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SUMMARY:Broke in America: Seeing\, Understanding\, and Ending U.S. Poverty- Author Talk with Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen 
 Shaddox to discuss their book\, Broke in America: Seeing\, Understanding\, 
 and Ending U.S. Poverty. Broke in America highlights the poverty crisis in 
 the United States\, focusing on policy and emphasizing key strategies in 
 which to help eliminate this crisis. The authors will provide a general 
 discussion about Broke in America\, read an exerpt from the title\, and 
 answer questions from attendees. Registration is required and a Zoom link 
 will be emailed one day before this event. A limited number of copies of 
 the book will be available for loan at the Circulation Desk four weeks 
 prior to the meeting date.\n\nJoanne Samuel Goldblum is CEO and founder of 
 the National Diaper Bank Network\, encompassing more than 200 member 
 organizations that provide diapers and other basic needs to families across 
 America. In 2018\, she founded the Alliance for Period Supplies\, which 
 provides free hygiene products to the one in four people for whom 
 menstruation means difficulty attending school and work. Joanne has spent 
 her career working with and advocating for families in poverty. She has 
 written op-eds for Washington Post\, US News & World Report\, and HuffPost. 
 She has been an ABC Person of the Week and the subject of profiles by CNN\, 
 People\, and many other outlets. Joanne is an inspiring and in-demand 
 speaker. In 2007\, she was chosen as one of 10 Robert Wood Johnson 
 Community Health Leaders on the basis of her work to found the New Haven 
 Diaper Bank.\n\n\nColleen Shaddox is a print and radio journalist and 
 activist. Her publication credits include New York Times\, Washington 
 Post\, National Public Radio\, America\, and many more. She left daily 
 newspapers when an editor reprimanded her for "writing too many stories 
 about poor people" and went to work in a soup kitchen. She has had one foot 
 in journalism and one in non-profits ever since. In states throughout the 
 country\, Colleen has worked on winning campaigns to get kids out of adult 
 prisons\, to end juvenile life without parole\, and to limit shackling in 
 juvenile courts. She is a frequently anthologized fiction writer. Her 
 award-winning play\, The Shakespeares\, and other dramatic works have been 
 performed around the country.
ORGANIZER;CN="Shane Indeglia":MAILTO:sindeglia@ocln.org
CATEGORIES:Books & Poetry, Virtual
CONTACT;CN="Shane Indeglia":MAILTO:sindeglia@ocln.org
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