S01 E07 Ai-jen Poo

Harness

This episode of Harness is with Ai-jen Poo. Ai-jen is an American activist with an impressive career spanning more than two decades. You may recognise her as Alfonso Cuaron’s Guest of Honour at this year's Golden Globes, or perhaps Meryl Streep’s date from the year prior. Ai-jen Poo is the Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Co-Director of Caring Across Generations, and Co-Founder of Supermajority. She is an award-winning organiser, thought leader, and social innovator. She has been an influential voice in the #MeToo movement and participated in the Times Up action. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, TIME and CNN.com.

The clip used in the introduction of this episode is from E! Red Carpet & Awards Shows - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr368vCRGLE

Ai-jen’s latest TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqcDzptviFw

Ai-Jen’s book, The Age of Dignity: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Dignity-Preparing-Changing-America/dp/1620972018

Follow her work @aijenpoo (twitter) @aijenp (instagram) @domesticworkers @careinactionvotes @caringacrossgen @supermajority

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