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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26877.

Appendix C

Workshop Agenda

Workshop Objectives

Workshop presentations and discussion will explore the following:

  • The history and economic forces that shape current reality for many workers in the care economy and many American families and the lessons and insights important to shaping policy;
  • Government policies and approaches to address economic harms experienced by workers and families; and
  • Promising work unfolding in the not-for-profit sector.

Thursday, December 16, 2021

11:00 AM EST Welcome and Workshop Overview Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
(Roundtable Co-Chair), Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Lee Goldman, M.D. Endowed Professor of Medicine; Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity, University of California, San Francisco
11:10 AM Session I: History, Economic Forces, and Current Reality
  • Moderator: Jason Purnell, Vice President, BJC HealthCare; Associate Professor, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26877.
  • Ai-jen Poo, Executive Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
  • Edward Baptist, Professor of History, Cornell University
  • Darrick Hamilton, Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, The New School
12:10 PM Session II: Perspectives from Sector Leaders Working with Communities and Families
  • Moderator: Kosali Simon, Herman Wells Professor and Associate Vice Provost of Health Sciences, Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
  • Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organizer of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
  • Terrell Cannon, Director of Training & Workforce Development, Home Care Associates
1:00 PM Break / Practical Exercise Session
  • Moderator: Rita Hamad, Director of the Social Policies for Health Equity Research Program (SPHERE) and Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco
  • Anne De Biasi, Senior Fellow, WE in the World
  • Soma Saha, Founder and Executive Lead, WE in the World; Executive Lead, WIN Network
2:00 PM Session III: Policies, Strategies, and the Push for Innovation at Different Levels of Government
  • Moderator: Debbie Chang, President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Shield of California Foundation
  • Melissa Boteach, Vice President of Income Security and Child Care/Early Learning, National Women’s Law Center
  • Josie Kalipeni, Executive Director, Family Values @ Work
  • Julie Kashen, Senior Fellow and Director, Women’s Economic Justice, The Century Foundation
  • April Sims, Secretary Treasurer, Washington State Labor Council
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26877.
3:30 PM Summarizing the Practical Exercise: Policies for an Equitable Care Economy
  • Rita Hamad, Director of the Social Policies for Health Equity Research Program (SPHERE) and Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco
3:45 PM Closing Reflections
  • Ray Baxter (Roundtable Co-Chair), Trustee, Blue Shield of California Foundation
4:00 PM Workshop is adjourned
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26877.

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26877.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26877.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26877.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Economics of Caring: Improving Population Health by Valuing Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26877.
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