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Vice Chair France and staff told the commission that city legal and clerk staff have identified the ordinance language that currently directs complaint filings to the city clerk and that removing that reference could allow complaints to be directed to the city’s designated complaint-receiving position (named in discussion as Wakanda’s role). Commissioners said the primary technical and budget barriers are building a secure, consistent electronic intake system and identifying software and IT requirements. City staff agreed to include IT in planning conversations and to return with testable options.

On ABC representation, staff produced an anonymized spreadsheet covering roughly 290 ABC members with demographic fields (race/ethnicity, birth year, gender, employment, disability and veteran status, and council district). Commissioners discussed baseline questions — whether representation goals should match census composition, or focus on council-district parity — and noted that Districts 4 and 9 currently account for a high share of ABC members while some districts are underrepresented. Commissioners agreed to schedule a focused meeting to develop next steps and to request assistance from staff on appropriate comparison datasets.

The chair also reported a draft designated-fund agreement from the Tulsa Community Foundation to create a Human Rights Commission Event Fund; commissioners will receive the agreement and consider the item at a future meeting.

Ending

Staff will engage IT and return with options for secure filing and a proposed timeline; commissioners will reconvene to analyze the ABC representation data and draft recommendations.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Tulsa - Human Rights Commission 09-15-2025","oneSentenceSummary","City staff and the Human Rights Commission reported progress on modernizing the complaint-filing process (including removing city-clerk-only language from the ordinance) and began reviewing anonymized data on roughly 290 ABC members to address underrepresentation in some council districts.","taxTitle","Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma","taxId",2682,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6471108,"Tulsa chief resilience officer outlines new Department of Resilience and Equity, programs and partnerships",933,195000,1128000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778486-cc5ff5f57266d70a646ce8d256228963&start=195&end=1128","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5778486-cc5ff5f57266d70a646ce8d256228963/thumbnail_195000.jpg","/articles/6471108/Tulsa/Tulsa-County/Oklahoma/Tulsa-chief-resilience-officer-outlines-new-Department-of-Resilience-and-Equity-programs-and-partnerships","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6471108-3c2206fe0f31f1726725417c99764135/orig.mp4?Expires=1770486562&Signature=O4bLTdH8mHWgH4k9aOQNKKit7S08ogGq6xK~OvQnrMwrHfseU6hElNs3g1qZ1qHgAL3A-GX58C8Ucox6tKVAOtzj8zfFo6yTfsvEmqseYrm~eWnMAXRD9bVh3yR-kw1VIx3hDcpmzXsrDVs2oHrVHr~WQkRyAu6aFMXtE-V0JGE3Vf3u54hXp-XsbZsONHFUGVBu9ykRCUs4KhAa4XUYuSKRcdbYEIL8JK-Gm7KFsrCja0QG2scxY5zfDWZTXda4vQw30HiJAUi40eMh5cgtTwofFf-Oo6e66ls26wcA2ATr9A1tQUc21W98ym4lf-~vwbN8bXCv6CFLO4FRKB298A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Deontre Hayes, Tulsa’s chief resilience officer, told the Human Rights Commission on Sept. (date not specified) that the city’s newly created Department of Resilience and Equity will focus on four pillars — creating an inclusive future, equipping Tulsans to overcome barriers, advancing economic opportunity and transforming city and regional systems — and six functional areas including mental health and well-being, immigrant and refugee inclusion, data and policy, financial empowerment, justice and human rights, and civic and community engagement.

Hayes said this is the department’s first year as a standalone entity and that the administrative change “signifies the importance of the work that we do with commissions such as yourself being integrated into the city functions.” She described the department’s approach to substance use as “substance use disorder” response rather than a generic “drug” framing, and said mental-health work will intersect with housing for people who are displaced and have co-occurring needs.

The department publishes the Tulsa Equality Indicators, an annual data report Hayes said is intended to measure disparities between groups and to guide policy. “If you are a data nerd like myself … go through those numbers and figures and understand how we measure those disparities,” Hayes said. She said the Financial Empowerment Center — free counseling and services operated with partners including Goodwill and Tulsa Response — has been open for almost five years and that the office is moving from basic credit and budgeting help toward “legacy planning” and savings strategies.

Hayes described a genealogy project and a new commission, Beyond Apology, as part of efforts to acknowledge historical harms and improve outcomes for affected communities. She also said Tulsa was designated a certified welcoming city by the national nonprofit Welcome in America in 2023 and that the city just kicked off Welcoming Week with a naturalization ceremony, calling it “a week of celebration of inclusion.”

On public safety and violence prevention, Hayes said the department is partnering with Impact Tulsa, Youth Services of Tulsa, the Terrence Crutcher Foundation, Cure Violence Global and the Tulsa Police Department to identify hot spots and deploy “credible messengers” and outreach teams; Hayes said more details about deployments would be announced later.

Commissioners asked how the city’s language access policy works. Commissioner Anna asked, “Is it just for written materials? Is it also interpretation, not spoken?” Hayes replied the policy has primarily been used internally for city documents and forms, and that the city contracts with an outside company for translation services; funding is available to translate vital documents and the policy is expanding to cover major languages.

Commissioners and Hayes discussed ways the Human Rights Commission could support departmental goals. Hayes suggested participation in educational outreach and collaborating on work tied to human-rights ordinance language and equitable recruitment activities.

Votes at a glance

The commission approved the August minutes earlier in the meeting after a motion and second; one commissioner registered an abstention and the chair called the minutes approved. The meeting later concluded on a motion to adjourn that passed.

Ending

Hayes said the department would circulate links to the Tulsa Equality Indicators and a save-the-date for an upcoming summit where commissioners could comment on indicators and strategies. She remained in the meeting after her presentation to take additional questions.","Deontre Hayes, Tulsa’s chief resilience officer, told the Human Rights Commission on Sept. (date not specified) that the city’s newly created Department of Resilience and Equity will focus on four pillars and six functional areas, and highlighted data, language access, financial empowerment and a community violence initiative.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6471103,"Commissioners criticize state 'Operation SAFE' and city boulder installation; item on Denver Avenue boulders remains open",679,656000,1335000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778486-cc5ff5f57266d70a646ce8d256228963&start=656&end=1335","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5778486-cc5ff5f57266d70a646ce8d256228963/thumbnail_656000.jpg","/articles/6471103/Tulsa/Tulsa-County/Oklahoma/Commissioners-criticize-state-Operation-SAFE-and-city-boulder-installation-item-on-Denver-Avenue-boulders-remains-open","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6471103-e7311bb97e232d6fca3e414c994d14bf/orig.mp4?Expires=1770486562&Signature=f3ULSPN7AXBe2wfogH~Ha8j6aqxIeWVavKsDNpr5yN6kckmvA8qSAhg9L7pVa5831-wjGBboBTUvBk~nHH98zlsafglEmELpmt4R172iOL3sjft0IRoWZnZ9l7de-GbQNyuDAk8KPdrNzDRDTJSSvmD9rvnSQXzAvS4Y3lj7wnRxs~l0ar1I2RHEmhMl4zQrBUJkZadUJoJ2b7PvPh62TkjXShHsaH2D-1NaRoiCuPmOPNX1miEzd6Rrwt5J-VBP2dOcMB-aIt6d91Wgzvm7BEw6zekf6lB0E8IWmgz~5wikqgLcfoGxb5un3zB24ZyW8T3aqcfhKDbQmYGzdThncw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Members of the Tulsa Human Rights Commission spent substantial time discussing state-led homelessness clearance operations and the recent placement of boulders near the Denver Avenue bus stop designed to limit encampments.

Commissioners described the state’s Operation SAFE (Swift Action for Families Everywhere) as a program that posted notices and offered people bus rides to the city’s Be Heard site or risk arrest; they said undocumented people may have been transferred to ICE. The commission reported public messaging and actions they described as abrupt and without apparent coordination with the mayor’s office or local outreach providers.

A commissioner summarized Compassionate Tulsa’s criticism, reading a draft statement that said the recent actions “are cruel in effect and the antithesis of compassionate action,” and argued that bulldozing and discarding people’s belongings increases suffering without addressing root causes such as lack of affordable housing, sanitation, and behavioral-health services. The draft cited Tulsa’s earlier pledge under the International Charter for Compassion and said the governor’s program is inconsistent with that pledge.

Several commissioners said the state operation had not increased shelter capacity and in some cases displaced people to other locations. One commissioner said outreach groups reported nearly twice as many people entering shelters over the last three weekends, but another commissioner noted news reports that only one additional person was placed into a shelter during the state operation. Commissioners pressed for data tying the boulder placement and similar actions to measurable safety outcomes.

The commission also discussed a city ordinance passed by the city council that begins fining people for camping near arterials (within 18 inches of a street of 25 mph or faster), with a fine cited of $150. A commissioner noted the mayor had not yet signed the ordinance and that the commission should hold the city to its pledge of compassionate policy-making.

Chair said the mayor’s chief of staff, Dana Walton, replied by email that the mayor authorized the boulders after safety concerns and that the city had offered more than 1,200 rides to the Be Heard site; Walton’s email said staff would continue to work with outreach providers but could not send a representative to the commission at that meeting.

Commissioners agreed to keep the matter open and to renew invitations to city staff with direct decision-making authority (adviser Hall or Mayor Nichols) for a future meeting. The chair offered to reach out again to request in-person briefings and supporting data on safety outcomes and service capacity.

Ending

The commission asked staff to re-invite city officials and to gather additional data about how many people were moved, shelter capacity and follow-up services before taking further formal action.","Commissioners debated state-led Operation SAFE encampment clearings and the mayor-authorized placement of boulders near the Denver Avenue bus station; Compassionate Tulsa criticized the state actions as cruel and urged compassionate, long-term solutions. Commissioners requested more data and invited city staff back to the commission for further说明","actionData","errors"]

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Commission hears progress on complaint-filing modernization and begins review of ABC representation data

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Commissioners criticize state 'Operation SAFE' and city boulder installation; item on Denver Avenue boulders remains open