Wednesday, April 1, 2015 – 2:00pm to 4:00pm
UMAss Boston | McCormack Hall, 3rd Floor, Ryan Lounge
100 Morrissey Blvd
02125 Boston , MA
Ai-jen Poo will speak about her journey, her work, and her just-published book The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America.
There is no charge for the event, but space is limited and registration is required. Please register here.
Ai-jen Poo, the Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, has been named one of the nation’s 100 most influential people by the New York Times Magazine. In 2014, she was awarded a MacArthur Genius grant. In granting the award, the MacArthur Foundation described Ai-jen as: “…a labor organizer whose compelling vision of the value of home-based care work is transforming the landscape of working conditions and labor standards for domestic or private-household workers.”
Hosting Organizations:
Brazilian Immigrant Center
Labor Resource Center, UMass Boston
and …
1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
American Studies Department, UMass Boston
Boston Women’s Fund
Center for Social Policy, UMass Boston
Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, UMass Boston
College of Liberal Arts, UMass Boston
Community Labor United (CLU)
Economics Department, UMass Boston
Greater Boston Labor Council (GBLC)
HERE Local 26 The Hotel Workers Union
Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD)