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Tulsa commission urges members to gather local voices and boost voter turnout
Summary
The African American Affairs Commission opened its meeting with a chair report calling for intentional outreach to city councilors and for each commissioner to list five community connections to gather concerns and mobilize voters after posted turnout data showed low participation in parts of the city.
Ray'Chel Wilson, chair of the African American Affairs Commission, urged commissioners to be more intentional about gathering African American community voices and using those connections to increase voter turnout.
Wilson said she identified the top Tulsa council districts by African American population and asked commissioners to contact their councilors and compile lists of organizations or neighborhood networks they represent. “We have of our 9 districts, 6 of them have over 5,000 African Americans in those districts,” Wilson said, and asked each commissioner to “List 5 organizations you're part of or spaces you're part of and who are key people in those organizations.”
Wilson presented packet data drawn from the…
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