Women Empowering Women

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Happy Women’s History Month! Join us on Wednesday, March 20th at 1pm EST to celebrate women and learn how we can build one another up in the Deaf and interpreting worlds. This engaging webinar will discuss iconic figures in women’s history, touch on the experiences of women developing Alopecia and PCOS, address challenges Deaf women may face, allow for discussion of various approaches to removing barriers black Deaf women can encounter with non-BIPOC interpreters.

This activity is approved for 0.2 RID Professional Studies PPO CEUs.

Tempest Cooper

Tempest Cooper, MSW, ASW

Tempest Cooper is a proud, Black, Deaf mom to a beautiful son and spouse to an amazing husband and fantastic father. Tempest greatly enjoys motherhood and serving as a Clinical Case Manager/ASL Deaf Therapist at Deaf Community Counseling Services at Felton in California, where she empowers D/deaf individuals with their mental health. Tempest is also a member of Zeta Phi Beta Incorporated, motivational speaker, and after-school teacher for Black American Sign Language. She has had the honor of being Miss Deaf US in 2018-2019, internationally, where she went to Russia and won third place. Tempest currently serves as Vice President of Bay Area Black Deaf Advocates (BABDA - 2023-2025). She has also been accepted to Tulane University as a PhD candidate for Social Work. Tempest juggles entrepreneurship by also serving as the CEO Oya Reigns, LLC where she crafts organic soaps, bath bombs, and scrubs from scratch. Tempest continues to practice gratitude for the journey with which she has been blessed.