Voices missing from the last Zuna Conferences were those who are over 55 years of age.
This will occur at the ZUNA Institute National Conference which is scheduled for April 11-13th, 2003 in Los Angeles, California.
Zuna Institute in partnership with Progressive Research & Training for Action and The National Center for Lesbian Health Research will conduct the “Elder Speak Project.
This project is designed to attract 100 black lesbians who are 55 and over. An Elders Life History Review will be conducted with the women who attend.
The purpose of this review is to obtain information on their past and current life experiences, and to document the health status of these women.
It is our hopes that by bring these women from all across California and other parts of the United States together it will diminish the sense of isolation and start to build a national older black lesbian community network.
A limited number of Full Scholarships were awarded that covered the cost of Transportation, Registration and Hotel for black lesbians who are 55 and over.
Sponsors of the Black Lesbian Project were:
PRTA, Zami, Lyon Martin, and Zuna Insitute