ROOT (Regenerative Outreach for Oklahoma’s Thrive) is a self-organizing initiative that empowers individuals to turn local challenges into regenerative community solutions.
As a volunteer leader with the IEEE OKC Section, Dr. Kandezy supports professional development, technical education, and student engagement throughout Oklahoma’s engineering community.
Through workshops, forums, and public dialogue, Dr. Kandezy promotes systems thinking, ethical innovation, and civic awareness to strengthen community resilience and participation.
At Kandezy.com, outreach is not a side mission—it’s a core commitment to people, place, and purpose. Through transformative initiatives like ROOT (Regenerative Outreach for Oklahoma’s Thrive), Dr. Reza Saeed Kandezy empowers individuals and communities to co-create practical solutions to real-world challenges. As an active leader in the IEEE OKC Section, he also advances technical literacy and ethical engineering through public engagement, student mentorship, and statewide innovation forums. From grassroots regeneration to high-impact professional leadership, these efforts aim to build a future where communities don’t just adapt—they lead.
ROOT
Let’s empower the people,
Engage with communities,
Engineer solutions,
Thrive Oklahoma.
Let’s come back to our
ROOT
ROOT is a statewide initiative where Oklahomans solve real problems—starting with what’s broken in their neighborhoods. Students, educators, and citizens choose a cause, upload their stories, and work with others to turn chaos into action.
No application.
No cost.
No noise.
Just action.
“We’re not asking for money or credentials. Just your presence.”
How It Works
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Choose a Purpose
Water, Food, Air, Health, Housing
03
Compress Together
Teams align, sort, and act
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Make Oklahoma Thrive
You helped build something real
Our Projects
IEEE OKC Section
✅ Student Engagement & Mentorship
Hosting workshops, guiding IEEE student branches, and empowering the next generation of engineers across Oklahoma’s universities and high schools.
✅ Standards & Professional Development
Promoting IEEE ethics, standards, and continuing education through technical events, certification prep, and public engagement initiatives.
✅ Community-Embedded Engineering
Partnering with local organizations to apply engineering solutions to real-world challenges—from grid resiliency to educational access.
Community Awareness
Beyond labs and classrooms, Dr. Reza Saeed Kandezy brings science and engineering to life for the public—translating complex ideas into meaningful conversations about energy, education, equity, and the future. Through local talks, youth outreach, public forums, and storytelling, he helps communities see systems—and shape solutions.
✅ Youth & School Engagement
Talks and workshops on science, critical thinking, sustainability, and engineering identity delivered to high school and college students across Oklahoma.
✅ Public Forums & Civic Dialogue
Hosting and speaking at events that bring citizens, policymakers, and technologists together to address real challenges—from power grid security to ethical AI.
✅ Everyday Systems Education
Developing content, visual models, and analogies that help non-technical audiences understand the systems shaping their lives—energy, water, education, economy.
