United Voice Oklahoma Podcast

After 68 episodes, the United Voice Oklahoma podcast has reached it's end! On this final episode, Wayland & Taylor look back at the podcast, and interview Mark Nehrenz, Executive Director of OKC GOOD, who has produced every episode of the podcast. He talks about his journey into storytelling, and what led him to what he does today. We end the episode with a special message from Dr. Clarenc...

On our second to last EVER episode of the podcast, we are joined by Dr. Quintin Hughes Sr. He wears many hats in our city, and Wayland & Taylor talk to him about his experience in OKC predominately related to his work founding and directing Northeast OKC Renaissance Inc. , and organization that has played a massive role in stewarding the renaissance of NE OKC. He and his teammates are working...

This week we are joined by Mr. James Shaw Sr. for a conversation about Oklahoma's historic all black towns. Mr. Shaw wrote a book entitled "Boley : Oklahoma's Famous Black Town", and he joins us to talk about growing up in Boley, as well as the history of the town and the other all black towns in Oklahoma

Denyvetta Davis is the President of the Northeast OKC Neighborhood Coalition and has been the longtime leader of NE OKC’s JFK neighborhood. Ms. Davis joined us to talk about her decades of experience building up neighborhoods on the Eastside of OKC, and specifically some specific issues related to environmental justice in the areas where she lives and serves. 

Join us for the final of four "Loom Sessions" of the podcast, where Taylor is joined by Scotia Moore and four other guests to discuss topics specifically related to Scotia's project, The Loom. For these Loom episodes, we invite you to join us for a deep dive on issues related to race and relational dynamics between funders and practitioners in the nonprofit community. Our fourth guest in this seri...

Join us for the third of four "Loom Sessions" of the podcast, where Taylor is joined by Scotia Moore and four other guests to discuss topics specifically related to Scotia's project, The Loom. For these Loom episodes, we invite you to join us for a deep dive on issues related to race and relational dynamics between funders and practitioners in the nonprofit community. Our third guest in this serie...

Join us for the second of four "Loom Sessions" of the podcast, where Taylor is joined by Scotia Moore and four other guests to discuss topics specifically related to Scotia's project, The Loom. For these Loom episodes, we invite you to join us for a deep dive on issues related to race and relational dynamics between funders and practitioners in the nonprofit community. Our second guest in this ser...

Join us for 4 episodes of the podcast where Taylor is joined by Scotia Moore and four other guests to discuss topics specifically related to Scotia's project, "The Loom". For these Loom episodes, we invite you to join us for a deep dive on issues related to race and relational dynamics between funders and practitioners in the nonprofit community. Our first guest in this series is Vernon Deas, an e...

This week we are joined by Kori Hall, the City Engagement Director with Frontline Church in Downtown OKC. This wide-ranging conversation drills down on the fact that impactful engagement in the city has to start with relationships with those whose experiences and circumstances are different from yours. Kori brings hope, encouragement and wisdom into her work, has a lot to share on this episode on...

How did you get to where you are today? What would happen to you if something traumatic or incredibly disruptive occurred in your life? We talk about these questions and much more in this episode with Justin Brown, Oklahoma Secretary of Human Services, and former Director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (He was director of DHS when we recorded this episode).  Secretary Brown grac...

Today we celebrate our host Lt. Wayland Cubit's retirement from a 26 year-long career in Law Enforcement, most of that time with the Oklahoma City Police Department. Taylor interviews Wayland about the highlights from his career, and they share some of the inspiring stories that community members shared at his retirement celebration. Join us for this special episode of the podcast in celebrating o...

This week we welcome Corry Smith to the podcast. Corry is a friend of both Wayland & T-Does, and a man who wears many hats. He grew up in NW OKC, won a state basketball championship at Putnam City High School, is the founder of Energy Basketball OKC, has worked a number of jobs in the energy sector. He is a dedicated father, recently worked as a Director of Diversity and Inclusion, and current...

We are so excited this week to welcome our friend, and United Voice Oklahoma Initiative team member Scotia Moore to the podcast. Scotia has 25 years of experience designing and leading programming for children and women as well as a background in arts and advocacy. As a social entrepreneur and consultant, Scotia seeks to help people and organizations to connect with purpose, self, and others for t...

This week we are joined by DesJean Jones, for a conversation about unlocking business opportunities for the underserved in our community, the "backpack" of race that many minorities carry, and the powerful idea that "You Are Enough". DesJean is OIC of Oklahoma County's Executive Director.  OIC stands for Opportunities Industrialization Center, and the organization has been around for more tha...

Our guest this week is a good friend of the podcast, the wonderful, wise and energetic Derrick Sier. With a pool of experience that spans community, corporate, non-profit, religious and collegiate fields, Derrick has spent the last 15 years collecting and developing unique ways to fuse his programming experience, love for recreation and passion for people. Building teams has allowed him to display...

We're back, and so excited to welcome our newest co-host Taylor Doe, to the podcast. Taylor is a committed mentor, who is deeply rooted in our community. Many of us simply know him as T-Doe. He is a tech founder and creative entrepreneur and it's been a long time coming to get him here on this podcast! Most recently T-Doe has been on a journey to help people reflect on and share the "And Then" mom...

This episode wraps up 2021 for the United Voice Oklahoma podcast, and it also is the end of Makenzie’s time as co-host on the podcast. For her final episode she had free rein to interview Wayland about anything and everything. They go deep on some serious issues, as well as some chat about Wayland’s childhood ambitions to be a “Gunsmoke” inspired good guy chasing bad guys. Merry Christmas, Happy N...

Here with us today on the podcast is our friend. Donna Thompson. Donna is one of those women that is always there, humbling serving and making things happen behind the scenes. She is the founder and director of the Oklahoma Baptist State Convention’s Prison Ministry, and has been faithfully serving in that ministry for nearly 20 years. She is also passionate about helping justice-involved individu...

Here with us today  on the United Voice Oklahoma Podcast is Darrell Davis, the recently elected mayor of Edmond, Oklahoma. Darrell is retired from a 35-year civilian career at Tinker Air Force Base, and sat on the Edmond City Council for 9 years. When he was elected Mayor of Edmond in April of 2021, he became the first black mayor ever elected in Edmond, and we are so excited to have him on t...

We are joined today by someone that is a quiet force behind a lot of what is happening in NE OKC related to entrepreneurship and business development, Greg Jones. If you’ve been around OKC a while, you’ve probably come into contact with Greg himself, or someone in business that he has impacted. Greg is ALL about the community, and on this episode we get to hear more of his back story, how he has r...

This week we are very excited to bring you a conversation with some of our friends from Restore OKC. Josh Dodson and Jonathan Veal are our guests, and you don't want to miss this! They catch us up to speed on what's been going on at Restore OKC since we last featured the organization on the podcast in 2019, and then spend some time talking about issues of housing security and equity in NE OKC, and...

This week we bring you a conversation with Pastor Derrick Scobey of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Northeast Oklahoma City. Pastor Scobey is very involved in our community, serving others and building bridges. On this episode, Wayland and Makenzie dive with him into his backstory and the life that brought him to where he is in our city today. You don't want to miss this story of God's redemptive work...

On this episode we are joined by OKC’s very own Sharina Perry, the founder and inventor behind Utopia Plastix, a plant-based alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastic. Join us for this conversation about green innovation, entrepreneurship, perseverance and how the dynamics of race have impacted the journey of a trailblazing inventor right here in our community. You really don’t want to mi...

Joining us this week are Kim Bandy and Sang Rem, both with a nonprofit called The Spero Project here in Oklahoma City. Kim and her husband Brad started Spero about 12 years ago and have been PIONEERS and leaders in our community when it comes to welcoming and engaging with refugees resettled in OKC. Sang herself arrived in OKC on a refugee journey from Burma and  now works with Kim at Spero....

We are excited to welcome Makenzie Magnus as our next co-host to the rotating chair of those joining Wayland on the podcast. Makenzie is the Director of Missions at Council Road Baptist Church here in OKC, and gets to work with both their local and global community partners.   This quick episode will help you get to know Makenzie a little bit better before our next round of episodes wher...