BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: REAL MEN. REAL ISSUES. REAL CONVERSATIONS. REAL SOLUTIONS. (ePub)

Marquis is the Senior Pastor of Otter Creek Community Church in Little Rock, Ar. He holds a B.A. degree in Elementary Education from Philander Smith College, and a M. Ed degree in Counselor Education from UA Little Rock. While attending Philander Smith College he was a recipient of the Walton Delta Scholarship from 1994-1999. He is a licensed counselor for grades K-12 and presently serves as a school counselor at Don Roberts Elementary in the Little Rock School District.

He wrote and published Guidance ~N~ Action in 2008, Sista Let Me Tell Ya, Bruh If You Only Knew in 2010, and R.E.N.E.W. (Removing Every Negative Emotion & Word) in 2012. R.E.N.E.W. is a curriculum designed for students ages 13 and up. In 2014, Cooper was featured in a book entitled "A Matter of Life or Death: Why Black Men must save black boys in public education".

In 2015, he was appointed to serve on the Suicide Prevention Council which was the first of its kind for Arkansas. Mr. Cooper has received many honors over the past few years. Some of which include: the JV Educational Leadership Award, Citizen of the Year Award, Moton Strong-Lee Hall of Fame Inductee, Character Education Partnership Award as a National Promising Practice in Washington, D.C., and the SRS Community Leader of the Year.

Cooper is an accomplished educator. He has presented for multiple associations which include National Center for Youth Issues, TCA (Tennessee Counseling Association), ArSCA (Arkansas School Counseling Association), AEA (Arkansas Education Association), and the TCA (Texas Counseling Association). He has presented his workshop to thousands of educators, parents, and students since 2009.

He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is married to Karmen and they have four children.

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