Ai-jen Poo
President, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Executive Director, Caring Across Generations
Ai-jen Poo is president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and executive director of Caring Across Generations. She recently served as a commissioner on President Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. An expert on the care economy, Poo is the author of "The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America." She has been recognized among Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders and Time’s 100 Most Influential People and has received a MacArthur Fellowship. Poo has been a featured speaker at many national conferences; has appeared on PBS, "Nightline," MSNBC, and CBS; and has been a guest on podcasts such as "On Being with Krista Tippett," "We Can Do Hard Things," and "The Ezra Klein Show."
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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...