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Oklahoma Starbucks baristas secure union win amid national labor push

1 week ago | theblackwallsttimes.com | Britny Cordera |Britny Cordera Freelance

NORMAN, Okla. — Starbucks workers in Norman are celebrating a decisive union victory this week, marking a powerful moment in a nationwide labor movement that is pushing for racial equity, fair wages and workplace protections at the stores. On April 10th, baristas at the Mt Williams Dr & 24th Ave NW location voted 15-2 to unionize with Starbucks Workers United, making it the second unionized store in Norman and the sixth across Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Senate Democrats hold Lawton town hall as concern grows over Westwin Elements refinery

3 weeks ago | theblackwallsttimes.com | Britny Cordera |Britny Cordera Freelance

LAWTON, Okla. — The Oklahoma Senate Democratic Caucus has moved its upcoming Oklahoma Speaks town hall in Lawton to a larger venue in response to enthusiastic community response for the Oklahoma Democrats to share their views.
“The Voice of the Black Writer”: Remembering Val Gray Ward’s Cultural Revolution

1 month ago | theblackwallsttimes.com | Britny Cordera |Britny Cordera Freelance

Val Gray Ward was a force of nature – a groundbreaking actress and fearless matriarch of the Black Arts Movement. Founder of the Kuumba Theatre Company in Chicago, IL, her work was crucial in spotlighting Black writers, artists and griots for the world to see.
Judge Tanya Chutkan blocks EPA from canceling $20B in climate grants

1 month ago | theblackwallsttimes.com | Britny Cordera |Britny Cordera Freelance

WASHINGTON — Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday, blocking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Citibank from clawing back billions in climate grants that were committed for Tribal energy projects and other clean energy initiatives in marginalized communities.
Phillis Wheatley: The first African American poet to publish a book

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Phillis Wheatley-Peters was kidnapped as a child from West Africa and sold into slavery in Boston. Despite systemic oppression and powerful politicians like Thomas Jefferson questioning her intelligence, she became the first African American – and one of the first women – in the U.S. to publish a book of poetry.
Oklahoma among states hit by USDA school meal cuts

1 month ago | theblackwallsttimes.com | Britny Cordera |Britny Cordera Freelance

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma schools will see cuts to their meal programs as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reduces funding that had expanded during the pandemic. The cuts will impact thousands of students who rely on free or low-cost meals. The USDA had increased funding during COVID-19 to help schools provide meals to children in need, but those relief measures have now expired.
How Tulsa remote helped Alana Mbzana Empower women with MS

1 month ago | theblackwallsttimes.com | Britny Cordera |Britny Cordera Freelance

In 2019, Alana Mbzana moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, through Tulsa Remote, a program designed to relocate full-time remote workers. She sought a fresh start while continuing her remote job, but she never anticipated that the move would lead her to entrepreneurship. After struggling with her own Multiple Sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, she was inspired to create Empower MS, an app dedicated to providing education, advocacy and mental health support for women navigating life with the disease.