Podcast appearances and mentions of abby maxman

Abby Maxman, president and CEO of Oxfam America, debriefs the UNGA and talks about Oxfam's recent work on the ground in Ukraine, Gaza and South Sudan.

* Humanitarian Crisis & Starvation Used as a Weapon of War in Gaza Demands Immediate Ceasefire; Abby Maxman, Oxfam America's Pres. & CEO, Dr. Karameh Kuemmerle a member of Doctors Against Genocide; Producer: Scott Harris. * Beyond the Devastation in Gaza, Repression & Violence Impact Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank; Mazin Qumsiyeh, Professor, Director of Cytogenetics Services at Bethlehem University & Dir. PIBS; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Corporate Media Coverage of Election 2024 is Riven by Journalistic Malpractice; Rick Perlstein, journalist, historian, and author; Producer: Scott Harris.

Every day since October 7th, our hearts have been breaking. The unconscionable terrorist attack on Israel killed so many innocents. And yet, in the Israeli response, many times more innocents in Gaza have been killed. Across the region, children and civilians are suffering and dying unnecessarily. To help us understand the situation on the ground in Gaza and Israel and the role of aid organizations, I've invited Abby Maxman on the show. Abby is the President and CEO of Oxfam America. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message

Abby Maxman, President and C.E.O. of Oxfam America describes the tragic earthquakes that rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria and their efforts to help. Also, Dr. Hans-Jacob Schindler says ISIS fighters escaped prison during the earthquakes in a stunning fashion -using U.S. dollars to bribe prison officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Abby Maxman, President and C.E.O. of Oxfam America describes the tragic earthquakes that rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria and their efforts to help. Also, Dr. Hans-Jacob Schindler says ISIS fighters escaped prison during the earthquakes in a stunning fashion -using U.S. dollars to bribe prison officials.

Abby Maxman is President and CEO of Oxfam America and says “there's no reason in the 21st century that people should be going hungry.” Want to learn more about how you can reduce hunger locally and globally? Check out the links below to learn more about the suggestions that Maxman makes in this episode: Find Your Local Food Pantry, Feeding America  Local Food Directories, USDA The Last Hunger Season by Roger Thurow The Hungry Farmer- My Moment of Great Disruption Roger Thurow at TEDxChange In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Netflix Oxfam America Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

As President & CEO of Oxfam America, Abby Maxman is responsible for leading global social change to alleviate the injustice of poverty across 90 countries. This fight is not a new one for Maxman, who has made a career of giving a voice to the voiceless, fighting hunger, poverty, disease, and injustice across the globe at leading INGO's and within the U.S. Government. Abby and I sat down to discuss her leadership experience and what we can all learn from her time working to right the most devastating wrongs the world over. We tackled some big issues in our discussion, including:The importance of boldly charging toward your goals, even when they might feel overwhelming and unachievable.How the values of integrity and commitment provide the courage and resilience necessary to allow a leader to book the first flight into post-genocidal Rwanda, to tackle apartheid South Africa, and to take on the global HIV/AIDS crisis.The importance of showing up authentically and consistently as our whole selves to build and nurture a healthy culture. Ad the value of creating a safe place for people to try new things, to fail, and to learn from those failures without risk of retribution or career damage. The role of leaders in addressing racial, gender, economic, and climate justice, and the challenging of maintaining focus on this important work in the midst of every other priority.Developing the 21st century skills of leading with care and compassion to help your people feel safe, engaged, and cared for by their leaders.  This episode of The Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast was brought to you by our friends at Virtuous. We're so excited to partner with them to promote the upcoming 2021 Responsive Fundraising Summit on April 14th and 15th. You can register for FREE today. You'll be front-row with world-class nonprofit and thought leaders, participate in hands-on, discussion-driven workshops, and build lasting connections with like-minded peers. Sign up today for this FREE event!https://youtu.be/56RwjgU-q9M

As President & CEO of Oxfam America, Abby Maxman is responsible for leading global social change to alleviate the injustice of poverty across 90 countries. This fight is not a new one for Maxman, who has made a career of giving a voice to the voiceless, fighting hunger, poverty, disease, and injustice across the globe at leading INGO's and within the U.S. Government. Abby and I sat down to discuss her leadership experience and what we can all learn from her time working to right the most devastating wrongs the world over. We tackled some big issues in our discussion, including:The importance of boldly charging toward your goals, even when they might feel overwhelming and unachievable.How the values of integrity and commitment provide the courage and resilience necessary to allow a leader to book the first flight into post-genocidal Rwanda, to tackle apartheid South Africa, and to take on the global HIV/AIDS crisis.The importance of showing up authentically and consistently as our whole selves to build and nurture a healthy culture. Ad the value of creating a safe place for people to try new things, to fail, and to learn from those failures without risk of retribution or career damage. The role of leaders in addressing racial, gender, economic, and climate justice, and the challenging of maintaining focus on this important work in the midst of every other priority.Developing the 21st century skills of leading with care and compassion to help your people feel safe, engaged, and cared for by their leaders.  This episode of The Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast was brought to you by our friends at Virtuous. We’re so excited to partner with them to promote the upcoming 2021 Responsive Fundraising Summit on April 14th and 15th. You can register for FREE today. You’ll be front-row with world-class nonprofit and thought leaders, participate in hands-on, discussion-driven workshops, and build lasting connections with like-minded peers. Sign up today for this FREE event!https://youtu.be/56RwjgU-q9M

What's all this talk about feminist leadership? An interview with Abby Maxman, Oxfam America's CEO Feminist leadership seems to be in ascendance in the INGO sector. Now, our sector is a bit prone to fads and fashions --  so should we take this seriously? Is this leadership model here to stay? And what are its potential, its power as well as its limitations? This is what I  explore in a short series of episodes about feminist leadership, which is starting with this interview with Abby Maxman, CEO of Oxfam America.Later in the series, I will interview Aruna Rao, Lisa Veneklaassen, and Joanne Sandler, while plans to interview Srilatha Batliwala are in the works. Quotes “Servant leadership does not always necessarily mean you to lead from behind (although this is often what's needed); it can sometimes also mean leading from the front” “Feminist leadership needs to be situational and adaptive to be helpful” “You need to be kind of heart but also tough of mind, at the same time” Feminist leadership obviously has the aspiration to contribute towards a gender-just society, both internally inside the organization, and externally. In this podcast series, I focus on how feminist leadership plays out as an organizational leadership model.  According to Abby, feminist leadership among others is about being developmental towards other employees, bringing out the best in others.  And it is about nurturing and seeking out the voices of all staff.Here is LinkedIn 's profile of Abby Maxman Click here to subscribe to be alerted when new podcast episodes come out or when Tosca produces other thought leadership pieces. Or email Tosca attosca@5oaksconsulting.orgif you want to talk about your social sector organization's needs, challenges, and opportunities. You can find Tosca's content by following her on her social media channels:  Twitter  LinkedIn Facebook  

This is a special episode for us as we have 2 previous leaders visit the Lessons from Leaders studio again - virtually of course. In this episode we are discussing the ongoing crisis in the world between the racial injustice movement, covid, and the pandemic, as well as navigating through the emotional turmoil that these struggles can bring to a work setting. "I think that the pandemic created a setting that allowed the racial injustices and the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others to become a focus that could not be swept under the rug." Carrie shares with us just how uniquely positioned we are to be able to ignite long term change. This episode is one that is necessary for you and your team. This is a moment to learn, to grow, to change your own habits. Huge thank you to Carrie and Abby for sharing their thoughts during this time.https://youtu.be/gi6FSdD0xLo

The globalisation of vulnerability – made clear by the coronavirus pandemic and a global anti-racism movement – is putting into question traditional conceptions of humanitarian aid too. As suffering and violations of rights in the West become more visible, it’s hard to argue that “we” are helping “them”. And many of those communities in need are looking for social justice and functioning institutions, not bags of rice and plastic sheeting. Will this historic moment force a rethink of international solidarity? With food for thought from Washington, DC and New York: - Candace Rondeaux, who spent years as an analyst with the International Crisis Group before joining the Center on the Future of War and New America’s International Security Program as senior fellow. - Award-winning writer and filmmaker Uzodinma Iweala, CEO of The Africa Center. - Aid worker and member of Black Women in Development, Angela Bruce-Raeburn, regional advocacy director for Africa at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator. - Abby Maxman, CEO of Oxfam America. And additional insights from Nairobi and Geneva: - Cartoonist and political commentator Patrick Gathara. - Degan Ali, CEO of Adeso. - Humanitarian foresight advisor Aarathi Krishnan. Moderated by: - Heba Aly, Director of The New Humanitarian

The following is a conversation between Abby Maxman, President and CEO, of Oxfam America and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. • Advocacy Efforts for Low-Wage Workers in the U.S. • How Flexible Funding Can Unleash Creativity and Innovation of NGOs • We are All Humanitarians at this Moment

The second installment in our series of curated episodes revolves around the controversial topics of diversity and immigration. Guests that include renowned chef and humanitarian Jose Andres, former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, Oxfam America’s president and CEO Abby Maxman, former Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera, and president and CEO of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Marco Davis share personal stories and impactful insights about America’s complicated and painful history with diversity. Check out the original episodes by following the links below. “You have to think about how much our country has benefited from immigration and how immigrants have brought new life, new energy, new views.” -- former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (Sep 18, 2018) http://addpassionandstir.com/genius-knows-no-boundaries/ “Nobody wants to leave the comfort of their homes, the place they belong. They don't want to go to a faraway land that they don't know. Let's provide those people the reason why they should be successful, where they are, where they live.” -- Jose Andres (Oct 18, 2016) http://addpassionandstir.com/the-secret-killer-of-4-million-women-and-children/ “I think that the diversity that our nation has is a tremendous asset and the truth is it's only going to grow in diversity because of the smaller, smaller planet that we occupy. And that's a good thing.” -- former Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera (April 25, 2018) http://addpassionandstir.com/come-together-uniting-people-through-food-and-opportunity/ “We know that [immigration and refugee issues] requires political will and a lot of other things, but we're working tirelessly at all angles - whether it's behind the scenes or in those public spaces - to call out the, the unacceptables and the things that we really need to change.” -- Oxfam America president and CEO Abby Maxman (November 29, 2017) http://addpassionandstir.com/make-it-personal-the-names-and-stories-behind-the-numbers/ “This is the situation in America, for better or worse, it's changing right now in these last couple of years. But the reality is that even as people are starting to have more conversations about race, ethnicity, diversity, we don't have a common vocabulary. We don't have a common understanding about the issue.” -- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute president and CEO Marco Davis (May 30, 2018) http://addpassionandstir.com/proximity-point-solving-problems-by-getting-closer/

Yemen is in the midst of civil war, a brutal conflict that has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis according to the United Nations. By some estimates, 75 percent of the people there are in need of humanitarian assistance. Millions have been forced to flee, and more are at risk of starvation. Abby Maxman, president of Oxfam America, recently returned from a trip to Yemen. She visited camps for displaced people, and has returned to the U.S. determined to help.

SIT alumna Abby Maxman discusses Oxfam, current challenges in development, and her time at SIT. She became president of Oxfam America in 2017. She was formerly Deputy Secretary General of CARE International in Geneva, Switzerland, and Vice President of International Programs & Operations for CARE. Maxman received her MA in International Administration from SIT in 1995.

Do you think beyond the statistics to the individual lives affected by conflict, poverty, and hunger? In this episode of Add Passion and Stir, two powerful and passionate advocates, Abby Maxman, President of Oxfam America, and Tatiana Rosana, executive chef at Outlook Kitchen & Bar at the Envoy Hotel in Boston, discuss national and international humanitarian problems through the lens of personal stories of suffering, courage, and hope. Both women rose to the top of male-dominated professions and believe their work ethic was in part a response to having to work harder than male counterparts to gain the respect they deserve. This fierce determination informs the work they do helping others. Maxman, who has spent her career doing international development and aid work, recounts meeting a woman named Faith in South Sudan who walked an entire month with her four children after being displaced by conflict, all the while making decisions like which child gets to eat today. “It fuels a sense of urgency, passion and inspiration to do the work,” she says. Rosana found that growing up in an immigrant family from impoverished Cuba made her acutely aware of the issues of poverty and hunger. Feeling fortunate and helping others was ingrained in her from very young age, and as a chef she became a long-time supporter of the No Kid Hungry campaign. “I’m doing what I can with what I have to help. It takes nothing more than your time to invest in these children,” she says.Host Billy Shore asks Maxman how Oxfam is able to tackle the overwhelming problems of conflict and poverty in areas where governments and the UN cannot. “We use our voice… we make sure that all of our polic[ies] and messages are grounded in the stories of Faith and many others,” she says. Staggering statistics alone — 65M refugees, 880M people going hungry every night – are not effective. “We’re talking about human beings,” she emphasizes. Clearly moved by the discussion, Rosana agrees “When we put names to the numbers, how can you not want to speak up, how can you not want to help? They’re not just numbers, they’re human beings that are going to bed hungry,” she pleads.Listen to these two dynamic women talk about why getting personal helps fuel their drive to help those in need.

Tuesday evening, returning to Washington DC aboard Air Force One after touring the devastation Hurricane Maria unleashed on the US territory of Puerto Rico, President Trump told reporters his administration has “only heard ‘thank yous’ from the people" there. Though the locals may appreciate the help, according to Abby Maxman, the president of Oxfam America (the US chapter of the international confederation of charitable organizations focused on fighting global poverty), the people of Puerto Rico have been dangerously under-served by the federal government relief effort. In a statement issued Monday on behalf of her organization, Maxman said Oxfam is “outraged at the slow and inadequate response the US Government has mounted in Puerto Rico. Clean water, food, fuel, electricity, and health care are in desperately short supply and quickly dwindling, and we’re hearing excuses and criticism from the administration instead of a cohesive and compassionate response.” On this week’s “TrumpWatch,” host Jesse Lent talks to Scott Paul, humanitarian policy lead for Oxfam about the Trump administration’s relief efforts in Puerto Rico and why the members of his organization believe they have been so poor that there was a need to speak out.

Returning to Washington DC aboard Air Force One after touring the devastation Hurricane Maria unleashed on the US territory of Puerto Rico, President Trump told reporters his administration has “only heard ‘thank yous' from the people" there. Though the locals may appreciate the help, according to Abby Maxman, the president of Oxfam America, the US chapter of the international confederation of charitable organizations focused on fighting global poverty, "clean water, food, fuel, electricity and health care are in desperately short supply and quickly dwindling and we're hearing excuses and criticism from the administration instead of a cohesive and compassionate response.” On this week's TrumpWatch, Jesse talks to Scott Paul, humanitarian policy lead for Oxfam about the Trump administration's relief efforts in Puerto Rico and why the members of his organization believe they have been so poor that there was a need to take the unusual step of speaking out.

Returning to Washington DC aboard Air Force One after touring the devastation Hurricane Maria unleashed on the US territory of Puerto Rico, President Trump told reporters his administration has “only heard ‘thank yous' from the people" there. Though the locals may appreciate the help, according to Abby Maxman, the president of Oxfam America, the US chapter of the international confederation of charitable organizations focused on fighting global poverty, "clean water, food, fuel, electricity and health care are in desperately short supply and quickly dwindling and we're hearing excuses and criticism from the administration instead of a cohesive and compassionate response.” On this week's TrumpWatch, Jesse talks to Scott Paul, humanitarian policy lead for Oxfam about the Trump administration's relief efforts in Puerto Rico and why the members of his organization believe they have been so poor that there was a need to take the unusual step of speaking out.

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin. Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2vSmN5x. “Social entrepreneurship has proven to provide impactful innovations for poverty alleviation ,” says Abby Maxman, President of OxFam America. Maxman was among a diverse group of people working on poverty eradication who contributed to a recent roundtable discussion on ending extreme poverty and homelessness. The idea of ending poverty seemed absurd a generation ago. Today, the idea has been enshrined officially in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs as something the world should achieve by 2030. The roundtable participants addressed a range of topics, including a focus on how social entrepreneurs would help achieve the SDGs. Watch the 80-minute discussion in the video player above. Judith Walker, the chief operating officer for African Clean Energy, which sells clean cookstoves that generate electricity, explains the need for social entrepreneurs to see problems as opportunities. “Energy costs are very high compared to income in the markets we deal with, meaning its either not realistically accessible or almost certainly not reliable. This should be seen as an opportunity to improve the goods and services available in order to relieve burden and create other options for those struggling with any or consistent income.” Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2vSmN5x. Need a corporate social responsibility speaker? Learn more about Devin Thorpe at http://corporatesocialresponsibilityspeaker.com. Devin Thorpe Host - YMOTW Mark Horvath Invisible People James Mayfield CHOICE Humanitarian John Hewko Rotary International Anne Kjear Riichert REDI School of Digital Integration Eytan Stibbe Vital Capital Laurent Lamothe LSL World Initiative Morgan Simon Transform Finance Arlene Samen One Heart World-Wide Judith Joan Walker African Clean Energy Alicia Wallace All Across Africa Katie Meyler More Than Me Renana Unknown Vital Capital

In West Africa’s Sahel region, the zone skirting the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, a combination of soaring temperatures, declining rainfall and a booming population is putting the squeeze on the area’s dwindling resources. What began last year as a bad growing season is morphing into a large scale drought and humanitarian crisis. Studies show that this huge swath of land across the African continent, once fertile farming land, is increasingly incapable of feeding the growing population. Abby Maxman, the Vice President of International Programs and Operations of CARE, has firsthand experience responding to large scale humanitarian crises across the continent. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who represents California’s 9th Congressional district, has played a critical role in the raising awareness and US Government support for humanitarian disasters, such as the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the 2011 famine in the Horn of Africa. They will explore the challenges of working across the Sahel in communities with little or no infrastructure, how humanitarian organizations and the US government are responding to food security issues, and how lessons from past droughts are being used to prevent future crises. Moderator:Cheryl Jennings, Anchor, ABC7 Evening News Speaker(s):Barbara Lee, Congresswoman, 9th District of California Abby Maxman, Vice President of International Programs and Operations, CARE