MUSKOGEE BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY
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​Muskogee Bridges Out Of Poverty

Muskogee Bridges Out Of Poverty focuses on empowering those in poverty to investigate the barriers in the community that keep people from getting ahead and educates the entire community on the complexities of poverty. Using the concepts developed by Dr. Ruby Payne, Phil DeVol, and Terri Dreussi Smith in their book Bridges Out of Poverty, the initiative seeks to empower those in poverty to identify and use the abilities they already have to solve their own problems through analyzing their realities. 

The Getting Ahead In A Just Getting By World class is an 20-week class held every Tuesday evening, 5:30-8:30 pm starting in August and January. Dinner is provided to all participants and their children, and supervised childcare is provided while parents are in class.
Dental, Vision, and Hearing Clinic Graduates receive free dental, vision, and hearing exams.  Services are only available for active participants or graduates of the Getting Ahead class and active members of Celebrate Recovery.
Board of Directors

Dan Morris
Chair

Joy Sloan 
Vice Chair
 

Members At Large

Blake Farris
Tom Martindale
James Poffel

Carnelle Brooks
Rich Schaus
Diana Osario
Renee Fredrick
Karen Watkins


​Getting Ahead Facilitators
Linda Ingram
Randi Starcher


Ex-Officio Members
Emory Mason
Marlon Coleman
Nancy Gaden

Staff
​Director Treasure McKenzie
​Success Coach Shenia Salimonu
Spanish 
Success Coach Yesenia Ochoa

Location

Muskogee Bridges Out of Poverty
1503 W. Broadway
Muskogee, OK 74401

office 918.840.5331


www.muskogeebridgesoutofpoverty.org

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