{"374841":{"#nid":"374841","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Welcomes 2014 MacArthur Fellow Ai-jen Poo","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E2014 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.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.domesticworkers.org\/aijen-poo\u0022\u003EAi-jen Poo\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp; 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 \u2013 housekeepers, nannies, caregivers for the elderly or disabled \u2013 in the United States today who are excluded from most federal and state laws. \u0026nbsp;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.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAi-jen Poo\u2019s 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 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EServe\u2022Learn\u2022Sustain\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u2019s new initiative for community engagement and sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAi-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.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"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."}],"uid":"27814","created_gmt":"2015-02-09 16:26:38","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Lisa Herrmann","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"375941":{"id":"375941","type":"image","title":"Impact lecture: Ai-jen poo","body":null,"created":"1449246194","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:14","changed":"1475894388","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:48","alt":"Impact lecture: Ai-jen poo","file":{"fid":"75157","name":"impact_ai-jen_poo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/impact_ai-jen_poo.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/impact_ai-jen_poo.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":100695,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/impact_ai-jen_poo.jpg?itok=hOO4XNjL"}}},"media_ids":["375941"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"117541","name":"ai-jen poo"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"73931","name":"QEP"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESabir Khan - College of Architecture\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["sabir.khan@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}