With Flock Safety’s license plate reader (LPR) technology, law enforcement agencies across the country can track Oklahomas drivers in real-time — without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing.
Join the ACLU of Oklahoma and partners for a presentation from ACLU National and a panel conversation as we discuss Flock’s nationwide data sharing model.
Food will be provided. Registration is highly encouraged, link in bio.
Municipal budget season is officially underway in Oklahoma City! Budget presentations continue at city council May 12 and 26, with the presentation of submitted public comments occurring May 26, and the final budget vote expected to happen June 3.
Whether you've joined us for budget workshops in the past, annually submitted public budget comment, or you're looking to get involved the first time, we'd love to see you Sunday May 17 at 2:30 in the upstairs area at Culture Hub for our last scheduled People's Budget Coalition Our Budget Workshop of this budget cycle!
Come imagine a budget and budget process that centers the needs and well-being of Oklahoma City residents. RSVP at the mobilize link 🔗 in our bio.
While we strive for maximum accessibility in all spaces, the area for this event is currently accessible only via one flight of stairs. To allow our immunocompromised and disabled organizers and community to engage in the space, masks in a variety of fit options will be available for those who do not bring their own.
Inviting all concerned residents to City Hall next Tuesday to speak out against the inflated police budget! Home Base is calling for a participatory budget that centers people’s needs, not the needs of the status quo. The @cityofokc has yet to publish the proposed budget book, making it that much harder to engage in this deeply inaccessible process. Rest assured, the police budget will be full of unnecessary military equipment, surveillance technology, and salaries for positions that will go unfilled. Wasting taxpayer dollars while community needs go unmet.
These numbers are for Fiscal Year 2026 as a result of this intentional maneuver to pass the police budget without public outcry.
DM us if you’re interested in speaking and we’ll get you set up
📆 Tuesday, April 28th
📍 City Hall 200 N Walker OKC, OK (3rd floor)
⏰ 8:30am
📣 Sign up for Item ‘V’ “Citizens to be Heard”
Join the ACLU of Oklahoma and partners for a presentation from ACLU National and a panel conversation as we discuss Flock’s nationwide data sharing model and how it puts our civil rights and civil liberties at risk. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is highly encouraged, link in bio.
Budget season is upon us and we want to see you this Sunday for our next People’s Budget Assembly! This is a space for folks who have joined us before and those new to budget advocacy and interested in learning about participatory budgeting!
We’ll be in community, learn about the budget process, and design budgets with OUR community’s needs in mind. This space is designed to practice what our City has refused to do: center the priorities of the People in the budget!
Pull up!! Register link in our bio.
Can we guess if next week you'll need your AC or your heater? No. But fortunately, municipal budget season is more predictable than Oklahoma weather.
That's right, this Sunday March 29, there's a 100% chance of the People's Budget Coalition! In this first virtual meeting, join us to talk in community about the OKC municipal budget process and meet your neighbors who want to figure out how we can reimagine the city budget and reinvest dollars into priorities that actually align with resident needs.
What: The first People's Budget Coalition Workshop of 2026
Where: On Zoom! (register at the link 🔗 in our bio)
When: Sunday March 29 from 3-4:30 PM CT
Who: You! and members of our community who want a better municipal budget (or just want to learn more)
Can we count on you to invest in a better budget for OKC by joining us this Sunday? Hope to see you there!
As we mark the 5th annual HIV is Not A Crime Awareness Day, we remind you that while HIV is not a crime, in Oklahoma, you can still be criminalized for your HIV status.
You can learn more about our HIV criminalization in Oklahoma on our website at /hivdecrim
ID: carousel of 8 graphics "Did you know in Oklahoma in 2026, you can be criminalized for your HIV status? HIV is not a crime, but in Oklahoma and across several tribal nations, it is still criminalized. Folks who have ever tested positive for HIV, whether or not they’re transmissible, can be criminalized for activities that would not be criminalized for people not living with , and can have sentences enhanced for other charges simply because of their status. In Oklahoma, a person living with HIV can go to prison for 5 years for not disclosing their status (or in many instances, for not having documentation of disclosure) before consensual sex, even when they did not intend harm, there was no risk of transmission, or no harm resulted. HIV criminalization laws don‘t... Support public health Reduce transmissions Align with current science Decrease stigma Decrease discrimination HIV criminalization laws do...Discourage testing Discourage treatment Cause harm Result in unjust imprisonment Stigmatize people living with HIV Disproportionately impact sex workers, migrants, women, BIPOC, 2STGNC+, formerly incarcerated, and low-income communities Oklahomans deserve patient-centered, accessible health solutions to public health crises, not criminalization. HIV is not a crime. But in Oklahoma it is still criminalized. Together, we can change that. What can we do... Repeal and Repair Expand Medical Parole Commutations Attorney + Judicial Education" with the HINAC Awareness Day logo on the last slide.
If you looked at Mayor David Holt’s election posts…you might think Oklahoma City voters are incredibly aligned. He declares victory after victory at drastic percentages. But once we get a-Holt of the facts, most of these so-called victories were decisions made by less than 5% of the city’s residents. In a city of more than 700,000 people, less than 34,000 votes is not a mandate, it’s a travesty. But that’s what comes of municipal decisions often held on election dates that don’t sync up with voter engagement efforts. Those who are targeted vote, and most of the rest of the city is too busy trying to survive. Is it a golden age to win with turnout margins that rank among the lowest in the nation?
In this next era of the Holt administration, while we can anticipate continued selfies with Thunder players and hype about the Olympics, we’re asking the Mayor to Holt his horses, and dig into what OKC residents really need: a real commitment to 1OKC, not just an OKC for the 1% (or even the 5% of residents who voted for you).
What that can look like:
Participatory government, rooted in meaningful access and engagement
- Host community listening session in each ward within the first hundred days, in areas accessible to public transit, in hours that allow folks who can’t make it to city council meetings to participate
- Participatory budgeting that includes folks before budget presentations are made (at the drafting stage, and every step of the way)
Community Safety
- Publish all correspondence with the federal administration and federal officials about
asks of our city, especially as it involves policing, detention, and enforcement, in a searchable area of the website
- Develop and publish a plan with OKCPD to engage discretionary powers to limit jailing residents, particularly with regard to criminalized survival, traffic violations, and drug use
- Immediately end all contracts with Flock and LexisNexis
We know that many folks across Oklahoma City are preparing to mobilize at tomorrow's OKC City Council meeting to let our city know that when it comes to the proposed expansion of ICE in OKC, inaction is not an option.
At every level of government, those in power have the capacity to disrupt the harm of ICE, if only they can find the courage to act.
We're coming together in growing coalition to call on those in power to say No ICE in Oklahoma.
The harm of ICE did not start in the last month, and we know the work to disrupt the continued and growing threat to our communities will take more than a single council meeting. And, that this is a rallying point for many ready to commit or recommit to that longer action.
Folks have been doing this work, and this is the opportunity to carry some of that burden and provide safety in numbers.
We, the signatories of this letter, Home Base, Freedom Oklahoma, Foundation For Liberating Minds, Black Lives Matter OKC, Norman Care-A-Vans, The Julius Jones Institute, Dream Action Oklahoma, Block Builderz, Red Dirt Collective, the ACLU of Oklahoma, and Carabelle's Legacy Inc, ask you to amplify these calls to action, as you connect the urgency of your mobilizing with the organizing on the ground in Oklahoma.
We are not safe until all of us are safe, and we know that this fight impacts all of us. No ICE in Oklahoma.
GO Vote today, Oklahoma City! Here’s our voter guide for you in case you’re wondering how some trusty organizers are voting on these propositions.
✅ Quick facts:
💰 In total, this is a $2.7 Billion investment in city infrastructure that will not increase property taxes.
🧐 Head to https://vision.okc.gov/go-bond-2025 to see all the projects around you!
📋 On your ballot will be 11 different propositions making up the entire GO bond package
Send to a friend to remind them to vote 🗳️
Budgets are better with friends ✨ Our Ward Team Meeting last week was a great success. Big thanks to all the Budget Baddies™️ who showed up and brought wonderful ideas for this next cycle of organizing around community-centered budget process through participatory budgeting @cityofokc
If you weren’t able to make it hit the link in our bio to sign up and join the People’s Budget Coalition to ensure our communities’ needs are met!
Much appreciation to @culturehubok for hosting us 🩵
#PeoplesBudgetNow #CommunitySafety
