Melody Cooper - "I Want a Career"

"I couldn't see myself making a career standing bagging somebody's groceries," Melody Cooper explains. Starting her employment at Goodwill Industries and then at a Meijer store, Melody was hired by The Arc of Indiana. She attributes her career growth directly to Partners in Policymaking training…

Title

Melody Cooper - "I Want a Career"

Subject

Employment
Self-Advocacy
Self-Advocates of Indiana (SAI)
The Arc of Indiana

Description

"I couldn't see myself making a career standing bagging somebody's groceries," Melody Cooper explains. Starting her employment at Goodwill Industries and then at a Meijer store, Melody was hired by The Arc of Indiana. She attributes her career growth directly to Partners in Policymaking training that led to her becoming active in Self-Advocates of Indiana (SAI). After SAI's Betty Williams encouraged her, Melody had started attending meetings in 2000. "So yes, I have come a long way." She was interviewed in Indianapolis in 2013.

Creator

Indiana Disability History Project

Publisher

Center for Health Equity at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

Date

2017-03-16

Contributor

Melody Cooper - Interviewee
Peggy Holtz - Videographer

Rights

Copyright © 2018 The Trustees of Indiana University

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

067-mi

Access Rights

Open to all users

Bibliographic Citation

"Melody Cooper- "I Want a Career" YouTube video, 00:05:03, interview excerpt 067-mi by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on November 27, 2018, https://youtu.be/qlpE7V49Bgc

Spatial Coverage

Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis

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