Teaching for Change's Bookstore at Busboys and Poets welcomes Ai-jen Poo to discuss and sign "The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America"
One of Newsweek’s 150 “fearless women,†the activist who spearheaded New York’s successful Bill of Rights for domestic workers shows how we can better care for our growing elderly population and provide millions of good jobs at the same time
“Ai-jen Poo knows how to create social change from the bottom up . . . showing the humanity of a long devalued kind of work. This goes beyond organizing to transforming.â€
—Gloria Steinem in Time
By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five—more than double today’s 5 million—and living longer than ever before. To enable all of us to age with dignity and security in the face of this coming Age Wave, our society must learn to value the care of our elders. The process of building a culture that supports care is a key component to restoring the American dream, and, as Ai-jen Poo convincingly argues in The Age of Dignity, will generate millions of new jobs and breathe new life into our national ideals of independence, justice, and dignity.
This groundbreaking new book from the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance offers bold solutions, such as long-term care insurance and cultural change to get all of us to value care, which are already at the heart of a movement transforming what it means to grow old in the United States. At the intersection of our aging population, the fraying safety net, and opportunities for women and immigrants in the workforce, The Age of Dignity maps out an integrated set of solutions to address America’s new demographic and economic realities.
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