Mazon Hunger Fighters 2-25-2010
By Eric Schockman

I was pleased last week to be invited on a panel of anti-hunger experts to address a gathering of the Westside Democratic Club. In the picture (from left to right) are panel moderator and attorney-activist, Ron Galperin; me;  Frank Tamborello from Hunger Action LA; Matt Sharp from California Food Policy Advocates; and Michael Flood, head of the LA Regional Food Bank.

We covered a wide spread of topics ranging from why California (and a few other states) still finger-image clients collecting their food stamp (SNAP) entitlements; to the role that community based groups can play in fighting hunger from the ground up.
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