Wendy Drummond is aware of the responsibility she’s taking on in accepting a new role at Girl Scouts of the USA, but it’s a commitment she’s proud to uphold.
“I profoundly believe that girls need a voice,” Drummond told the Tulsa World. “Now, more than ever before.”
The Tulsa attorney, businesswoman and nonprofit leader was formally announced this weekend during a national convention as Girl Scouts of the USA’s new international commissioner. She replaced Judith Batty, who’s now the organization’s interim CEO.
In her new role, Drummond is a global representative to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, which boasts 10 million girl and adult members in 150 countries. She’s also the voice of the Girl Scouts of the USA’s national board on global issues.
A lifelong Girl Scout, Drummond credits the organization with encouraging her to pursue challenges and adventures, to recognize and develop leaders and to strive to make the world a better place, the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma said in a press release.
She’s a strong believer that the girls of the world need scouting to develop the strength, character, leadership and confidence necessary to overcome great adversity, she said, and her international experience should come in handy.
Born in Tehran, Iran, Drummond lived in Italy as a foreign exchange student and also studied in Switzerland and England.
Before earning a law degree, she received a bachelor’s degree in international studies and served as a Foreign Service intern to the U.S. embassies in Lagos, Nigeria, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where she traveled to refugee camps near the border of Sudan with the United Nations high commissioner for refugees to evaluate and report on conditions at the camps, according to the release.
She speaks Italian and French as well as conversational Spanish and some Swahili.
“This is 10 million girls around the world, and this organization gives them a voice,” Drummond said. “I see my role as amplifying that voice; doing everything I can to strengthen these organizations focused on developing the future girl leaders in the world.”
The longtime leader of boards and events at Tulsa area nonprofits was also appointed to her second term on the National GSUSA Board.
“During these times of uncertainty in our country and around the world, the Girl Scout mission has never been more important,” the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma release states. “Strong leadership will be critical to our ability to continue serving Girl Scouts and their families.
“Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma is proud to have the remarkable experience, guidance and strength of a leader like Wendy, be a part of the future of our organization and an example to girls everywhere.”
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Larriah Mason and her son Preniss, 4 mos., stand in line to talk with the Oklahoma Works (unemployment) office at 5th Street and Cheyenne Ave. in Tulsa, Okla. Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Mason has been waiting 6 months for her unemployment money.
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Bill Dudley, 91, who moved to Oklahoma City 10 years ago after being born and raised in Dallas, poses for a portrait before entering an Oklahoma City bookstore Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. Dudley, a former Marine, loves that everybody helps each other out in Oklahoma. A neighbor showed up and edged his yard for him without even being asked just the other day. MIKE SIMONS, TULSA WORLD
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Russell Edmonds waits for a ride to the barber shop near Admiral Pl. and Yale Ave. Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. MIKE SIMONS, TULSA WORLD
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Robert Fortner, who is experiening homelesseness, out looking for a meal Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. MIKE SIMONS, TULSA WORLD
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Meredith Cox, who is Muslim, poses for a portrait after shopping at Trader Joes Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. She's wearing a purple Hijab because she wanted to have some color to go along with her black mask. MIKE SIMONS, TULSA WORLD
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Albright Williams sits outside the Holiday Express Motel on Aug. 31, 2020. He's been living at the motel for six months. He was at the Tulsa Day Center for a little while before that. “By time I pay my rent I’ve only got about 10 or 11 dollars left,” he said. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Albright Williams sits outside the Holiday Express Motel on Aug. 31, 2020. He’s trying to move out, but the COVID-19 pandemic is making that a challenge, because it’s hard to get the proper identification and other paperwork he needs. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Donnell Foster reads his Bible in his weather pod on Archer Street and Lawton Ave. Thursday, May 21, 2020. Foster lives in the weather pod, sleeping in it every night. Foster believes we are in the end times and that the world will end in 2022. COVID-19 is all part of the prophecy. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Donnell Foster sits in his weather pod on Archer Street and Lawton Ave. Thursday, May 21, 2020. Foster lives in the weather pod, sleeping in it every night. Foster believes we are in the end times and that the world will end in 2022. COVID-19 is all part of the prophecy. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Donnell Foster with his weather pod on Archer Street and Lawton Ave. Thursday, May 21, 2020. Foster lives in the weather pod, sleeping in it every night. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Donnell Foster painted religious messages on his coat and all his clothes Thursday, May 21, 2020. Foster believes we are in the end times and that the world will end in 2022. COVID-19 is all part of the prophecy. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Donnell Foster reads the Bible in his weather pod on Archer Street and Lawton Ave. Thursday, May 21, 2020. Foster lives in the weather pod, sleeping in it every night. Foster believes we are in the end times and that the world will end in 2022. COVID-19 is all part of the prophecy. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Donnell Foster reads his Bible in his weather pod on Archer Street and Lawton Ave. Thursday, May 21, 2020. Foster lives in the weather pod, sleeping in it every night. Foster believes we are in the end times and that the world will end in 2022. COVID-19 is all part of the prophecy. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Donnell Foster zips his weather pod on Archer Street and Lawton Ave. Thursday, May 21, 2020. Foster lives in the weather pod, sleeping in it every night. Foster believes we are in the end times and that the world will end in 2022. COVID-19 is all part of the prophecy. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gage Savage skateboards in the parking lot of The Shops at Adams Road in Sand Springs Thursday, May 14, 2020. Savage skates in the parking lot because it is smooth. He's only been skating for about 2 months. He likes the risk and the reward of skateboarding. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gage Savage skateboards in the parking lot of The Shops at Adams Road in Sand Springs Thursday, May 14, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gage Savage skateboards in the parking lot of The Shops at Adams Road in Sand Springs Thursday, May 14, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gage Savage takes a drink while skateboarding in the parking lot of The Shops at Adams Road in Sand Springs Thursday, May 14, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Clarence McPherson with items and metal metal he scrapped from peoples' roadside trash at W 11th Street and 51st West Ave. Monday, May 11, 2020. He says he takes anything he can use to make money. He lives in his truck and usually parks and sleeps in Turley. He says he has it better than he use to because he use to just have to push a shopping cart and sleep on the ground next to it. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Clarence McPherson looks through a trash can roadside for items he can sell at W 11th Street and 51st West Ave. Monday, May 11, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Clarence McPherson loads his truck while scrapping metal from peoples' roadside trash at W 11th Street and 51st West Ave. Monday, May 11, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Janet Fadler Davie, an artist, has breakfast in the courtyard of the building she owns at 3rd Street and Kenosha Ave. Thursday, May 7, 2020. She says the courtyard is a popular spot with local photographers, but that people were dropping trash regularily as they passed by. She heard about someone with the same problem who put a shrine on their property and the littering stopped. She tried the same thing, and it has worked on her property as well. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Janet Fadler Davie says that some people leave money and some people leave food at the shrine that she put on her property at 3rd Street and Kenosha Ave. Thursday, May 7, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Janet Fadler Davie says that some people leave money and some people leave food at the shrine that she put on her property at 3rd Street and Kenosha Ave. Thursday, May 7, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Janet Fadler Davie says that some people leave money and some people leave food at the shrine that she put on her property at 3rd Street and Kenosha Ave. Thursday, May 7, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Janet Fadler Davie says that some people leave money and some people leave food at the shrine that she put on her property at 3rd Street and Kenosha Ave. Thursday, May 7, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Kane Lewis,1, looks out the front door as his brother Omar Lewis,5, gets a drink in Sperry, Ok. Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Lewis was helping his mother pull weeds. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Melvin Monroe looked like he was good for a story as he sat at the Tulsa Transit Denver Avenue Station Wednesday, May 6, 2020. He wasn't in the mood to tell one, so the one his face tells will have to do. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Willie A. Hutson 86, has lived on the same lot on West 10th Street near 61st West Ave. since he was 14 years old. He and his family moved into what he calls a shack. In 1950, they built the home that he still lives in now. He could move, but says "I've got a million dollars worth of memories here." He raised his children in the home. Hutson says the secret to growing old is to enjoy every day. "I was dreading getting old, and I realized I was going to get old whether I like it or not," he said. "I even wake up early so I can enjoy the full day," he added. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Willie A. Hutson takes a break from working on his riding mower in west Tulsa near the intersection of West 10th Street and South 61st West Ave. Monday, March 9, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Mark Roberson is living on the streets now, but he hopes to have an apartment soon. He has been working with Family and Children's Services to make that happen. In his cart he carried a doll that he got as a present for his 3-year-old granddaughter. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Mark Roberson worked to clean a doll that he got for his 3 year old granddaughter. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Mark Roberson is living on the streets now, but he hopes to have an apartment soon. He has been working with Family and Children's Services to make that happen. In his cart he carried a doll that he got as a present for his 3-year-old granddaughter. He worked to clean it up before giving it to her. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Luisas Anugeas plays an accordion for tips at a shopping center at 15th Street and Yale Ave. Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. A sign that she placed in the area said she has 3 children, lost her job and needed help with rent and food. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Christopher Regan places money in a tip bucket as Luisas Anugeas plays an accordion at a shopping center at 15th Street and Yale Ave. Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Mark Smith works to sand a chair down that he found on a sidewalk Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. Smith usually stays on the streets or at the Salvation Army and will put the chair in storage when he is done working on it. Smith says it isn't a good chair, "Too much rot." MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Mark Smith works to sand a chair down that he found on a sidewalk Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. Smith usually stays on the streets or at the Salvation Army and will put the chair in storage when he is done working on it. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Mark Smith works to sand a chair down that he found on a sidewalk Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. Smith usually stays on the streets or at the Salvation Army and will put the chair in storage when he is done working on it. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Ronald Wright waits for a Tulsa Transit bus while running errands at Archer Street and North Lewis Ave. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Wright,69, has COPD from smoking. He carries a portable oxygen machine on his shoulder, and He gets tired after walking about a half block. The former Marine says, "The VA helps." He adds, "I'd be up a creek without it." MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Willie Lee Cox, 69, takes a break from working at a manufacturing shop in Nowata on May 1, 2019. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Willie Lee Cox. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Willie Lee Cox. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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David Hindman, who wears the shirt because he likes the flag, stops for a portrait at Central Library Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Asked if he considers himself patriotic, he replied," I am, but I don't wear a MAGA hat if that's what you're wondering about." He says he is a supporter of President Donald Trump but isn't going to get out in the streets and protest for him. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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David Hindman has been growing his beard since about 2008 or 2009 and says it has reached a terminal length. He doesn't cut it but it doesn't grow any more. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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"When most people see me walking down the street they probably think I'm listening to street music," Delano Friday said while walking near 11th Street and Memorial Dr. Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. They'd be wrong, because he's a classical man. He likes Beethoven, but Tchaikovsky is his favorite. He describes the music as soothing and a great de-stresser. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Charles Avery, 82, stands at the front door of Trader Joe's and greets customers as they enter Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. "Welcome to Trader Joe's," he says as people arrive. "Thanks for shopping at Trader Joe's," He says as a customer leaves. He doesn't work at Trader Joe's, he's just waiting for his ride. Avery lost his sight after complications from a cataract surgery. He used to work at a big box store as a greeter, but was fired when he went blind. He loves greeting and does it whenever he is at restaurants or stores. He has had down times since becoming blind. Usually caused by hurting himself by being in the "wrong place at the wrong time." Avery says, "Life is good. Today is the first day of the rest of my life." MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Shopper Leslie Story helps Charles Avery, 82, to his ride at Trader Joe's Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Leslie Story laughs as Charles Avery makes a joke at Trader Joe's Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Story was shopping at the store and asked Avery if he needed help to his ride. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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David Brown holds his cat Blue Sky on his lap as he navigates downtown Tulsa in an electric wheelchair Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. When the sun hits Blue Sky just right Brown says he looks blue. Blue Sky was skittish when Brown started taking him on walks as a kitten, but he has gotten used to it. The cat comforts Brown in crowds and keeps him calm. "It works both ways," brown says explaining that he keeps the cat calm too. He loves that Blue sky is always there for him and his favorite part is that when he wakes up the cat is always asleep on his neck. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Blue Sky sits on David Brown's lap downtown Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Brown says the cat calms him in crowds and helps him with anxiety. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Roger Holycross sits in the shade working on lawnmowers at his Turley home Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. His pet roams the yard nearby. The pet isn't the typical cute, cuddly kind. It's a domestic turkey. The kind that is raised for food on farms. That's how she got her name, "I call her Thanksgiving," Holycross says laughing. Holycross says he could never consider eating her, "It would be like eating your pet dog," he says. He keeps several chickens and rabbits in coops in his yard. They are all just pets, "I'm just an old country boy," he says. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Roger Holycross' pet turkey Thanksgiving Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Roger Holycross pets his turkey that he calls Thanksgiving at his Turley home Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gonzolo Munoz, 67, plays carambole billiards at Billar El Rodeo at 21st Street and Garnett Rd. Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. Munoz plays regularly at the location. Due to language barriers, it was impossible to find out all I wanted to from Munoz. But his smile told me most of what I needed to know. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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A spectator watches as competitors play carambole billiards at Billar El Rodeo at 21st Street and Garnett Rd. Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gonzolo Munoz, 67, plays carambole billiards at Billar El Rodeo at 21st Street and Garnett Rd. Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. Munoz plays regularly at the location.MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gonzolo Munoz, 67, plays carambole billiards at Billar El Rodeo at 21st Street and Garnett Rd. Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. Munoz plays regularly at the location.MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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A'mycca Morton's red hair, jacket and shoes caught my attention as she sat on a red bench outside of the grocery store that she works at on Peoria Ave. at 62nd Street while on a break Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Red is her favorite color, and as far as the jacket, in August, the grocery store is kept cold inside. After her break was over, I headed into the store to buy a bottle of water. I noticed a name tattoo'd on her neck as she worked the register. Amari was the name of her grandson. As I moved closer to take a photo of that, I noticed it said, "Amari, too beautiful for earth." Amari died towards the end of Morton's daughter's pregnancy due to his umbilical cord wrapping around his neck. Despite never meeting the child, the baby showers and pregnancy got Morton very attached. The mourning was hard, "There are no words," she said. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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A'mycca Morton's favorite color is red. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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A'mycca Morton has her grandson Amari's name tattooed on her neck. Amari died towards the end of Morton's daughter's pregnancy due to his umbilical cord wrapping around his neck. Despite never meeting the child, the baby showers and pregnancy got Morton very attached. The mourning was hard, "There are no words," she said. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Jon Simmons likes playing with nunchucks. They help clear his head by giving hims something to focus on. He's had police stop him as he twirls them walking down the road. One time the police asked him to show them some tricks. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Jon Simmons demonstrates how he twirls nunchucks. They help clear his head by giving him something to focus on. He's had police stop him as he twirls them walking down the road. One time the police asked him to show them some tricks. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Johnny Steese pushes Star Daniels in a shopping cart downtown Friday, July 26, 2019. "She's my princess," Steese said. The two are homeless and Daniels' feet hurt. She was hit by a car recently. Steese joked that he was spoiling her. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Cynthia Jones sits in front of her room at the Holiday Express Motel on Charles Page Blvd. Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Jones, 57, moved to Tulsa from San Francisco 2 years ago. She likes Tulsa because it is quiet and not as crowded as San Francisco. Jones is disabled because of knee problems, and has lived at the Holiday Express Motel for about a year. She likes the accessiblity, being able to walk in with no stairs. She is currently trying to find an apartment that is as handicap accessible as the motel. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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A man known as "Carwash" poses for a portrait on a break from washing car windows in the parking lot at Plaza Santa Cecelia on June 28, 2019. He works for tips and donations at food trucks and parking lots around east Tulsa. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Bishop Kelley students walk back to school on July 10, 2019, on 41st Street as part of a summer class called Social Justice in Action, where students experience the lives of others through activities like dressing in a Muslim hijab. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Bishop Kelley student Sloan Eshelman sits on the patio at Starbucks on 41st Street. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Bishop Kelley student Maria Bartovick sits on the patio at Starbucks. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Bishop Kelley students Cate Collier (left), Jennifer Luviano and Ian Gilcrest sit on the patio of Starbucks. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Josh Toon, 10, Adrian Burnett, 11, and Kaleb Lyons, 11, wait outside the football locker room before participating in "summer pride" football workouts in Hominy. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Football players arrive at Hominy High School for football workouts. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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A state championship ball from 1982 remains in the locker room at Hominy High School. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Football players arrive at Hominy High School. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gregory Love stretches in O'Brien Park in Turley as part of a workout on June 21, 2019. Love works out at the park about twice a week. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Simon Graves, who says he is an Osage artist, stood at a convenience store at 51st Street and Yale Avenue trying to scrape together enough money to get to an art gallery nearby to sell his painting on June 19, 2019. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Ben Scott says he was hit by a car while riding his bike in 1988. Here he is on June 18, 2019, showing off the bike, which he keeps behind his house in Turley. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Matt McGowan smokes a cigarette in the Tulsa Arts District on May 19, 2019. McGowan gets most of his clothes at thrift shops. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Julia Oliver is escorted home by her son Tyler Cook after attending his fifth-grade graduation from Gilcrease Elementary School on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on May 15, 2019. Oliver had a recent surgery, but walked to the school to attend the graduation even though she said she probably shouldn't have. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Wendell burns a trash pile in west Tulsa on April 23, 2019. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Greg Skelton and Chelby Jackson leave a store at the Crystal City Shopping Center along Southwest Boulevard on April 23, 2019. The couple is new to town so Chelby can attend welding school. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Wendell burns a trash pile in west Tulsa. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Wendell burns a trash pile in west Tulsa. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Kai Howell shows off the artwork he is working on while sitting at Fifth Street and Main Street on March 11, 2019. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Germaine and Billie Jean Moses take shelter from the rain with their 2-year-old son, Andrew, on Main Street on Aug. 7, 2018. They ended up homeless about 6 months ago when someone they considered a family friend dumped them in Tulsa and disappeared. They came to Tulsa from New Orleans. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Corey Daniels walks to a recycling center to turn cans he collected early in the morning on July 27, 2018. At 45 cents a pound, Daniels estimates he's carrying about $11 worth. It took him a couple hours to collect them. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Israa Humphreys (right) walks with her mom, Wafaa Salam, who is visiting from Iraq on July 26, 2018. Humphreys immigrated to America three years ago to live in Ft. Smith, Ark. She was in town for a doctor's appointment. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Joseph Turley and Amy Corley sit on a truck tailgate at their home in Turley on July 18, 2018. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gustavo Castillo in a parking lot at the intersection of Garnett Road and 11th Street on July 11, 2018. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gustavo Castillo said each item in his car has special meaning. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gustavo Castillo. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Gustavo Castillo. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Deborah Sitler rests on a bench downtown on June 20, 2018. She sporadically asks for change from people. Sitler is from Pensylvania and moved to Tulsa about six years ago. "I love the people," she said. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Jermaine Moore with his 1997 Lincoln Executive on May 31, 2018. The car was owned by his father, Larry Moore, who died in March 2018. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Jermaine Moore customized the car and says if his dad saw it now with its big custom rims he'd be shocked. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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A funeral program from his father's services sits on the dashboard facing out of the front window. "When I drive it I think of him," he said. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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"I gotta be different. I don't like being like everyone else," Terrell Fountain said about his outfit on May 4, 2018. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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"Everyone looks the same," Terrell Fountain said. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
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Kelsy Schlotthauer
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I write because I care about people, policing and peace, and I believe the most informed people make the best decisions. I joined the Tulsa World in 2019 and currently cover breaking news. Phone: 918-581-8455
