Prisoners at the Dick Connor Correctional Center in Hominy are planting elm trees to honor the victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

They said the project gives them a sense of hope and a sense of community.

"To be a part of something so impactful and then to one day see these trees growing it means everything to me it gives me a lot of vision and a lot of hope,” Darrell Elliot said.

Once the plants get a bit bigger, they’ll be sent to Carver Middle School in Tulsa. The students will take care of them until they can be planted in the Greenwood District.