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Join OICA's Effort to Protect Weather Prediction Capabilities

OICA has created a Change.org petition directed at the White House and members of Congress pleading with them to restore critical weather prediction funding. Specifically, the petition requests that Congress and the White House:
- Immediately reverse federal staffing cuts and restore full funding to the National Weather Service and do a thorough, proper review of services provided and staffing needs available to provide support and proper research.
- Preserve and protect FEMA as a critical federal agency — not dismantle it.
- Invest in disaster science, communication tools, needed infrastructure too costly for rural and lower income areas, and emergency coordination for areas of need across the country, not cut them.
- Protect the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory and other essential facilities from any cuts.
- Work with state and local emergency management services to aid critical areas of need.
- Investigate what went wrong in Texas to ensure that it does not happen again.
If you would like to join our effort to protect these critical services, please click the link below.
Voting is live for the Anne Roberts People's Choice Awards in Child Advocacy. The two categories are Organization and Individual. To cast your vote for your favorite finalist, click the button below!
Emma Stephens Elected as Oklahoma's
Sixth Kid Governor®

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.
Congratulations to our new officer team: 2025 Kid Governor Emma Stephens, Lt. Governor Shawn Ferrell, and Secretary of State Lawson Ream, along with Cabinet Members Alburto Harmon, Clayton Rohla, Harper Witt, Koda White and Ryan Young. Together, these 5th graders will meet online to shape an agenda for the upcoming year and seek to implement those ideas with lawmakers and agency leaders. Emma's inauguration will occur in February at the State Capitol.
Fifth grade teachers can now sign up their classrooms for the 2025-2026 school year by going to https://tinyurl.com/KG25-26Teachers.
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/
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