2026 VOICE Gala of Gratitude

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2026 6:30 PM 

The VOICE Gala of Gratitude is an annual celebration of community and work, and a time to honor those who have contributed in significant ways to the betterment of the Oklahoma City metro area. Tickets sales have ended. Please join us next year!

2026 Sponsors

Game Changer: $5,000

Jean E. McLaughlin Revocable Trust
Mary Lou Lemon Foundation

Super Hero: $2,500-$4,999

Sundra Flansburg and Bob Rabatine

Champion: $1,500-$2,499

First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma City
Friends of Fr. Vrana
Friends of VOICE
Rev. Jim & Elaine Gragg
Little Flower Catholic Church
Mayflower Congregational UCC
Mosaic Community Church
Dr. Heather Sparks

Advocate: $950-$1,499

A to Z Inspections & Training
The Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of UCC
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma
New Covenant Christian Church
Northeast OKC Renaissance
Wesley United Methodist Church

2026 Awardees

Lifetime Civic Engagement Award

Powerful VOICE Award

Outstanding VOICE Leader Award

Previous VOICE Awardees

VOICE Lifetime Civic Engagement Award

2025 - Linda & Dick Clark
2024 - Rev. Dr. George Young
2023 - Dan Straughan
2021 - Chuck Hoskin, Jr.
2020 - Debbie Hogue-Downing
2019 - Bruce Fisher
2018 - David Blatt
2017 - The Farzaneh Family
2016 - Moses and Sadie Mast
2015 - Hon. Vicki Miles-LaGrange
2014 - Justin Jones & Kris Steele

Powerful VOICE Award
2025 - Ed Wunch & Stephanie Lee Huff (attorneys)
2023 - Jabee Williams (community activist)
2022 - Dr. Dwight Sublett (pediatrician)
2021 - Kayla Branch (journalist), Mikie Park Gillmore (educator)
2020 - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (author), Sterlin Harjo (filmmaker)
2019 - Sam Anderson (author)
2018 - Aaron Baker (educator)
2017 - Claudia Swisher (educator), Rick Cobb (educator)

Good Start Award
2016 - Ranya O’Connor (Curbside Chronicle)
2015 - Unheard (student advocacy group)