January 14 – Abby Leibman and Bob Greenstein with Larry Mantle
The Politics of Hunger: Confronting Poverty in a Time of Division and Crisis
Abby J. Leibman
Abby J. Leibman has been the President & CEO of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger since 2011. Ms. Leibman has spent her career at the forefront of social justice advocacy, including co-founding and leading the California Women’s Law Center. She advises policymakers, nonprofit advocates and community leaders on the barriers and challenges that contribute to economic and food insecurity, including the persistent challenges of the feminization of poverty.
Bob Greenstein
Bob Greenstein is the founder and President Emeritus of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), which he launched in 1981 to analyze U.S. tax and spending policy through the lens of low- and moderate-income families. He helped share major policy advances – such as food assistance programs like SNAP, expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit, and health coverage – earning a reputation as “Washington’s de facto lobbyist for the poor.”
Larry Mantle
Larry Mantle has been the host of AirTalk with Larry Mantle on NPR-member station KPCC, 89.3 FM, since April 1st, 1985. AirTalk is the longest-running daily talk show in Southern California.