Human Rights Commission names Drew vice chair, forms two working committees and urges members to attend council ordinance vote

The Tulsa Human Rights Commission voted to make Drew France its vice chair for the remainder of 2025 and assigned commissioners to two working committees to develop outreach for complaint access and to recommend strategies for diversified appointments to city authorities, boards and commissions.

The commission’s chair opened nominations and a motion to nominate Drew France was made and seconded. The chair called the question and, after asking “All in favor,” recorded the motion as passed with no opposed votes noted. "Motion passed," the chair said.

Context and why it matters

Commissioner Josiah, who announced he would step back from the vice-chair role, summarized recent commission activity and told members a human-rights ordinance would be on the City Council calendar later in the…