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
Nikki Brown-Booker, Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund, Borealis Philanthropy
Please contact JulieAnne Behar with any questions.