Kidney Drive for Charles

Hi Everyone, wishing you and your loved ones a joyous and safe holidays. We need your help to save the life of our beloved brother and community leader Charles Cooper. Charles is urgently in need of a kidney donor. Charles is reaching out to his family, friends, and the community at large to find a qualified kidney donor match. This would incur expenses for a series of tests and travel to the United States if a match is found outside the country. We are exploring every avenues to save our beloved brother’s precious life. We would greatly appreciate your generosity. Charles Cooper’s family lost everything in the Liberian civil war that raged from 1989 to 1997. When he and his family fled to the U.S. with practically nothing, settling first in New York before moving north to Rhode Island. Which means Cooper knows what it’s like to struggle, to live in a strange new place, and to constantly have to prove yourself. And that is exactly what he has done at every level, from graduating with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Rhode Island, earning a master’s degree in Education leadership and administration from the College of Saint Rose, an MBA from Cornell University and a J.D. from City University of New York Law School. Along the way Cooper, has served as the board chair of the African Advisory Council of the Bronx, a group that works with elected officials from city and state government on policy issues that affect the African community in New York — the nation’s largest. He’s currently the chairman of the United African Coalition (UNAC) a political institution that represents the electoral politics of continental Africans in America. Charles Cooper’s resume is a long list of impressive accomplishments — most with the flavor of “giving back.” He served as a teacher and administrator in New York public schools. Served on several USAID projects in Africa dealing with gender equity, local business development and land rights of indigenous groups. He was vice chair of the Manhattan Community Board 9, where he worked on Columbia University’s campus expansion, focused on inclusion of local businesses. He led the restructuring of West Harlem Local Development Corporation, which now gives millions a year to nonprofit organizations in the Harlem community. He’s appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, and other national news programs to address the impact of Ebola on African communities in the U.S. and Africa.