Live United

Join host Matthew Gleason as he sits down with Mimi Martinez Herrera, president of the Coalition of Hispanic Organizations (COHO), to discuss the upcoming 8th Annual Back to School Resource Fair in Tulsa. Learn about the free services and supplies available to families, including backpacks, haircuts, and immunizations. Mimi shares insights on the event's growth, community partnerships, and the pro...

Welcome to the Live United podcast, presented by the Tulsa Area United Way. In this episode, co-hosts Matthew Gleason and Diane Eason Contreras​ delve into the inspiring story of La Cosecha, one of the recipients of the Tulsa Area United Way's Social Innovations Grant. Joining them are La Cosecha's CEO, Rita Gallardo, and Deputy Director, Edel Rangel. Discover how La Cosecha, which started as a sm...

Join our host, Matthew Gleason, as he sits down with Paul Davis, Executive Director of our nonprofit partner, City Year Tulsa, to celebrate a decade of educational transformation in partnership with Tulsa Public Schools. In this episode, you'll dive deep into the powerful work being done in Tulsa's neighborhoods. Discover how City Year Tulsa AmeriCorps members are making a real difference, transfo...

The YWCA Tulsa team sat down to discuss its Refugee Youth Mentorship program. Its program coordinator and dedicated volunteers shared insights into the importance of mentorship and the incredible impact it's making on our refugee youth community in the Tulsa area. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tauw/message

Hannibal B. Johnson, a longtime Tulsa Area United Way volunteer, joins us to talk about his new book, " 10 Ways We Can Advance Social Justice Without Destroying Each Other." Buy it now on Amazon. ___ Hannibal B. Johnson, a Harvard Law School graduate, is an author, attorney, and consultant specializing in diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, human relations, leadership, and non-profit leadersh...

You're listening to the Live United podcast presented by the Tulsa Area United Way. We've got a very special episode for you today. We've partnered with the All Things Mental Health podcast to simulcast this joint episode featuring Dr. Adam Andreassen.     In December 2023, Dr. Andreassen succeeded Gail Lapidus as CEO of Family & Children's Services, a proud Tulsa Area United Way nonprofit par...

You're listening to the Live United podcast presented by the Tulsa Area United Way. I'm your host Matthew Gleason. We've got a very special episode for you today. We've partnered with the All Things Mental Health podcast to simulcast this joint episode featuring Dr. Adam Andreassen.    In December 2023, Dr. Andreassen succeeded Gail Lapidus as CEO of Family & Children's Services, a proud Tulsa...

Check out the latest episode of the Live United podcast featuring Ana Montilla. In this episode, Ana, our new Marketing and Community Relations Associate, shares about her passion for unity, her role in the Hispanic community, and how her experiences shape her work. Tune in to hear Ana's story of resilience and hope, and how she embodies the spirit of living united. **** Echa un vistazo al último...

Terry Simonson spent about 40 years in various public administrative positions and recently retired from the role of director of governmental relations for Tulsa County. He now works for Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond. He talks about his life of service, and gives tips to nonprofits eager to apply for opioid settlement money to help change and save lives. --- Send in a voice message: h...

Our co-hosts, Jocelyn Clayton and Matthew Gleason, interview Rachel Ford, of QuikTrip, and Maranda Figueroa, of a New Leaf, about how 180 QuikTrip volunteers helped transform the Village at a New Leaf during two Days of Caring. The Village is an expansion of A New Leaf’s services to better serve individuals with developmental disabilities and autism living in Green Country. The Village is safe and...

Eriyon Tecson and Caroline Olsen, both of Youth Services of Tulsa, reflect on Day of Caring 2023 during a Sept. 22, 2023 interview with Live United co-hosts Jocelyn Clayton and Matthew Gleason. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tauw/message

We welcome Jesse Guardiola to the Live United podcast. He is the first Tulsa Area United Way (TAUW) Vice President of Community Relations and Impact. A key component of Jesse's role is to ensure that community needs and issues are understood while simultaneously fostering collaborative relationships with corporations, foundations, schools, nonprofit organizations, law enforcement, and various gove...

On this episode of the Live United podcast presented by Tulsa Area United Way, we explore how our communities rallied together to help those most in need in the aftermath of the wind storm crisis that wiped out power across the area for several days. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tauw/message

Tahira Sheriff has traveled a long way from Sri Lanka to Tulsa on a Professional Fellowship Program organized by the Gaylord College in the University of Oklahoma and the US state Department. She was assigned to work closely with the Tulsa Area United Way to gain and share knowledge to progress her work done in Sri Lanka through her non profit foundation- Alengko Foundation.  Facebook:  https://ww...

Hear why Brittany Jones and Jay Johnson of Oasis Fresh Market support Tulsa Area United Way and our 4th Annual Day of Caring Food Drive. This year we have 10 community drop-off locations across our six-county service area. Donate at your nearest drop-off location April 21 from 8a-2p. Donations at each site will go directly to our nonprofit partners to benefit clients in their community. Let's fill...

Lindsey Spoon is an inspiration, plain and simple. Listen to this Live United episode and hear why Lisa Turner, CEO of the Arc of Oklahoma, thinks so, too. Watch Lindsey's series Makeup & Mobility today at https://www.youtube.com/@HopeLovePeace13/about And be sure to sign up for the Arc of Oklahoma's advocacy alerts at TheArcOK.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...

We're excited for you to hear Wendi Fralick, of The Center, and Matthew Gleason, of TAUW, interview Jon Lawrence, of Magellan Midstream Partners, about why he gives back to the community through the Tulsa Area United Way, and as a board member for the Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges, and the Parent Child Center.  This is a special crossover episode of the Live United podcast presen...

Tulsa Area United Way condemns racism and discrimination as actions that undermine our community's well-being, vitality, and economic prosperity. As a result, Alison Anthony spotlights AAON in the latest episode of TAUW's Live United Podcast. Hear Alison interview Stephen Wakefield and Larry Honel about AAON's success in manufacturing is made possible by embracing diversity and hiring people from...

This is the Live United podcast presented by the nonprofit Tulsa Area United Way. I'm your guest host for today, Jeromee Scott. I serve as the Chief Communications Officer for the United Way's partner agency Community Service Council. We connect vulnerable, marginalized and under-resourced Tulsans with support, information and services to be strong, safe and healthy. When the United Way asked me t...

Nuceka Chatman joins us to chat about A New Leaf's brand new Transition Academy. Its mission is to mentor, model, motivate, and prepare individuals with developmental disabilities and autism for independent living, competitive workforce wages, and belonging to the community in which they work, live, and grow. Learn more at www.anewleaf.org/transition-academy --- Send in a voice message: https://an...

Alison Anthony, TAUW's president and CEO, chats with Sam Swindell of Williams about her tips and tricks for TAUW Employee Campaign Coordinators. Learn how Sam has engaged Williams coworkers to build a stronger community by organizing, planning and coordinating Williams' annual United Way campaign. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tauw/message

This is the Live United podcast presented by the Tulsa Area United Way. On today’s episode, we’re looking at two of the greatest needs in our communities – food and blood. According to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, 594,000 Oklahomans (1 in 6) are food insecure, including 208,000 children. As for blood donations, 1,200 blood donors are needed daily in our area to maintain an adequate...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so we invited Lucinda Morte, of our partner agency Mental Health Association Oklahoma, to share how she helps connect people to life-changing mental health resources in the community. To get help, call MHAOK at 918-585-1213 or visit mhaok.org. We also talk about how we all play a role in suicide prevention. We hope you will attend Mental Health Association Okl...

On today's episode, Lisa Turner, CEO of the Arc of Oklahoma, talks about the impact PSO volunteers made on a very special Arc room for children with autism during the recent TAUW Spring Day of Caring. Lisa also shares her family's personal link to the organization and how the TAUW partner agency has changed their lives in so many ways. Also, stay tuned to find out how you can advocate for the Arc...

Today on the Live United Podcast we talk with Megan Szukala, of Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, and Becky Gligo, of Housing Solutions, about how they solve problems through collaboration and, of course, a Tulsa Area United Way Social Innovations grant. With TAUW grant funding, Megan spent 2021 embedded at Hillcrest Medical Center as a full-time attorney. She provided services to patients and worke...