and Ready Coordinator, received an email that one of the parents had called the school to say that thier family was going to assemble a disaster kit for the entire family and clean out a closet to make a safe place for disasters. "isn't it amazing to know that this program reached a family through one child, who listened to one volunteer, who was able to be at the school through one donation!" said Chandler. Tulsa Partners received funding for the Resilient and Ready program through the George Kaiser Family Foundation and the Cox Connects Foundation. If you are interested in volunteering with the program, please email Penni Chandler at penni.chandler@tulsapartners.org |
Tulsa Partners Leases New Office Space
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 Effective November 1, Tulsa Partners, Inc. will be officially office at 2327 E 13th St (13th &. Lewis ). "We are very pleased to have a dedicated office location for both Tulsa Partners and Millennium Center, " says Executive Director Tim Lovell.
"The office location is excellent, and it will enable us to conduct our many projects and agency functions from one central point."
Donations of office equipment and furniture are being accepted, and an open house will soon be scheduled.
For more information, please contact Tim Lovell at tim.lovell@tulsapartners.org
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New Tulsa Partners Staff Email Addresses
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Looking for a Tulsa Partners staff member or contractor? The team now has new email addresses, which are listed below:
Tim Lovell Executive Director tim.lovell@tulsapartners.org
Bob Roberts Millennium Center Project Manager bob.roberts@tulsapartners.org
Corey Williams Millennium Center Development Director corey.williams@tulsapartners.org
Jessica Hill Planning/Preparedness Consultant jessica.hill@tulsapartners.org
JoAnn Woody Consultant joann.woody@tulsapartners.org
Penni Chandler Office Manager/Resilient and Ready Coord. penni.chandler@tulsapartners.org
Liliana Crossley Information Technology liliana.crossley@tulsapartners.org
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