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Applications are OPEN for Accelerate Cohort 5!

Met Cares is committed to empowering North Tulsa residents to create change in their own neighborhood... so the Accelerate Fellowship was born! Over 8 weeks, fellows journey through the basics of community organizing, civic engagement, and advocacy. Would you like to join the journey in February 2025? Click the link below!

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Community & Family Empowerment

Our Met Cares engagement team is committed to building collective power to support community-driven efforts for change. In the words of Ella Baker, we believe that "strong people don't need strong leaders." 


We center our work around lifting up the stories of our community and creating the space and opportunity for all of us to push for bold, lasting change - together.

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Family Fun Nights

Family Fun Nights is an intersection of health, recreation, and education. Each of these nights are sure to foster togetherness for you and your family!

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Accelerate North Tulsa Fellowship

Advocating for your North Tulsa community is easier think! This 8-week paid community organizing fellowship that teaches North Tulsa residents how to advocate for their community on the local, state, and national level.

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B.O.O.S.T. Initiative

B.O.O.S.T. stands for Building Outstanding Outcomes for Students with Trauma. In partnership with the OSU Center for Family Resilience, this 6-week paid fellowship equips caregivers with the tools to build a trauma-informed household.

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North Tulsa Parent Alliance

North Tulsa Parent Alliance is a coalition of parents trained
to advocate for their scholars. Through quarterly workshops
participants will learn about how to create success road maps for their families, how district outcomes are measured,education policy and methods to engage teachers, district administrators, elected officials and more.

Building Generational Wealth

At the Met Cares Foundation, we are rooted in the spirit of Greenwood - the epicenter of Black wealth in America.

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We seek to undo decades of systemically racist policies and practices that sought to strip generational wealth from Black Tulsans. Click the links below to learn more about the work Met Cares is doing to close the wealth gaps through access to employment and home ownership.

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LevelUp Tulsa

LevelUp provides North Tulsa parents with scholarships to career and financial wellness training to upscale their career. 

 

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Growing Greenwood

Growing Greenwood provides financial support, as well as education and resources, to first time North Tulsa home buyers to help promote a healthy community.

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Hometown Collective

Hometown Collective, a pilot initiative from the Met Cares Foundation, exists to cultivate leadership in  North Tulsa students by placing them in 8-week summer internships to gain personal and professional skills, as well as a greater pride for their community.

YEAR IN REVIEW

Read about a full year of impact at Met Cares Foundation

2022 Year in Review

Building Wakanda 2019

Our 2019 Summit

In May of 2019, 300 community members came together to take part in our second Building Wakanda summit.  Together, we agreed on a list of 20 policy recommendations and called on our city's decision makers to lead the charge in implementing these necessary, community-lead reforms. 
Watch the video to learn more about Building Wakanda and click the button below to dive deeper into the work of Met Cares.

The GLA 5K

In our first annual GLA 5K, over 100 participants and multiple community sponsors came together to raise over $6,000 for after school programming for our amazing GLA students.

Thank you for your incredible support! Check out our recap video below:

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