New Non-Profit – Greenwood Diaspora Project

New Non-Profit Organization Launching in October 2023

The mission of the Greenwood Diaspora Project is to support the dreams of educators, students, and descendants across the Greenwood Diaspora. At the epicenter of our diaspora, lies the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the legacy of community resilience that has allowed the people and spirit of Greenwood to survive for generations. People who reside in Greenwood today and those scattered across this diaspora but call Greenwood home, are part of this same legacy of resilience. Together we provide partial scholarships to ensure that educators, students, and families from Greenwood have the freedom to live out their educational dreams. Dreams of achieving a graduate degree, blazing a trail in a non-traditional field, and implementing innovative curriculum design can be made real for more people in North Tulsa with our support. Inspired by the work of Eddie Faye Gates, Mary Jones Parrish, Mabel B. Little, Dorothy DeWitty, Debra Robinson and many others who worked behind the scenes in Greenwood to record, teach, protect, and share the stories of Greenwood for the next generation, we hope to carry on Greenwood’s legacy of excellence in education and reconnect the Greenwood Diaspora in a shared mission of love.