CareLab | Anna Shireen Wadia: Executive Director of CareFund

Anna Shireen Wadia: Executive Director of CareFund

Improving the livelihoods of paid and unpaid caregivers and the quality of care for all who need it, across generations.

Fall 2022

Anna Shireen Wadia is the Executive Director of the Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund. The CARE Fund brings diverse funders together to invest in movement building for universal publicly supported care infrastructures that will fuel economies, improve the wellbeing of kids and families, create millions of good jobs, promote equity, and enable people with disabilities and older adults to live independently with safety and dignity. At the Ford Foundation, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and her own consulting practice, Anna has nurtured and propelled movements for care and built bridges among funders and advocates across the care continuum.

Lecture Overview

The CARE Fund is a unique philanthropic collaboration focused on improving the livelihoods of paid and unpaid caregivers and the quality of care for all who need it, across generations. Students of the Care Lab Course (Fall 2022) had the opportunity to meet Anna, learn more about the work of CARE Fund, and ask questions aligned with their own project proposals, some of which are featured on this website

Haitian American daughter checking her mothers blood pressure to make sure her health is on the right track. The mother suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes and has to stay on top of her blood pressure constantly because diabetes is linked to heart disease. She wanted to do a quick checkup inside her daughters home.

The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) Protest

Guest Speaker

Anna Wadia

Instructors

Michele Kahane
Marisa Morán Jahn

Keywords/Tags

Care Infrastructure, caregivers, paid family and medical leave, early childcare and education, aging and disability care, improving the quality of care jobs

Other Resources

CareFund

Care Report Card: What the U.S. Is Getting Right and Wrong

Saving Medicaid – and Our Democracy

Contact Us

Get Involved

CareLab is an ever emergent initiative offering diverse opportunities for engagement: Take a course, propose a partnership, attend a workshop, join our community of practice, feature your work, communicate about related events and initiatives, or donate.
There are opportunities to engage as a student, faculty, or organizational partner.

To learn more, contact us at carelab@newschool.edu.