Broke in America Author Chat with with Joanne Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox, hosted by Regina Montoya

Poverty is a critical issue in the United States. Many citizens live with fewer or no basic resources, but it does not have to stay that way. Dallas community leader and former chair of the Mayor's Task force on Poverty, Regina Montoya, will chat with authors Joanne Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox about their new book, Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty. The panelists will discuss what is contributing to poverty in the United States and what can be done to combat it.

This event will be held virtually and is open to everyone.

Request to checkout a copy of Broke in America here.

About the authors:

Joanne Samuel Goldblum

Joanne 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 The 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 ten Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders on the basis of her work to found the New Haven Diaper Bank.

Colleen Shaddox

Colleen Shaddox is a print and radio journalist and activist. Her publication credits include The New York Times, The 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.

About the Host:

Regina Montoya

Currently, Regina is the CEO & Chairperson of Regina T. Montoya, PLLC. She is writing a book about the importance of incorporating Latinos into the economic, political and social fabric of America, and she is a frequent national public speaker. President Clinton asked Regina to serve his administration as an Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

For more about Broke in America, please visit http://brokeinamerica.net