Ai-jen Poo is president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and executive director of Caring Across Generations. Poo is a labor leader, an award-winning organizer, an author and a leading voice in the women’s movement. She is a nationally recognized expert on the care economy and the author of the celebrated book “The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America.” Poo is a trustee of the Ford Foundation.
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Some say we are going over a caregiving cliff—too much demand for too few workers and too little respect for the uncompensated labor of family members. Caregivers don’t have t...
Hear the story of #MeToo from its founder, leaders, and chroniclers. Join Tarana Burke, founder of the original Me Too campaign, peoples’ champions Ai-jen Poo and Senator Sara...
A conversation with Ava DuVernay and Ai-jen Poo (Moderator: Samhita Mukhopadhyay) A conversation with Atul Gawande and Lucy Kalanithi A conversation with Cory Booker (...
The Second City and Caring Across Generations have joined forces to develop a unique training program that strengthens the skills of caregivers through improvisational techniq...
By 2030, the world will face a shortage of almost 14 million health care workers. In the United States alone, we’ll need as many as 35,000 more primary care doctors over the n...
The health care industry is one of the largest employers in the United States, and the need for skilled health workers has grown to crisis proportions as the population ages a...
Today, there are 104 women serving in the United States Congress, 29 female heads of government or state around the world, and 23 female CEOs in the S&P 500. But there are ma...