Ai-jen Poo Quotes, born in 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an American labor activist and director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), co-founder of Caring Across Generations, and co-founder of Supermajority. A 2014 MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient and 2012 TIME 100 honoree, she has championed the rights of domestic workers, passing Domestic Worker Bills of Rights in nine states and advocating for elder care reform. Author of The Age of Dignity (2015), her Taiwanese-American heritage shapes her fight for marginalized communities. These 15 quotes—sourced from her book, interviews, public statements, and posts on X—reflect her vision for care, equity, and collective action, capturing her compassionate and transformative spirit.
15 Ai-jen Poo Quotes
- “One thing I’ve learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much pride in their work and love the children they care for.” (The Age of Dignity, 2015)
- “Caring Across Generations, led jointly by twenty organizations representing caregivers, care consumers, and their families, is a national movement to embrace our changing demographics, particularly the aging of America, and an opportunity to strengthen our intergenerational and caregiving relationships.” (The Age of Dignity, 2015)
- “A fundamental problem with our current health care system is that its measure of success is the delay of death, rather than the quality of life.” (The Age of Dignity, 2015)
- “Movements of people create change—not just any one person or organization, but when lots of people are in motion around a shared vision.” (Interview, AZQuotes, n.d.)
- “It’s precisely the people who are considered the least ‘likely’ leaders who end up inspiring others the most. Everyday people and everyday acts of courage eventually change everything.” (Interview, AZQuotes, n.d.)
- “Domestic employees are at the whim of their employers.” (The Age of Dignity, 2015)
- “I’ve always believed it’s important to make the invisible visible.” (Interview, AZQuotes, n.d.)
- “If you have the right heart, and the passion for taking care of people, that’s the most important thing you need. Caring is the most important part of care.” (The Age of Dignity, 2015)
- “We [women] are the majority of the population, majority of the electorate, majority of the workforce… and yet we’re still doing majority of family unpaid or low paid labor.” (Interview, AZQuotes, n.d.)
- “Living longer is about loving longer, learning longer, teaching longer, connecting longer, if we figure out the supports and infrastructure to make all of that possible.” (Interview, AZQuotes, n.d.)
- “I think this is a moment of a lot of possibilities, and openings. Occupy and the 99% movement are really going to break through, and we are going to create a new economy.” (Interview, The Believer, 2014)
- “I would probably make care an organizing principle in our economy.” (Interview, Bookey, 2023)
- “I am hopeful. And this is just the beginning.” (Post on X, @aijenpoo, 2020-07-01)
- “The most fundamental right in America is the right to vote.” (Post on X, @aijenpoo, 2022-03-02)
- “Care is the work that makes all other work possible.” (Interview, KQED, 2021)
Ai-jen Poo’s quotes shine with a fierce commitment to valuing care, uplifting the marginalized, and building a more equitable world, inspiring readers to act with courage and compassion. Which one fuels your drive for change? Drop it in the comments and keep her transformative legacy thriving!
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