MacArthur Fellowship

Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, stands with National Peoples Action to demand accountability for the financial crisis on May 20, 2012, Washington, DC.

She's an organizer of America's domestic workers — and, now, a certified 'genius'

September 18, 2014
Business

Ai-jen Poo, the director of National Domestic Workers Alliance, just won a MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the "genius grant." She describes how it feels to win the prestigious award and how it might affect her work with America's "visible invisible" domestic workers.

She's an organizer of America's domestic workers — and, now, a certified 'genius'

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Arts, Culture & Media
Did some of our "Genius" rub off?

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