A genius for activism.

The Progressive › Vol. 61 Nbr. 12, December 1997

Author: Blanchard, Bob

Position:: Treatment Action Group Policy Director Mark Harrington; MacArthur Award for AIDS activism

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Treatment Action Group Policy Director Mark Harrington; MacArthur Award for AIDS activism

Harrington and Treatment Action Group won the MacArthur Award for their work in promoting AIDS awareness and research. Harrington hopes to use the $246,000 grant to help address the AIDS crisis on an international scale.

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A genius for activism.

Winning the MacArthur Award hasn't changed anything in my daily life," says Mark Harrington, the thirty-seven-year-old co-founder and policy director of the Treatment Action Group (TAG) in New York City. The MacArthur Foundation gave one of its $246,000 "genius" grants for outstanding creativity (a stipend payable over five years with no strings attached) to Harrington and his group for advancing knowledge about AIDS treatment. Founded in 1992, TAG functions as a watchdog over AI...

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