Conscious Catalysts Ep 4: Cooper

Cooper (ia/they/them) is transmasculine, non-binary, neurodiverse and Pākehā. They are an activist, an equity and diversity advocate and cat lover. In our kōrero, we explore the whakapapa of intersectionality, harnessing the power of our strengths and our intersecting identities, managing energy, the importance of self-awareness and the role of holding space for courageous conversations in provoking and catalysing systems change. Conscious Catalysts is a series of kōrero to share stories of people who are living and learning intentionally so that they might provoke and catalyse systems change. The series shares the lived experiences of LinC’s Te Whāriki team members, intersectional leaders exploring and activating the intersections of their identity to provoke systems change. It has been developed as a collaboration between Leadership Lab’s Rourou project, Te Whāriki project and PlainsFM.