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...
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...
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...
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...
