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Poetic Justice is a non-profit organization based in Tulsa that facilitates creative writing and art classes for incarcerated women. Poetic Justice “seeks to rewrite the narrative about women who are incarcerated by equipping them with tools for healing from trauma, showing the world their inherent worth, that they may be agents of change.” Ellen Stackable founded Poetic Justice in 2014 as a way to create a safe space for people in Tulsa County Jail. Poetic Justice now operates in every women’s prison in Oklahoma.
Poetic Justice courses last six to eight weeks. In the courses, volunteers meet with incarcerated people twice a week to facilitate creative writing. The women involved produce poems, which are published in a collection at the end of each course. These courses offer incarcerated women an opportunity to create a safe space through therapeutic and restorative writing.
You can volunteer with Poetic Justice to ensure programming continues. The current call for volunteers is for their Distance Learning Winter Retreat Session (Nov. 15, 2020 to Jan. 16, 2021). If interested, please fill out their volunteer form here.
The Gibbs Design in Action Awards (GDAA) program, led by Dr. Wanda Liebermann, has announced its 2026–2027 funded student projects. The initiative supports design and research work that addresses social, cultural, and economic issues in the built environment through collaboration with faculty and community partners.
The OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) 2024 collaboration with the Historic Threatt Filling Station has been recognized in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's newly released Byways Report: The Scenic Route to Rural Prosperity – a story-driven publication exploring how road trip culture and place-based tourism can fuel economic growth in rural communities.
The Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Camille Germany, Chief of Staff, has been named the 2026 recipient of the university-wide Jennifer L. Wise Good Stewardship Award.
