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Raising voices: Tolerance and love will beat intolerance and hate every time.

Raising voices: Tolerance and love will beat intolerance and hate every time.

by Veronica Laizure, CAIR-OK Civil Rights Director | Oklahoma Gazette | Aug 31, 2018 | In The News

On Aug. 11, 2017, hundreds of protestors representing various neo-Nazi, white nationalist, neo-Confederate and alt-right groups descended on the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. Carrying torches and shouting slogans like “Jews will not replace us!” and “Our blood,...
A Baker’s Dozen for a Better World: At State Capitol Ceremony, Thirteen Honored for Work on Behalf of Human Rights

A Baker’s Dozen for a Better World: At State Capitol Ceremony, Thirteen Honored for Work on Behalf of Human Rights

by Darla Shelden | City Sentinel | Dec 9, 2017 | In The News

OKLAHOMA CITY – Thirteen Oklahomans were honored at the state Capitol on Saturday, December 9, for their work on behalf of human rights and dignity. The event, hosted by the Oklahoma Universal Human Rights Alliance (OUHRA), was held in the state House of...
CAIR Oklahoma Civil Rights Director to Receive Human Rights Award

CAIR Oklahoma Civil Rights Director to Receive Human Rights Award

by Adam Soltani | Dec 6, 2017 | Press Release

(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 12/6/2017) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) announced today that its Civil Rights Director Veronica Laizure will receive a “2017 Human Rights Award” from the Oklahoma Universal Human Rights Alliance...
Hijabi Rights, From Tulsa to the Supreme Court

Hijabi Rights, From Tulsa to the Supreme Court

by Veronica Laizure | Tulsa World | Jun 4, 2015 | In The News

Original print heading: Tulsa Muslim’s Supreme Court case not just about hijab rights In the summer of 2008, a young Muslim woman from Tulsa found herself hurt and confused as she was denied a summer job at the clothing retailer Abercrombie Kids at a Tulsa mall...
Thugs, Terrorists, and Troubled souls — The Narrative of Race and Crime

Thugs, Terrorists, and Troubled souls — The Narrative of Race and Crime

by Veronica Laizure | Tulsa World | Mar 28, 2015 | In The News

Recently, a group of men at the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were caught on video singing a racist chant about keeping black men out of their fraternity, complete with allusions to lynching and murder. In an unexpectedly swift response, OU...
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