Posts by James Bullis
Pod4Good: 2nd Anniversary Celebration
Carlos Moreno joins Pod4Good for a third time, to celebrate the podcast’s 2nd anniversary, as well as help support Pod4Good’s fundraiser for the resettlement of refugees to Tulsa from Afghanistan.
Read MoreThe Making of: Breakin’ Bricks
In collaboration with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, choreographer Jennifer Archibald brings you a singular multimedia experience combining dance and documentary to explore the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Originally conceived as an historical timeline, through intensive research that included intimate conversation with descendants of survivors, this project has evolved both in structure and…
Read MoreCode for America Brigade Congress: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the 100 Years that Followed
Presentation launching Code for America’s 2021 Brigade Congress. Brigade Congress is the primary meeting centered on the Code for America Network, bringing together Brigade leaders, government and community partners, and civic tech professionals from across the country. Brigade Congress offers Code for America brigade members an opportunity to build relationships, deepen connections and participate in…
Read MoreCode for America Brigade Congress 2021: Greenwood Video Series
Video series for Code for America Brigade 2021. The volunteer bridge of Code for America in Tulsa produced a video series with local videographer Titus Jackson. Watch the 3-video series here. Video 1: The Greatness of Greenwood.https://youtu.be/4JjIjDnJONE Video 2: The Wealth of Greenwood.https://youtu.be/YK_N1af2J8w Video 3: The Rebirth of Greenwood.https://youtu.be/KzFKZkocr4o
Read MoreThe Greenwood Digital Creators Showcase
The Greenwood Digital Creators Showcase presents a series of digital resources that work together to help transition the research and visualization of Greenwood into the digital age. All projects presented are open access and free to the public. The projects differ in their scope and audience but all work together to tell a fuller story…
Read MoreA Deep Conversation With Carlos Moreno About The Victory Of Greenwood
Jeff sits down with Carlos Moreno, the author of The Victory of Greenwood, to hear about his life journey since he moved to Tulsa years ago and about his work in the Greenwood community. He speaks very compellingly about what the process of researching, connecting with all of the people in Greenwood, and writing this…
Read MoreA Deep Conversation With Meg Sutherland About The Victory of Greenwood Project
Jeff sits down with Meg Sutherland as she shares deeply about her inner journey through the process of creation of The Victory of Greenwood project and what it all means to her personally. She also speaks very compellingly about her own evolution through this process. Listen to the interview here.
Read MoreThe Victory of Greenwood: Eddie Faye Gates
In the spring of 2021, the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa (ahha) exhibited No Parking Studios artists Antonio Andrews and Alexander Tamahn’s “Revisionist Future,” a collection of works by the two Black artists that challenged visitors to “strive to imagine a future where there is global equality and rooted division no longer exists.” The…
Read MoreA hundred years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, Black Wall Street faces a new fight
The hurdles and struggles of racial equity have never been isolated to just one awful moment. Persistence is constant, and so are the efforts to suppress it.
Read MoreThe Victory of Greenwood: Homer Johnson
In December of 2019, the Oklahoma Eagle issued a scathing editorial against the Tulsa Development Authority (TDA). After a long series of objections from community members during a City Council meeting in March of that year, the Council voted unanimously to suspend the TDA’s proposed neighborhood changes, compiled into the Greenwood/Unity Heritage Neighborhoods Sector Plan.…
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