Margery Tabankin
American political activist
About Margery Tabankin
Born 1948. Margery Tabankin is an American.
Margery Tabankin (born 1948) is an American progressive political activist. She is known for serving as a conduit between Hollywood donors and liberal political causes in Washington D.C.
Biography Tabankin became a nationally known campus radical during the 1960s. Tabankin became an anti-war activist while attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
She has a consulting firm, Margery Tabankin and Associates. Tabankin works with Hollywood celebrities like Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg and Donna Karan to allocate funds to liberal political causes. She has led the Arca Foundation, which is funded with the R. J. Reynolds family fortune, and the Barbra Streisand Foundation.
Tabankin has met with Fidel Castro and Yasser Arafat.
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Who is Margery Tabankin?
American political activist
When was Margery Tabankin born?
Margery Tabankin was born in 1948 in Newark.
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Margery Tabankin is American.
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