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In Obum Ukabam’s case, moving to Tulsa was a chance to make up for lost time.In 2015, Ukabam nearly died from complications related to diabetes.He’d been so focused on grinding through a grueling job that he had been unable to put down roots anywhere.He’d stopped volunteering, which had brought him great joy and purpose, years ago.I look back at those days and see that, really, I was just trying to survive, he told us.How can you help people when you just need to help yourself? Then Ukabam came across the Tulsa Remote program.It was all, ‘How are you going to make friends?!’ and ‘Be careful as a black man in Oklahoma,’ he recalled.But he was chosen in 2018 to be a member of Tulsa Remote’s inaugural class, in part because of his desire to be an active member of the community and rediscover his passion for volunteering.Ukabam looks back on his arrival in Tulsa and sees the emergence of a different version of himself.He volunteered with organizations like Teach Not Punish, 100 Black Men, and Show Me Shoes, a young women’s mentorship organization he helped launch in town.He joined Leadership Tulsa, began volunteering with the Tulsa Debate League, and secured a
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