April 2008
OK-CURE has received a grant from Right to Vote to fund a campaign to form a coalition in Oklahoma for Right to Vote. The Right to Vote Project is a nation wide project aimed at restoring voting rights to citizens with felony convictions. It is a coalition of national civil rights and public interest organizations; ACLU, Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, Demos, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and The Sentencing Project. OK-CURE President Lynn Powell said, “While we know that there are many other problems in Oklahoma, we are thankful that we received the grant as we can use it to get the word out that we are here to help make changes in other areas also. It can help form coalitions to make other needed changes.
