News and MEdia
Guide to Speaking at JPS School Board Meetings for Students
Jenks Trojan Torch
September 29, 2022
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"For those looking for a guide to speaking at a Jenks Public School Board meeting, this is just the article for you...School Board 101, Making a Public Comment vs a Public Hearing, Common Misunderstandings, How Student Voices Make an Impact, Tips for Speaking, Post Speaking, Building Relationships, and Advocacy, and “What’s Next.”"
Written by Power of Youth alumna Abigail Chow.
Tulsa Changemakers $9.18 Campaign Youth Panel
Tulsa Changemakers YouTube
September 19, 2022
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We launched our $9.18 Campaign with a Youth Panel highlighting a few of our Changemakers alumni and their experiences as leaders in the 918. Panelists include alumni Perla, Valeria and Jaden; facilitated by alumna and Changemakers intern Mariana.
What happened when 12 Tulsa 8th graders gave away $10,000?
Tulsa World
July 24, 2022
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"Last Fall, a unique youth project came together that closed the gap between donors and the projects they fund. The result holds lessons for overall stakeholder impact." Written by Andrew Spector, Co-Founder and Program Director, and Alex Paschal, Program Manager of the Ed Darby Foundation.
Season 1: Teach For America Roundtable
Changing Course Podcast
July 5, 2022
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In this Season 1 bonus episode, accomplished educators and students join together to discuss their innovative work. Tulsa Changemakers Co-Founder Andrew Spector is a featured panelist a shared the successes of student-centered spaces and youth-driven impact.
McLain students get a kick out of their art project: 'The sneaker that started it all'
Tulsa World
May 11, 2022
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"...Over the course of the school year and with financial help from the Assistance League of Tulsa’s Betty Bradstreet Fund, that artistic interest in shoes evolved to include 71 students building and painting a larger-than-life replica of a Nike Air Jordan 1." Featuring Changemaker Alum and Advisory Committee Member, Christian.
Philbrook's All Youth Exhibit:
Importance of Youth Adult Partnerships
Focus Black Oklahoma, Ep. 16
April 24, 2022
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"Engaging youth in this way and putting youth in a position to be leaders in your organization is a really important step. And I think building a city that is responsive to the needs and talents of everyone." Featuring Jake Lerner, Co-Founder and Program Director. Written by Lydia Jeong, Program Manager.
Episode 4:
Young Changemakers
Teach for America One Day
April 19, 2022
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"The students and leaders of Kendall-Whittier Elementary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, talk about the Tulsa Changemakers program and how it gives kids a chance to find their voice while they make change in their local communities—before they enter middle school." Featuring Andrew Spector (Co-Founder and Program Director), Andrea Brush (Coach & Coach Mentor), and Kendall-Whittier Changemakers Milly Ambriz Perez, Rosa Linda Gam, Lola Murray.
Show value placed in stakeholders by including them in budgets
Tulsa World
March 26, 2022
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"If you want youth to help drive decisions in your youth-facing organization, it needs to be in your strategic plan, it needs to show up in the daily responsibilities of your staff, and it needs to be in your budget – because your budget is your values." Written by Andrew Spector and Jake Lerner, Co-Founders and Program Directors.
Changemakers: Tulsa-area students make pitches to create a better world
Tulsa World
December 16, 2021
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"'Our kids in Tulsa are our assets,' Changemakers coach and mentor Hannah Jarman said. 'We absolutely need to ensure that we are providing them a space to show their power, because they have so many incredible ideas that are often left behind if we don’t give them spaces to speak on them.'"
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Tulsa Changemakers hosting youth pitch nights for students hoping to improve communities
News on 6 - Tulsa
December 13, 2021
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"Nearly 100 students in grades 3-12 in Union Public schools presented presentations on work they've completed over the course of the fall semester. Some of the topics presented at tonight's Changemakers night include homelessness, bullying, crime, and mental health..." William from Grove Elementary and Lydia Jeong, Program Manager, are interviewed.
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Tulsa changemakers youth pitch nights are coming up soon
Good Day Tulsa
December 10, 2021
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"They say a city's future belongs to young people, and thanks to Tulsa Changemakers, a lot of very talented and driven students have been working hard to make Tulsa's future brighter. Joining us over Zoom is Kenya Markham from Dolores Huerta Elementary and Sergio Yanez from Union Alt Ed..."
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES: AN INTERVIEW WITH TULSA CHANGEMAKER, HELIA ALIREZADOLABI
Tulsa Kids
December 10, 2021
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"Seize the power to make the change for the better! That's exactly what Tulsa Changemakers is attempting to do. Their goal is to develop leadership skills and encourage youth to give back to their fellow students and/or community. Here is a Changemaker named Helia Alirezadolabi. She is a freshman at McLain High School..."
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Tulsa Changemakers - $9.18 Campaign helps our city's kids succeed
Good Day Tulsa
August 26, 2021
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"The second annual $9.18 Campaign for Tulsa Changemakers is going on this month and next month. This morning, Andrew Spector, joins us by Zoom to tell us more about this campaign and the Changemakers themselves."
Focus: Black Oklahoma off-air, with Jake Lerner, Shyanne, & Tau'Veaz.
Focus: Black Oklahoma
April 23, 2020
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Changemakers alumni Tau'Veaz and Shyanne, as well as Tulsa Changemakers Co-Founder and Program Director Jake Lerner, were interviewed about Tulsa Changemakers by Bracken Klar on Focus: Black Oklahoma.
Tulsa Changemakers Students Pitch Their Ideas to Improve Schools and Community
Channel 8
May 7, 2019
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"Ten schools, and ten different problems with solutions. These kids call themselves Tulsa Changemakers..."
Tulsa Changemakers
The Spirit of Leading - Podcast
April 18, 2017
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"Andrew Spector and Jake Lerner wanted to make differnce in education. Neither went to college to become teachers. Both are. They signed up with Teach for America, a program to recruit high-performing college graduates to teach in..."
