Next Tuesday and Wednesday, several hundred Oklahomans from diverse walks of life will get together on the University of Central Oklahoma campus in Edmond for an event, organized by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy,  known as the Fall Forum.  Over the course of two days, participants will listen to elected officials and policy experts, get energized and depressed and energized again by the challenges facing the state, fight for their priorities through long workshops and breakout sessions – and emerge at the end with a legislative agenda for the upcoming 2010 session that will try to make improvements in the lives of  Oklahoma’s children. Read the rest of this entry »