Live United

We're excited for you to hear Wendi Fralick, of The Center, and Matthew Gleason, of TAUW, interview Jon Lawrence, of Magellan Midstream Partners, about why he gives back to the community through the Tulsa Area United Way, and as a board member for the Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges, and the Parent Child Center. 

This is a special crossover episode of the Live United podcast presented by Tulsa Area United, and the Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges' brand-new podcast, Get Centered. 

Subscribe to the Get Centered podcast wherever you enjoy pods. 

Tulsa Area United Way condemns racism and discrimination as actions that undermine our community's well-being, vitality, and economic prosperity. As a result, Alison Anthony spotlights AAON in the latest episode of TAUW's Live United Podcast.

This is the Live United podcast presented by the nonprofit Tulsa Area United Way. I'm your guest host for today, Jeromee Scott. I serve as the Chief Communications Officer for the United Way's partner agency Community Service Council. We connect vulnerable, marginalized and under-resourced Tulsans with support, information and services to be strong, safe and healthy. When the United Way asked me to guest host, I was so excited for the opportunity to chat with Diana Emerson, of the fellow United Way partner agency TSHA. 

Nuceka Chatman joins us to chat about A New Leaf's brand new Transition Academy. Its mission is to mentor, model, motivate, and prepare individuals with developmental disabilities and autism for independent living, competitive workforce wages, and belonging to the community in which they work, live, and grow.

Learn more at www.anewleaf.org/transition-academy

Alison Anthony, TAUW's president and CEO, chats with Sam Swindell of Williams about her tips and tricks for TAUW Employee Campaign Coordinators.

This is the Live United podcast presented by the Tulsa Area United Way.

On today’s episode, we’re looking at two of the greatest needs in our communities – food and blood.

According to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, 594,000 Oklahomans (1 in 6) are food insecure, including 208,000 children.

As for blood donations, 1,200 blood donors are needed daily in our area to maintain an adequate blood supply. But the Oklahoma Blood Institute’s blood supply is less than half of what hospitals and patients currently need.

To put both issues into perspective, our guests include

1. Chris Bernard, executive director of Hunger Free Oklahoma, which is one of Tulsa Area United Way’s community collaborations.

2. Nathan Woodmansee, executive director of partner agency Sand Springs Community Services. 

3. Sydney Chastine, of the Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. 

4. We’ll close out the podcast with an interview featuring John Armitage, CEO of the Oklahoma Blood Institute.

Before we get to our interviews, I need you to make a difference in your communities by participating in Tulsa Area United Way’s Third Annual Day of Caring Food and Blood Drive.

From June 20-26, you can also shop at any Oasis Fresh Market and Supermercados Morelos stores and donate your groceries to the Food and Blood Drive right there in the store. For details, visit tauw.org/fooddrive.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so we invited Lucinda Morte, of our partner agency Mental Health Association Oklahoma, to share how she helps connect people to life-changing mental health resources in the community. To get help, call MHAOK at 918-585-1213 or visit mhaok.org.

MHAOK is offering an in-person QPR training on Friday, May 20 at 12 p.m. at Legacy Plaza, 5330 East 31st Street, Tulsa. It is free to attend, and participants must be at least 18 years-old. The training will last approximately one hour, and registration is required. For more details and to register, visit mhaok.org/qpr.

As Oklahoma’s only 24-7 free mobile crisis program serving adults and children in psychiatric crisis, COPES prevents suicide by providing the least restrictive level of care.

If you or someone that you know is in crisis, you can contact COPES at (918) 744-4800.

On today's episode, Lisa Turner, CEO of the Arc of Oklahoma, talks about the impact PSO volunteers made on a very special Arc room for children with autism during the recent TAUW Spring Day of Caring. Lisa also shares her family's personal link to the organization and how the TAUW partner agency has changed their lives in so many ways. Also, stay tuned to find out how you can advocate for the Arc of Oklahoma.

Today on the Live United Podcast we talk with Megan Szukala, of Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, and Becky Gligo, of Housing Solutions, about how they solve problems through collaboration and, of course, a Tulsa Area United Way Social Innovations grant.

This is the Live United Podcast presented by the nonprofit Tulsa Area United Way. Today, we’re talking about something that the United Way relies on to help provide our community’s human services safety net, and that is Corporate Social Responsibility.

When we decided to do a pod on corporate social responsibility, there was only person we had in mind to co-host as we talk about this subject --- the ever-amazing Mercedes Millberry Fowler. Mercedes is a superstar community volunteer and handles Community Affairs for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, which is a proud supporter of the Tulsa Area United Way.