PROFILE
Mark Dunlea
Mark Dunlea
Mark is the Associate Director of the Hunger Action Network of New York State. He is a community organizer and long-term welfare rights advocate. He served as Executive Director of Hunger Action Network from 1985 to 2000. He is graduate of RPI and Albany Law School. Since passing the Executive Director role on, he continues to work for Hunger Action, as Upstate Associate Director. He is a former Head Organizer for ACORN; researcher for the Environmental Planning Lobby; and National Field Director of the Campaign for Safe Energy. He is co-founder of New York and national Public Interest Research Group; New York State Greens; Capital District Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild; Social Justice Center/Peace Offerings; and Hudson-Mohawk Independent Media Center. He hosts a weekly public affairs show on WRPI. Originally from Long Island, Mark now lives in a passive solar home in Poestenkill he built with his wife and son.
- Time for a Food and Farm Bill that Helps Farmers and Consumers
Posted on December 13, 2011
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VIEW FULL ARCHIVE- Improving Policing and Care for the Disabled
Posted on May 11, 2012 - Are Bad Rules Making Bad Cities?
Posted on April 30, 2012 - The Risks of Lien Sales
Posted on April 27, 2012 - Myths of the Minimum Wage
Posted on April 25, 2012 - Immigration and NYC's Resurgence
Posted on April 09, 2012
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- Improving Policing and Care for the Disabled
- Are Bad Rules Making Bad Cities?
- The Risks of Lien Sales
- Myths of the Minimum Wage
- Immigration and NYC's Resurgence
- Time for Mandatory Paid Sick Leave in New York City?
- School Testing Drama: Are Students Center-Stage or a Sideshow?
- The GED: Private Property, Public Good
- Toward a Greener Brooklyn: Has Gov't Helped?
- Toward a Greener Brooklyn: Go Green, Fight Poverty
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