Arshad Hasan
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Arshad Hasan in 2011
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| Born |
November 18, 1980 Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA |
| Residence | Burlington, Vermont |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (2003) |
| Occupation | Nonprofit executive |
Arshad Hasan was the executive director of ProgressNow. He was previously executive director for Democracy for America.
Arshad grew up in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and attended Red River High School.
Arshad attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in political science. While at Penn, Arshad received the Senior Bowl Man Award, and was part of the Sphinx Honor Society and Oracle Senior Honor Society. While in college, Arshad worked as a paid canvasser and managed teams of paid canvassers on issue campaigns in Minnesota and Pennsylvania. While at Penn, Arshad also wrote for the school’s online newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian, and was part of the LGBT community.
Arshad traces his involvement with Howard Dean to February 2003, when Arshad founded one of the nation’s first organized pro-Dean groups, Philly for Dean.
From 2003 to 2004, Arshad worked as a statewide organizer for Green Corps on citizen engagement and democracy. Arshad organized statewide environmental issue campaigns on behalf of Clear the Air in Arizona, Bluewater Network in Washington, and Oceana in Florida.
From April to August 2004, Arshad worked as an assistant canvass director for the Fund for Public Interest Research in Rochester, New York.
From August 2004 to November 2004, Arshad worked as an organizer for MoveOn PAC/Grassroots Campaigns, Inc.
Arshad joined Democracy for America in April 2005. Democracy for America (DFA), is a progressive PAC founded by Howard Dean in 2004. It is headquartered in Burlington, Vermont. Upon joining DFA, Arshad said: "I decided that I wanted to do something that I felt passionate about and I felt passionate about making a difference. We actually deserve better than what we have, so that’s what I work on." In the 2006 general election, Arshad worked as the GOTV Director for Jerry McNerney for Congress.
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