BTM66 - Josh Protas - Food Insecurity in the Military Affiliated Population

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About Today’s Guest Josh Protas is the Vice President of Public Policy and heads the Washington, D.C. office for MAZON. In this role, which he assumed in 2012, Josh coordinates and implements MAZON’s advocacy agenda, including efforts to protect and strengthen the federal nutrition safety net, with particular emphasis on the food security needs for seniors, veterans, and military families. Josh has extensive experience working at Jewish communal agencies at both the local and national level including as Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and as Vice President and Washington Director for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. He previously served as a member of the board of directors for the Coalition on Human Needs and currently participates as part of the Vote Advisory Council for Food Policy Action. Josh earned his M.A. in Western American History and Public History from Arizona State University and his B.A. in American Studies and French Literature from Wesleyan University. Links Mentioned In This Episode <a href="https://mazon.org/" rel="nofollow">MAZON Web Site </a> <a href="https://mazon.org/priorities/military-families/" rel="nofollow">Food Insecurity in Military Families </a> <a href="https://mazon.org/priorities/veterans/" rel="nofollow">Food Insecurity in the Veteran Population </a> <a href="https://mazon.org/news/mazon_statements/new-mazon-report-hungry-in-the-military/" rel="nofollow">Summary of MAZON Report: Hungry in the Military </a> <a href="https://mazon.org/wp-content/uploads/MAZON-Military-Hunger-Report-April-2021.pdf" rel="nofollow">Full Hungry in the Military Report </a> PsychArmor Resource of the Week The PsychArmor Resource of the Week is the PsychArmor course, Food Insecurity: Bringing Solutions to the Table. The course is intended to help you understand how food insecurity happens and offer solutions to this problem. By the end of the course, you should be able to understand what food security means; Recognize how Veterans and their families can become food insecure; and Determine ways you can help Veterans in your community be food secure. The course is introduced by Senator Tammy Duckworth and You can find a link to the course in our show notes. <a href="https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/Food-Insecurity" rel="nofollow">https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/Food-Insecurity</a>   This Episode Sponsored By: This episode is sponsored by PsychArmor, the premier education and learning ecosystem specializing in military culture content. PsychArmor offers an online e-learning laboratory with custom training options for organizations. Contact Us and Join Us on Social Media  <a href="mailto:info@psycharmor.org?subject=Behind%20The%20MIssion%20Podcast" rel="nofollow">Email PsychArmor </a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PsychArmor" rel="nofollow">PsychArmor on Twitter </a> <a href="https://facebook.com/psycharmor" rel="nofollow">PsychArmor on Facebook </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCytSeKK51OcYBnZR6DHPTkA" rel="nofollow">PsychArmor on YouTube </a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/3036158/" rel="nofollow">PsychArmor on LinkedIn </a> <a href="https://instagram.com/psycharmorinstitute" rel="nofollow">PsychArmor on Instagram </a> Theme Music Our theme music Don’t Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with <a href="https://operationencore.org/" rel="nofollow">Operation Encore</a>, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities. Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families.  You can find more about the work that he is doing at <a href="http://www.veteranmentalhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">www.veteranmentalhealth.com</a>