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Advocates line up hours ahead of Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting

Freedom Oklahoma is calling for advocates to meet on the front lawn at noon on Thursday to rally for Trans Week of Advocacy and Action

Advocates line up hours ahead of Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting

Freedom Oklahoma is calling for advocates to meet on the front lawn at noon on Thursday to rally for Trans Week of Advocacy and Action

HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. JONATHAN THANK YOU. HAPPENING TODAY. STATE LEADERS AND ADVOCATES ARE SET TO GATHER AT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. AND THAT MEETING STARTS AT 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. BUT PEOPLE THEY’VE BEEN THERE SINCE LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. KOCO AUDREY GOODSON OUT THERE RIGHT NOW FOR US AND AUDREY, WHAT’S EXPECTED AT TODAY’S MEETING? KYLIE AND ALEJANDRA. GOOD MORNING. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A PRETTY BIG GROUP THAT’S ALREADY HERE BEHIND ME. AND I’VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. MANY OF THEM TELL ME THAT THEY’VE BEEN HERE SINCE. 4 P.M. YESTERDAY, AND THEY SAY THEY’RE HERE TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. NOW, THERE IS LOTS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, AND THERE’S ALSO A BIG RALLY PLANNED. AN HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING, THE GROUP FREEDOM OKLAHOMA ARE CALLING FOR ADVOCATES TO MEET THEM ON THE FRONT LAWN AT NOON AS THEY RALLY FOR TRANS WEEK OF ADVOCACY AND ACTION, THE GROUP SAYING THEY HOPE TO PUT IT INTO, QUOTE, HOSTILE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT POLICIES AND ANTI-TRANS RHETORIC. THIS THIS, OF COURSE, COMES AFTER THE DEATH OF BENEDICT, NON-BINARY STUDENT WHOSE DEATH WAS RULED A SUICIDE BUT WHOSE DEATH PUT OKLAHOMA IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT WHEN THEY DIED ONE DAY AFTER A FIGHT AT A SCHOOL IN OWASSO. THIS MEETING STARTS AT 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. WE WILL BE HERE TO COVER IT, SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE STICKING WITH US TO FIND OUT WHA
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Advocates line up hours ahead of Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting

Freedom Oklahoma is calling for advocates to meet on the front lawn at noon on Thursday to rally for Trans Week of Advocacy and Action

State leaders and advocates will gather at the Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting on Thursday, with a rally planned beforehand.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Freedom Oklahoma calls for advocates to meet on the front lawn at noon on Thursday to rally for Trans Week of Advocacy and Action. This comes after the death of nonbinary Owasso High School student Nex Benedict was ruled a suicide.Benedict's death put Oklahoma in the national spotlight after they died a day after getting in a fight in a bathroom at Owasso High School.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppThe group says it hopes to put an end to "hostile school environment policies and anti-trans rhetoric."The Oklahoma State Board of Education Meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Thursday.Top Headlines Dispatch audio from Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse sheds light on timeline of incident 8-year-old girl died after being sucked into pipe at Texas hotel swimming pool, lawsuit says What will spring 2024 look like in Oklahoma? Nex Benedict Autopsy: Oklahoma ME releases full report on Owasso teenager's death Oklahoma man pays off thousands in students' lunch debt to honor late wife

State leaders and advocates will gather at the Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting on Thursday, with a rally planned beforehand.

Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.

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Freedom Oklahoma calls for advocates to meet on the front lawn at noon on Thursday to rally for Trans Week of Advocacy and Action. This comes after the death of nonbinary Owasso High School student Nex Benedict was ruled a suicide.

Benedict's death put Oklahoma in the national spotlight after they died a day after getting in a fight in a bathroom at Owasso High School.

>> Download the KOCO 5 App

The group says it hopes to put an end to "hostile school environment policies and anti-trans rhetoric."

The Oklahoma State Board of Education Meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Thursday.


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