Mark Andersen

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Mark Andersen is a punk rock activist and author who lives in Washington D.C.. He was born and raised in rural Montana, and moved to Washington D.C. in 1984 to attend graduate school at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Andersen is a co-founder of the punk activist organization Positive Force D.C., which was founded in 1985 and continues to exist as of 2006.

He is the author of two books. His first book was published in 2001, Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capitol.[1] His second book is All The Power: Revolution Without Illusion. [2]

Mark is the director of the We Are Family Group, a division of Washington, DC's Northwest Settlement house.

[edit] Further reading

• Interview with Mark Andersen, co-author of Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital, by Ryan Parks