ReNew: An Artwalk Celebration

This year, ReMerge celebrates 10 years of treatment, recovery, and hope. Proceeds from this auction directly support the work of ReMerge.

Thanks to the generosity of our participating artists, 100% of the proceeds from the auction will benefit ReMerge!

Join us THIS THURSDAY for our ReNew: An Artwalk Celebration Event. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.remergeok.org/events. The auction will continue online during the event and will close at 8pm on May 13.

Oklahoma has incarcerated more women per capita than anywhere else in the world for nearly three decades. In 2010, the Inasmuch Foundation and the United Way of Central Oklahoma convened a group of 25 community leaders to address the rate at which Oklahoma incarcerates women and the trauma that occurs within a family when a mother goes to prison. This group identified an approach that would remove barriers and provide a path for more successful futures for mothers who battle cycles of trauma, poverty and incarceration.

Founded on a collective impact model and designed around comprehensive programming and support, ReMerge was officially launched in 2011. Since that time, ReMerge has graduated 149 women who parent a total of 372 children. ReMerge has saved the state of Oklahoma more than $32 million dollars by providing a pathway for mothers to be restored to our community rather than incarcerated and separated from their children.

Upon graduation, a ReMerge mother has safe and stable housing, is reunified with her minor children, is maintaining sobriety and on the pathway to stable employment. What makes ReMerge truly different from other diversion programs, is that upon graduation, a ReMerge mother is eligible to have her charges dismissed, removing a substantial barrier to the rest of her life.