Advocacy Works as OICA Bills Move Forward
PHOTO CUTLINE – January Hoskin, First Lady for the Cherokee Nation, addresses competitors and child advocates on hand for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s Chili Cook-off and Advocacy Day
Kid Governor® is a national award-winning civics program for 5th graders created by the Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC) in 2015. Timed to coincide with Election Day in November, the program offers schools the opportunity to enter one student candidate into a statewide election that other 5th graders vote in. Classes can vote in the election, nominate a classmate to run for office, or both! Toolkits of in-class lessons guide teachers and students through the program.
Mila O’Brien of Enid’s Prairie View Elementary School was elected Kid Governor in the 2022 election and was inaugurated on Feb. 6, 2023 at a ceremony in the Oklahoma State Capitol. Among those in attendance were former Oklahoma Govs. George Nigh, Frank Keating, and David Walters .
Our special comic books are available for purchase for $4 each and $4 for shipping for up to 10 books. For each comic book you purchase, an Oklahoma 5th Grader will also receive a copy of the comic book.
For more information on Oklahoma’s Kid Governor program, go to http://ok.kidgovernor.org/
To see photos from the recent Kid Governor reception with former Oklahoma governors, click HERE.
PHOTO CUTLINE – January Hoskin, First Lady for the Cherokee Nation, addresses competitors and child advocates on hand for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s Chili Cook-off and Advocacy Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child AdvocacyTelephone: (405) 833-1117Email: jdorman@oica.org OKLAHOMA CITY – The Legislature is in its second deadline week, when bills must pass
Each year, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) holds an Advocacy Day at the State Capitol to promote awareness of children’s issues before the Legislature. These ideas come from
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child AdvocacyTelephone: (405) 833-1117Email: jdorman@oica.org On February 7, children in an Oklahoma school got into an altercation which became violent.
PHOTO CUTLINE – OICA CEO Joe Dorman (left) joined Kris Steele with The Education and Employment Ministry (TEEM) for a tour of the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center (MBCC). Joining them
OICA CEO Joe Dorman (right) is joined by (from left) former Lt. Gov Jari Askins, former Gov. George Nigh, and former Village Mayor Cathy Cummings at a recent OICA Chili