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For the Children: Art Entries, Nominations of Child Advocates Needed
For those looking to help
the cause of child wellbeing
in Oklahoma, OICA has two
important deadlines coming
up this week that we need
the public’s help and input
on. First, we will be con-
cluding our art contest Envi-
sioning a Brighter Future
for Oklahoma’s Children a
collaborative effort with the
Oklahoma Department of
Health. We would like for
young artists from across
the state to enter this com-
petition.
The top pieces of art will
be displayed at Rainbow
Fleet in Oklahoma City’s
Paseo District on Friday,
Okl h
thINK to help businesses find
July 5th during the First
Friday Art Walk, and we will
print artwork on each of the
365 pages of OICA’s legisla-
tive calendar.
Please encourage chil-
dren under 18 to enter this
competition and to make
their submissions this week.
Artists can go to our web-
site at OICA.org (https://
tinyurl.com/kidsart2019)
and download the entry
form. Then mail the drawing
and entry form to our offices
(2915 N Classen Blvd, Ste
320, OKC OK 73106) by
Friday, July 28th.
We are also about to
close nominations for the
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profits. But it’s also a real
OICA CEO Joe Dorman
Anne Roberts People’s
Choice Awards next week.
This is our award given to
an individual child advocacy
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leader or organization, as
voted upon by the people of
Oklahoma on social media.
We are currently receiving
nominees and our board
committee will select final-
ists by the end of next week.
If you know of someone or a
group that deserves recog-
nition, then please submit
their information at http://
oica.org/awards/anne-rob-
erts-peoples-choice-award/
to ensure they are counted!
The award for each will
be presented at the OICA
Heroes Ball on Friday, July
26th with our other presen-
tations.
Regarding State Cap-
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itol news, I am pleased
to report that 145 interim
study applications were
submitted by members of
the Oklahoma House of
Representatives pertaining
to children’s issues. We
greatly appreciate those
legislators who focused
on these issues and who
responded specifically
to OICA requests. They
include a robust offer-
ing of subjects, touch-
ing on everything from
in-classroom discipline to
addressing and preventing
childhood trauma. We will
certainly be writing more
about these studies as they
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progress. OICA is looking
forward to working with
the House members dis-
cussing children’s policy,
and we hope the senators
will file several reviews of
youth policies prior to their
deadline next month.
I want to conclude this
column by thanking Rep.
Mickey Dollens for receiv-
ing a perfect score and
perfect attendance in our
legislator report card. He
was inadvertently left off
the list when we published
the result. Thank you Rep.
Dollens for your efforts this
session to support Oklaho-
ma’s children!
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