The Future of Elder Care: What We Need for a Changing America

May 1, 3:30pm - 7:00pm
Mānoa Campus, William S. Richardson School of Law, Moot Court Room

Ai-jen Poo, a 2014 MacArthur “Genius” award winner, is the Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Co-director of the Caring Across Generations campaign. She has been organizing immigrant women workers since 1996. This event is part of the Caring Across America tour, during which she will travel to 16 cities to spark the Care Conversations our families need to have and to build a movement to change the way we care in this country. Following the event is a book signing of Ai-Jen Poo’s new book, “Age of Dignity” provided by the UH Bookstore. There will also be a community panel discussion on DOMESTIC WORKERS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN HAWAI‘I and a reception with light refreshments from 5:15-7:00 pm. This event is co-sponsored by the Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women; Hawai‘i Immigrant Justice Center at Legal Aid; William S. Richardson School of Law; Women’s League of Central Union Church; and Departments of Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies.


Event Sponsor
Sociololgy, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Joy Lacanienta, (808) 956-7693, socdept@hawaii.edu, http://www.sociology.hawaii.edu/index.html

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