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Big Change Requires Bold Social Movements: 7 Leaders to Watch

Adria D. Goodson | Posted 04.25.2013 | Impact
Read More: Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Leadership, Rachel Lloyd, Bill Mckibben, Rea Carey, Judith Browne Dianis, Will Allen, Zainab Salbi, Benjamin Todd Jealous, Mauricio Lim Miller, Van Jones, Sarita Gupta, Jim Wallis, Malkia Cyril, Social Movements, Eboo Patel, Ai-Jen Poo, Paul Rieckhoff, Video, Impact News
Adria D. Goodson

Dedicated men and women continue to re-imagine and build the social movements that will transform our country well into the future. Our nation needs these architects of change more than ever.

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Building a Caring Economy

Ai-jen Poo | Posted 04.22.2013 | New York
Read More: Oxfam, Poverty, Ai-Jen Poo, Care Economy, Domestic Workers Compensation, Domestic Workers, Domestic Workers Pay, New York News
Ai-jen Poo

Domestic workers are just one population within the growing ranks of the working poor, workers who are slipping through the cracks of a deteriorating safety net and falling into the growing chasm of economic inequality in this country.

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Why I'm Boycotting Arnold Schwarzenegger's Book

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.03.2012 | Politics
Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, National Domestic Workers Alliance, The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, 60 Minutes, Ai-Jen Poo, Feminist Majority Foundation, Arnold Schwarzenegger Book, Politics News
Peter Dreier

After years of lying about his pathological personal life, all of a sudden Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to have total recall. He's put his own ego and career ahead of the privacy of his children.

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'Noble Endeavor' For Nannies Struck Down

AP | HANNAH DREIER | Posted 10.01.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: The Help, Nanny Rights, Ai-Jen Poo, ab889, Tom Ammiano Domestic Workers, California ab889, Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Domestic Workers Rights, Video, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday announced that he had vetoed legislation that would have provided overtime pay, meal breaks and other...

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The Left Unfiltered

Richard Brodsky | Posted 08.05.2012 | Politics
Read More: Fdic, Miles Rapoport, Ai-Jen Poo, Shelia Bair, United Steelworkers, Leo Gerard, Domestic Workers, Demos, Politics News
Richard Brodsky

What comes across TV screens and printed pages as muddy and remote was given a sparkling clarity by an unlikely trio. Demos honored Republican former FDIC chief Sheila Bair, founder of the National Domestic Workers Alliance Ai-Jen Poo, and United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard.

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Hillary Clinton's Mother's Day Address at the New York Women's Foundation Breakfast

Regina Weinreich | Posted 07.10.2012 | Women
Read More: Merble Reagon, Hillary Clinton, New York Women?S Foundation, Abigail Disney, Ai-Jen Poo, Women News
Regina Weinreich

"Do you know what history does to women? You know the fabulous bookcase you see at IKEA? You know how when you buy it, you pick it up in a flat box? History casts women in two dimensions."

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'The Help' Brings Domestic Workers Wage Campaign To Spotlight

Posted 02.27.2012 | Impact
Read More: Oscars 2012, Video, Octavia Spencer, The Help, Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Oscars, Domestic Workers, Ai-Jen Poo, Domestic Workers Rights, Impact News

For the millions of domestic workers who leave their families behind for jobs that don't even pay minimum wage, Octavia Spencer's Oscar win was a boon...

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Harold Perrineau and Other Hollywood Parents and Children Support Today's "Help"

Danielle Feris | Posted 03.24.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Slidepollajax, Chris Cowles, Kathleen Robertson, Be the Help, Octavia Spencer, Elisabeth Rohm, Laurence Fishburne, Ann Lopez, Harold Perrineau, Domestic Workers, Ai-Jen Poo, Lost, Ndwa, Gina Torres, Los Angeles News
Danielle Feris

2012-01-23-pullquote.jpgAfter jamming to a live band and enjoying glitter tattoos, children at the party painted large fabric panels with images and words that expressed their love for the nannies in their lives.

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Bold Changes, Great Leaders, Big Movements

Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Food Movement, Rachel Lloyd, Social Justice, Learning Disabilities, Sexual Exploitation, Prime Movers, Human Trafficking, Mark Hanis, Genocide, Social Movements, Domestic Workers, Social Entrepreneur, David Flink, Social Capital, Youth-Food-Movement, Anim Steel, Ai-Jen Poo, Josh Viertel, Impact News
Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson

Our country is facing a glut of complex problems that no single politician, political party, or other organization can solve in a lasting way, without help. For shifts of this magnitude, we need social movements and compelling leaders.

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