The Labor of Care Archive: Caregiver Narratives from CUNY and its Communities

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In the United States, there are an estimated 50-65 million family caregivers who provide essential care to adults with chronic or terminal illnesses or serious mental or physical disabilities, and millions more who provide paid care in conjunction with family members and medical professionals. Despite being an important component of the nexus of care, for too long, there has been a profound absence of the voices of family and paid caregivers in discussions about health care.

What we do

•  Produce a playwriting workshop and final performance on caregiving with CUNY faculty, staff, and students who are PSC-CUNY or DC37 members, in partnership with Working Theater’s TheaterWorks! program and PSC-CUNY.

•  Organize a symposium on “The Labor of Care in the Americas,” which will bring together scholars of care work, producers of caregiver narratives, labor organizers and policy advocates

•  Offer a course in the MA in the Study of the Americas program at City College, in which students will learn oral history and archiving practices for performing oral histories with caregivers.

•  Create a digital archive that will preserve and share caregiver narratives.