About this event
The care economy supports all of us. It refers to both paid and unpaid work that includes domestic work, cleaning and childcare, as well as care work that supports children, elderly people, people with disabilities and others. Care work is often undervalued and underpaid, and workers in the care economy are often paid low wages and have limited access to benefits.
Care work intersects with many issues philanthropy cares about and funds including education, economic empowerment, gender equity, disability inclusion, race equity and immigrant justice. However, care work remains an often invisible and undervalued part of these issues and stories in philanthropy.
Organizations like Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network are working to change this. Hand in Hand is a national network of employers of nannies, housecleaners and home attendants working for dignified and respectful working conditions that benefit both the employer and worker.
On this call we will learn more about Hand in Hand’s work, how the care economy intersects with philanthropy, and the current landscape of care and domestic work in the Northwest.
Speakers
Stacy Kono, Executive Director, Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network
As executive director, Stacy partners with staff, the National Steering Committee and members to advance the vision of interdependent communities committed to social and economic justice. With over two decades of nonprofit experience in organizing and capacity building, she leads fundraising and organizational strategy and systems. Stacy first learned about the power of grassroots organizing working at Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA), organizing with Chinese immigrant garment workers and their families in Oakland to bring fairness and safety to the industry. Before joining Hand in Hand, she worked with Rockwood Leadership Institute as the director of programs supporting the sustainability of social movement leaders. Like so many of us, Stacy has multiple connections to care. She worked as an in-home supportive services attendant in college and is the granddaughter of a domestic worker, which drives her personal commitment to upholding dignity and respect for workers. She lives in Berkeley with her partner.
Nikki Brown-Booker, Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund, Borealis Philanthropy
Nikki is the program officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF). As a person with a disability and a biracial woman, she has been interested in the intersection of disability justice and racial justice. Most recently she was the executive director for Easy Does It Emergency Services, a nonprofit that provides emergency attendant care, wheelchair repair and transportation for people with disabilities and seniors in Berkeley. She has also been doing organizing work with Hand in Hand: the Domestic Employers Network and helped pass the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Please contact JulieAnne Behar with any questions.