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Ai-jen Poo: the future of work isn’t robots. It’s caring humans.

This podcast originally appeared on Stitcher. Listen to it there.  When we talk about the future of work, we usually...

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Opinion podcast: How the Maine People’s Alliance is cracking the code

This podcast originally appeared on the Portland Press Herald. Listen to it there. Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich and columnist...

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Celebrating National Family Caregivers Month with a Win in Ohio

Last night, voters in Hamilton County, Ohio, overwhelmingly approved Issue 5 – the senior services levy – by 72 percent....

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Jill Tokuda: This New Film Showcases Hawaii Values For Family Care

This article originally appeared in Honolulu Civil Beat. Read it there.  “We’re all of us imagining that it isn’t going...

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Ai-jen Poo wants to change the game for home care workers

This video originally appeared on Politico. Watch it there. Ai-jen Poo, the executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance,...

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Take Care of Care-Workers

This article originally appeared in US News & World Report. Read it there.  Every morning, two separate workforces, heading in...

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I’m Sandwiched Between Elder and Child Care—and I’m Not Alone

This article originally appeared in Slate. Read it there.  Several years ago, my parents were in town from Rochester, New...

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Referendum Campaign Launched in Maine for Universal In-Home Care

This article originally appeared in The Free Press. Read it there. The progressive group Maine People’s Alliance is spearheading a...

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The American Care Landscape: Challenges and Solutions for the 21st Century

This article originally appeared in the Oxford Academic Public Policy and Aging Report. Read it there.    When my father...

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America’s Oldest State Campaigns for Universal Home Care

This article originally appeared on Home Health Care News. Read it there.  A local coalition of senior and public advocacy...

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Senior Care for All Launches in Nation’s Oldest State

MAINERS LAUNCH NATION’S FIRST REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN FOR UNIVERSAL HOME CARE (SOUTH PORTLAND, ME) – In the nation’s oldest state, volunteers...

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How Negotiating Care For the ‘Silver Wave’ Can Lead To Real Work/Life Balance

This post originally appeared on Forbes on September 7, 2017. Read it there.  What’s the secret key to achieving work/life...

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How we’re neglecting our elders and the workers that care for them: Q&A with the filmmakers of Care

This post originally appeared on The Ford Foundation. Read it there.  Meet Vilma – she came to the United States...

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Getting to Yes, And… | Ai-jen Poo, Caring Across Generations – Improvisation for Care

This post originally appeared on WGN Radio on September 5, 2017. Listen to the interview there.  Kelly talks to activist,...

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Film spotlights those struggling to navigate incomprehensible system we’ll all need to rely on at some point

This post originally appeared on The New York Times Live “Women in the World” on September 4, 2017. Read the...

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Caring Majority Featured in Right to Care Documentary

About a year ago, in September 2016, Governor Jerry Brown of California signed the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights into...

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Postcards Celebrate Care on Grandparents Day

“Y’all done lost y’all damn minds!” That’s a famous and distressingly relevant quote from the grandma of one of my...

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Why this Philly-produced documentary may be the most important film you see this year

This post originally appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer on August 23, 2017. Read the original there.  Of all the looming...

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Fighting Hate With Fiery Love

This past weekend, the violence unleashed in Charlottesville, VA was a painful reminder of the depth of racism and hate...

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Caring Majority Defends Medicaid on Day of Action

On August 9th, Caring Across Generations activists, in partnership with Health Care for America Now, organized a Day of Action...

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Protesters oppose proposed cuts to Medicaid

This article originally appeared in the Bloomington Pantagraph. Read it there. Holding signs reading “Medicaid for Seniors, Not Tax Breaks...

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Virginia Organizing participates in National Day of Action to protect Medicaid

This article originally appeared in the Augusta Free Press. Read it there.  Virginia Organizing is urging representatives to reject renewed...

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Knitting For A Cause

This post originally appeared on KDRV 12 (ABC) on August 9, 2017. Read the original there.  On August 9th, Caring...

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#CaringMajority Day of Action to Stop Cuts to Medicaid

Grassroots Groups Renew Protests Nationwide to Protect Seniors and Caregivers from New Medicaid Attacks in Federal Budget National Day of...

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Statement of the #CaringMajority

While we’ve successfully blocked efforts to repeal the ACA and destroy our care infrastructure as we know it, threats remain. The administration’s budget proposal contains trillions of dollars in cuts that could dismantle our care system entirely.

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