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Ai-jen Poo

January 01, 1970

In this Chinese name, the family name is Poo.

Ai-jen Poo (/ˌaɪ dʒɛn ˈpuː/, Chinese: 蒲艾眞; pinyin: Pú Àizhēn; born 1974) is an American labor activist. She is the president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.[1] She is also the director of Caring Across Generations, a national coalition of 200 advocacy organizations working to transform the long-term care system in the US, with a focus on the needs of aging Americans, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.[2]

Ai-jen Poo
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseGeorge Goehl
RelativesMu-ming Poo (father)
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship

She is a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Award.[3] In February 2015, the New Press released her book, The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America.[4] She has been mentioned as a potential future Secretary of Labor under a Democratic administration.[5]

Biography edit

Ai-jen Poo's Taiwanese-American parents instilled her with strong "social justice values". Her father Mu-ming Poo[6] is a neuroscientist and one-time political activist who emigrated from Taiwan in the 1970s. Her mother Wen-jen Hwu[6] has a PhD in chemistry as well as an MD, and was an oncologist at two of the top cancer centers in Taiwan.[7][8][9] She was born in Pittsburgh,[10] and graduated from Phillips Academy in 1992 and Columbia University, where she was one of more than 100 students who occupied the rotunda in Low Library; this occupation led to the creation of Columbia's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race.[11][12]

She attended the 75th Golden Globe Awards in 2018 as a guest of Meryl Streep.[13]

Accomplishments edit

Ai-jen Poo began organizing domestic workers in 1996, with CAAV Organizing Asian Communities, which is a division within the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence. She is the founder and former lead organizer of Domestic Workers United, an organization of Caribbean, Latina, and African nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York that organizes for "power, respect, and fair labor standards".[14][15]

In 2010, Domestic Workers United was instrumental in New York state passing the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights into law; this law was the first in the United States to guarantee domestic workers basic labor protections such as overtime pay, three days' paid leave, and legal protections from harassment and discrimination.[16]

DWU helped to organize the first national meeting of domestic worker organizations at the US Social Forum in 2007, which resulted in the formation of the National Domestic Workers Alliance that year. She has been NDWA's director since April 2010. In 2011, Ai-jen Poo helped launch Caring Across Generations.

She has received the Open Society Institute Community Fellowship, the Union Square Award, the Leadership for a Changing World Award, the Ernest de Maio Award from the Labor Research Association, the Woman of Vision Award from Ms. Foundation for Women, the Alston Bannerman Fellowship for Organizers of Color, the Twink Frey Visiting Scholar Fellowship at University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women, and the Prime Movers Fellowship.[17][18] In honor of the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day, Ai-jen was recognized by Women Deliver as one of 100 women internationally who are "delivering" for other women.[19] In 2009 she was named one of Crain's "40 Under 40" and Moves magazine's "Power Women". In 2010, the Feminist Press recognized her in their "40 Under 40" awards. In 2011 she was named one of Yes!'s Breakthrough 15, and received the Independent Sector's American Express NGen Leadership Award.[11][17] In 2012, she was elected an Ashoka Fellow. That same year, she was also named one of the Time 100 in Time magazine, as well as one of Newsweek's "150 Women Who Shake the World".[20] In September 2014, she was one of 21 awarded a MacArthur Fellowship grant, the so-called "MacArthur genius grants".[21] In 2017, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the New School.[22]

She has written for The Huffington Post,[23] The Guardian,[24] and other news outlets.

Supermajority edit

In the spring of 2019, Poo cofounded the group Supermajority with Cecile Richards and Alicia Garza. The group "aims to train and mobilize 2 million women over the next year to become organizers, activists, and leaders ahead of the 2020 election" to create a "multiracial, intergenerational movement for women's equity".[25][26] The main goal of Supermajority is to "push politicians to adopt an agenda akin to what Richards called 'a women's new deal,'" with issues like "voting rights, gun control, paid family leave, equal pay, and others" viewed as "soft issues" being seen as "issues that impact everyone".[27] In addition, they intend to educate women about issues such as "pay equity and affordable child care, as well as inform them on "basic organizing skills like voter registration".[25] In the 2020 election, cofounder Richards says "[the group will be successful] if 54% of the voters in this country are women and if we are able to insert into this country the issues that women care about and elect a president who's committed to doing something about them."[28]

Bibliography edit

Books edit

  • Poo, Ai-jen; Conrad, Ariane (November 15, 2016). Age of Dignity: Caring for a Changing America. New Press. ISBN 9781620970386. OCLC 910217632. Retrieved January 21, 2018 – via WorldCat.org.

Critical studies, reviews, and biography edit

  • Conrad, Ariane (January–February 2013). "A love to be reckoned with". Interview. Spirituality & Health. 15 (6): 74–79.[29]
  • Andrea Cristina Mercado; Ai-jen Poo Domestic Workers Organizing in the United States. AWID (Association for Women's Rights in Development), 2008. OCLC 833311952

References edit

  1. ^ Joann Weiner (September 18, 2014). "MacArthur fellow Ai-jen Poo on why she fights for the rights of domestic workers". Washington Post.
  2. ^ "Can 'Caring Across Generations' Change the World?". The Nation. April 11, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  3. ^ Lee, Felicia R. (September 17, 2014). "MacArthur Awards Go to 21 Diverse Fellows". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "The Age of Dignity". The New Press.
  5. ^ Smith, Aidan. "What Would A Left Cabinet Look Like?". Current Affairs.
  6. ^ a b Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (October 24, 2016). American Women Speak: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection of Women's Oratory. ABC-Clio. pp. 572–4. ISBN 978-1-4408-3785-2.
  7. ^ "The Age of Dignity". NPR. January 29, 2015.
  8. ^ Ai-jen Poo '92 named to list of 100 most influential people in the world May 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Phillips Academy
  9. ^ Ai-jen Poo, Community Organizer, Public Affairs Television, Inc.
  10. ^ "Why I'm Walking 100 Miles to See Pope Francis". Time. September 15, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  11. ^ a b Engler, Mark. "The Yes! Breakthrough 15: Ai-jen Poo". Yes!. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  12. ^ "Take Five with Ai-jen Poo '96". Columbia College Today. December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  13. ^ CNWN Collection (January 8, 2018). "Golden Globes 2018: How to Support the Activists' Causes". Allure. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  14. ^ . Domestic Workers United. May 10, 2012. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  15. ^ "About". Caring Across Generations. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  16. ^ "The Nannies' Norma Rae". T. April 26, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  17. ^ a b "Staff". National Domestic Workers Alliance. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  18. ^ "About the Participants | The Work-Family Dilemma: A Better Balance | New Feminist Solutions 3". Barnard Center for Research on Women. January 1, 2003. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  19. ^ . Independent Sector. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  20. ^ Steinem, Gloria (April 18, 2012). . Time. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  21. ^ "Ai-jen Poo, Labor Organizer". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  22. ^ "The New School Commencement 2017| The New School News Releases". www.newschool.edu.
  23. ^ "Ai-jen Poo". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  24. ^ Ai-jen Poo (September 29, 2014). "America's most invisible workforce is the one we need the most". The Guardian.
  25. ^ a b Salam, Maya (April 30, 2019). "A 'Women's New Deal'". The New York Times. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  26. ^ Walsh, Joan. . The Nation. Archived from the original on December 7, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  27. ^ Menendez, Alicia (April 29, 2019). "Black Lives Matter's Alicia Garza Wants Supermajority To Be Your New Home For Activism". Black Lives Matter's Alicia Garza Wants Supermajority To Be Your New Home For Activism. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  28. ^ "Cecile Richards Discusses Women's Political Action Group, Supermajority". C-Span. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  29. ^ Spirituality & Health often changes the title of a print article when it is published online. This article is titled "Home Sweet Home? Not for Domestic Workers. Ai-jen Poo Demands Justice" online.

Further reading edit

  • Blackwell, Geoff; Hobday, Ruth (October 31, 2017). 200 Women. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 140–141. ISBN 9781452166582. OCLC 1007173093.
 
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In this Chinese name the family name is Poo Ai jen Poo ˌ aɪ dʒ ɛ n ˈ p uː Chinese 蒲艾眞 pinyin Pu Aizhen born 1974 is an American labor activist She is the president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance 1 She is also the director of Caring Across Generations a national coalition of 200 advocacy organizations working to transform the long term care system in the US with a focus on the needs of aging Americans people with disabilities and their caregivers 2 Ai jen PooBorn1974 age 49 50 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania U S EducationColumbia University BA Political partyDemocraticSpouseGeorge GoehlRelativesMu ming Poo father AwardsMacArthur Fellowship She is a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award 3 In February 2015 the New Press released her book The Age of Dignity Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America 4 She has been mentioned as a potential future Secretary of Labor under a Democratic administration 5 Contents 1 Biography 2 Accomplishments 3 Supermajority 4 Bibliography 4 1 Books 4 2 Critical studies reviews and biography 5 References 6 Further readingBiography editAi jen Poo s Taiwanese American parents instilled her with strong social justice values Her father Mu ming Poo 6 is a neuroscientist and one time political activist who emigrated from Taiwan in the 1970s Her mother Wen jen Hwu 6 has a PhD in chemistry as well as an MD and was an oncologist at two of the top cancer centers in Taiwan 7 8 9 She was born in Pittsburgh 10 and graduated from Phillips Academy in 1992 and Columbia University where she was one of more than 100 students who occupied the rotunda in Low Library this occupation led to the creation of Columbia s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race 11 12 She attended the 75th Golden Globe Awards in 2018 as a guest of Meryl Streep 13 Accomplishments editAi jen Poo began organizing domestic workers in 1996 with CAAV Organizing Asian Communities which is a division within the Committee Against Anti Asian Violence She is the founder and former lead organizer of Domestic Workers United an organization of Caribbean Latina and African nannies housekeepers and elderly caregivers in New York that organizes for power respect and fair labor standards 14 15 In 2010 Domestic Workers United was instrumental in New York state passing the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights into law this law was the first in the United States to guarantee domestic workers basic labor protections such as overtime pay three days paid leave and legal protections from harassment and discrimination 16 DWU helped to organize the first national meeting of domestic worker organizations at the US Social Forum in 2007 which resulted in the formation of the National Domestic Workers Alliance that year She has been NDWA s director since April 2010 In 2011 Ai jen Poo helped launch Caring Across Generations She has received the Open Society Institute Community Fellowship the Union Square Award the Leadership for a Changing World Award the Ernest de Maio Award from the Labor Research Association the Woman of Vision Award from Ms Foundation for Women the Alston Bannerman Fellowship for Organizers of Color the Twink Frey Visiting Scholar Fellowship at University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women and the Prime Movers Fellowship 17 18 In honor of the 100th Anniversary of International Women s Day Ai jen was recognized by Women Deliver as one of 100 women internationally who are delivering for other women 19 In 2009 she was named one of Crain s 40 Under 40 and Moves magazine s Power Women In 2010 the Feminist Press recognized her in their 40 Under 40 awards In 2011 she was named one of Yes s Breakthrough 15 and received the Independent Sector s American Express NGen Leadership Award 11 17 In 2012 she was elected an Ashoka Fellow That same year she was also named one of the Time 100 in Time magazine as well as one of Newsweek s 150 Women Who Shake the World 20 In September 2014 she was one of 21 awarded a MacArthur Fellowship grant the so called MacArthur genius grants 21 In 2017 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the New School 22 She has written for The Huffington Post 23 The Guardian 24 and other news outlets Supermajority editIn the spring of 2019 Poo cofounded the group Supermajority with Cecile Richards and Alicia Garza The group aims to train and mobilize 2 million women over the next year to become organizers activists and leaders ahead of the 2020 election to create a multiracial intergenerational movement for women s equity 25 26 The main goal of Supermajority is to push politicians to adopt an agenda akin to what Richards called a women s new deal with issues like voting rights gun control paid family leave equal pay and others viewed as soft issues being seen as issues that impact everyone 27 In addition they intend to educate women about issues such as pay equity and affordable child care as well as inform them on basic organizing skills like voter registration 25 In the 2020 election cofounder Richards says the group will be successful if 54 of the voters in this country are women and if we are able to insert into this country the issues that women care about and elect a president who s committed to doing something about them 28 Bibliography editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items May 2016 Books edit Poo Ai jen Conrad Ariane November 15 2016 Age of Dignity Caring for a Changing America New Press ISBN 9781620970386 OCLC 910217632 Retrieved January 21 2018 via WorldCat org Critical studies reviews and biography edit Conrad Ariane January February 2013 A love to be reckoned with Interview Spirituality amp Health 15 6 74 79 29 Andrea Cristina Mercado Ai jen Poo Domestic Workers Organizing in the United States AWID Association for Women s Rights in Development 2008 OCLC 833311952References edit Joann Weiner September 18 2014 MacArthur fellow Ai jen Poo on why she fights for the rights of domestic workers Washington Post Can Caring Across Generations Change the World The Nation April 11 2012 Retrieved September 21 2013 Lee Felicia R September 17 2014 MacArthur Awards Go to 21 Diverse Fellows The New York Times The Age of Dignity The New Press Smith Aidan What Would A Left Cabinet Look Like Current Affairs a b Snodgrass Mary Ellen October 24 2016 American Women Speak An Encyclopedia and Document Collection of Women s Oratory ABC Clio pp 572 4 ISBN 978 1 4408 3785 2 The Age of Dignity NPR January 29 2015 Ai jen Poo 92 named to list of 100 most influential people in the world Archived May 12 2012 at the Wayback Machine Phillips Academy Ai jen Poo Community Organizer Public Affairs Television Inc Why I m Walking 100 Miles to See Pope Francis Time September 15 2015 Retrieved September 15 2015 a b Engler Mark The Yes Breakthrough 15 Ai jen Poo Yes Retrieved September 21 2013 Take Five with Ai jen Poo 96 Columbia College Today December 15 2017 Retrieved December 21 2020 CNWN Collection January 8 2018 Golden Globes 2018 How to Support the 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