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Association Updates Marnie's Mission Minute

Marnie's Mission Minute: The Potential of a New Year
Marnie's Mission Minute: The Potential of a New Year

With the beginning of a new year come exciting possibilities. It is a time when we can restart neglected goals or create new ones. At The Center, we are leaning into all 2023 has to offer. The incredible staff hit the ground running after the holidays and is in full preparation mode for classes,... Continue Reading

Date posted01/25/2023


Marnie's Mission Minute: Endings and Beginnings
Marnie's Mission Minute: Endings and Beginnings

The end of 2022 is almost upon us, and what an ending it’s been! This quarter has been filled with a flurry of activity and news for our state’s nonprofit sector. After more than 18 months of advocacy efforts, Oklahoma nonprofits finally received a $25 million grant program to help... Continue Reading

Date posted12/14/2022


Marnie's Mission Minute: A Season of Gratitude
Marnie's Mission Minute: A Season of Gratitude

Is it mere coincidence that the electoral season and the holiday season fall so closely together? Both seem to me to be times of introspection and thoughtfulness. During elections, we carefully consider our personal values and how they are represented by the leaders and laws we vote for. During... Continue Reading

Date posted11/10/2022


Marnie's Mission Minute: Building Our Future
Marnie's Mission Minute: Building Our Future

I have been thinking a lot about the words of American philosopher and theologian, Leonard I. Sweet lately. “The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create,” he said. Where we will be largely depends on what we are doing now. The past few weeks have been marked... Continue Reading

Date posted10/7/2022


Marnie's Mission Minute: A Season of Change
Marnie's Mission Minute: A Season of Change

The approaching fall season brings with it a sense of comfortable permanence and the excitement of progress. After several stressful years for our sector, I am embracing the melodic cadence that accompanies this time of year – trainings at The Center are back in session; we are preparing for... Continue Reading

Date posted09/8/2022