Mobile Homecoming Interviewee Imani Woody on Housing for LGBTQ Elders TONIGHT
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Tune in tonight, Monday, April 23 @7PM
for host Sheila Alexander-Reid (on left) 
and guest, DR. IMANI WOODY MACKO,
FOUNDER OF MARY’S HOUSE (on right)
discuss Housing Discrimination and Homophobia
facing LGBT adults over 60.
facing LGBT adults over 60.
Have you thought about life after 60?
When you or you and your partner need an assisted living facility, where can you go?
When you or you and your partner need an assisted living facility, where can you go?
Options in this area were slim until now!
As the LGBT community ages, they face many issues.
One primary issue is lack of available housing.
While there are a growing number of retirement communities, senior housing and other high-end housing options accepting LGBT older adults and couples, the vast majority of these facilities are not very receptive. As a result, LGBT singles and couples have to live a closeted life to be accepted into existing housing options. Mary’s House being built in Washington, DC by Imani Woody-Macko seeks to
eliminate that problem.
While there are a growing number of retirement communities, senior housing and other high-end housing options accepting LGBT older adults and couples, the vast majority of these facilities are not very receptive. As a result, LGBT singles and couples have to live a closeted life to be accepted into existing housing options. Mary’s House being built in Washington, DC by Imani Woody-Macko seeks to
eliminate that problem.
Mission of Mary’s House
To provide safe and affordable LGBT-friendly housing
to adults over 60
VISION OF MARY’S HOUSE
To assist in the elimination of overt and subtle discriminatory behaviors specifically in housing for
people who identify as LGBT
MARY’S HOUSE
The current planning for Mary’s House will include ADA compliant single rooms with person
ary’s houseal bathrooms, closets, a common living room, a common dining room, a shared kitchen, a small laundry room and an administrative office on the first level. The second level will have approximately 6 single rooms with personal bathrooms, and closets. The lower level will house additional laundry facilities, a conference room, bathroom and storage.
The outside of the property will have a parking lot for up to 6 parking spaces. Some egress and ingress will be ADA compliant with ramps to enter the front and back of building.
Mary’s House will collaborate with other agencies to coordinate some direct services conducive to the continued independent living of its residents. They tentatively include:
* Meals
* Laundry/Light Housekeeping
* Grocery Shopping/Errands
* Incidental Transportation
Dr. Imani’s Bio
Imani Woody has a PhD in Human Services specializing in non-profit management. Her thesis is entitled: Lift Every Voice: A Qualitative Exploration of Ageism and Heterosexism as Experienced by Older African American Lesbian Women and Gay Males when Addressing Social Services Needs. She holds a Master of Human Services degree from Lincoln University and is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Paralegal program. Dr. Woody is currently working as a diversity consultant working in the field of aging and issues affecting the LGBT and people color communities. She has worked as the pro bono coordinator of the D.C. Bar and has served as the director of training for the National Association of Protection and Advocacy, coordinating and facilitating trainings across the country for people with disabilities and promoting cultural diversity.
As the director of client services at the Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer, Dr. Woody managed programs that provided educational and direct services to lesbians and bisexual women with cancer. She was also the program manager for the National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, working on national health programs to educate elderly African American women. Formerly a training specialist for the AARP’s Foundation, Dr. Woody developed curriculum and delivery of on-site and web-based trainings. She trained substantive experts to become trainers through the Train-the Trainer program and provided on-going technical assistance to field trainers. Formerly a co-chair of PRiSM, AARP’s ERG group, Dr. Woody worked to help form the Washington, DC Elder Coalition.
Imani Woody has been an advocate of women, people of color and LGBT issues for more than 20 years and has served on the board of directors of the Mautner Project, Women in the Life Association and Whitman Walker Lesbian services. She currently sits on the Board of the Metropolitan Community Churches of WDC the Chair of SAGE Metro DC (an organization serving LGBT elders), and an advisory Board member of the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging. She has been a life coach for more than 10 years and is the founder and principal of Living Life Like It’s Golden, a program that empowers people to live their lives more fully through visioning. She lives with her partner of twelve years in Brookland, WDC. Administration from Case Western Reserve University. Her compassion for people has always been a driving force in her life and profession.
Please listen and call in to 202-588-0893 for what inevitably will be a lively discussion with questions and comments on this topic.
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It all kicks off at 7pm on 89.3fm
Please listen and call in to 202-588-0893 for what inevitably will be a lively discussion with questions and comments on this topic.
It all kicks off at 7pm on 89.3fm
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Thanks in advance!
