Ai-jen Poo, 2014 MacArthur Fellow, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), and author of "The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America" (2015), visits Georgia Tech on 18 February: 

4:30 PM, LeCraw Auditorium, Scheller College of Business, 800 West Peachtree Street NW. Public Lecture: "The Future of Elder Care in a Changing America". Ai-jen Poo will talk about the challenge of elder care in an aging America and the social and policy changes needed to enable all people to age with dignity, independence, and choice. Her talk is part of the IMPACT Speakers Series and is free and open to the public. 

12:00-1:00 PM, Room 258, College of Architecture. Informal discussion with students, staff and faculty on leveraging service, political action, and scholarship toward social change. Lunch served. RSVP <sabir.khan@coa.gatech.edu>

Ai-jen Poo is a activist, organizer, and movement-builder for social change whose compelling vision of the value of home-based care work is transforming the landscape of working conditions and labor standards for millions of domestic workers – housekeepers, nannies, caregivers for the elderly or disabled – in the United States today who are excluded from most federal and state laws. Combining a deep understanding of the complex tangle of human relations around domestic work with keen strategic skills, Ai-jen Poo has created a vibrant worker-led movement and spearheaded successful legislative campaigns.

Ai-jen Poo’s visit to Georgia Tech is supported by the College of Architecture, the College of Computing, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Office of Undergraduate Education, Computing for Good, and “Serve Learn Sustain”, Georgia Tech’s new initiative for community engagement and sustainability.

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