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Atlanta, GA | Posted: February 9, 2015
Sabir Khan
College of Architecture
Summary Sentence:
2014 MacArthur Fellow Ai-jen Poo to give public lecture on February 18, will also participate in an informal discussion with CoA students earlier in the day.
Full Summary:
Ai-jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, will visit Georgia Tech on February 18 for a public lecture as part of the IMPACT lecture series. In addition, she will be at the College of Architecture for an informal lunchtime discussion with CoA students, faculty and staff on leveraging service, political action and scholarship toward social change.
Impact lecture: Ai-jen poo2014 MacArthur award winner 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, at 4:30 p.m. in the LeCraw Auditorium at the Scheller College of Business, is part of the IMPACT Speakers Series and is free and open to the public.
Ai-jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and co-director of the Caring Across Generations campaign, 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.
