Lujira J. Cooper, MA English and Creative Writing (she/her/hers)

Facilitator
Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders
New York, New York, United States

As a 75-year-old-Black-lesbian-activist, I am intimately aware of the dynamic relationship between oppression and resistance along with shifting human rights and freedoms across the life course.
RESEARCH / FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE
• SAGE ADVOCATE for NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING 2022
• SAGE ADVOCATE before the NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL and the DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING 2022
• SAGE CONSTITUENT SPEAKER AT 5O YEARS OF PRIDE OPENING 2019
• SAGE ADVOCATE trip to WASHINGTON, DC, SUMMER 2018

PUBLICATIONS
1. Created a PowerPoint Presentation for BROOKLYN SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL CULTURE analyzing The HANDMAID’S TALE and IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE. 2022
2. Bonney, Grace COLLECTIVE WISDOM, Interviewed and photographed 2021
3. Diallo, Delphine REFLECTIONS ON LGBTQ LIFE LIVED EXPERIENCE, interviewed and part of photo exhibit for. 2020. Pg. 121
4. Interviewed and part of photo exhibit for NOT ANOTHER SECOND. LGBT+ SENIORS SHARE THEIR STORIES Watermark Communities 2020, pg. 109
5. Johnston, Tim R. WELCOMING LGBT RESIDENTS A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR SENIOR LIVING STAFF. MY IDEAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY pg. 8

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Presentation(s):

• Creative Qualitative Research Methods with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Older Adults

  Thursday, November 3, 2022
  4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

• 3 - Creative Writing as a Tool for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) History and Future Making

  Thursday, November 3, 2022
  4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET