Dario Hunter is the first Muslim-born man to be ordained as a rabbi.
19 Facts About Dario Hunter
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Dario Hunter ran as the presidential nominee of the Oregon Progressive Party and elsewhere under the party label of Progressive Party in the 2020 United States presidential election.
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Dario Hunter is openly gay and was raised by his Iranian Muslim father and African American mother in Newark and Jersey City in New Jersey.
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Dario Hunter converted to Judaism, first through the Reform movement and then through an Orthodox process.
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Dario Hunter has been noted in the media for his outspoken stances on a number of school board issues, including what he sees as the Youngstown Board of Education's responsibility for low scores on state report cards, ethics violations, nepotism, and creationism in the curriculum.
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Dario Hunter ran for re-election to the Youngstown Board of Education in 2019.
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Dario Hunter was not re-elected, placing less than one percent behind the fourth elected candidate.
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On January 21,2019, Dario Hunter officially announced the formation of an exploratory committee to prepare for a potential run in the 2020 Green Party presidential primaries.
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On February 18,2019, Dario Hunter officially announced his candidacy for the Green Party nomination during an event held in Pittsburgh.
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Ohev Tzedek-Shaarei Torah, the Boardman, Ohio, synagogue where Dario Hunter served as rabbi, fired him after his comments on Israel were published in a Cleveland.
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Dario Hunter called for better access to healthcare, a Bill of Rights for people of color, and vowed to end privatization in school districts.
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Dario Hunter's visit generated press attention in Israel, with particular emphasis given to Hunter's advocacy for Palestinian rights and his reference to the area as 'Israel-Palestine,' a term used in the Green Party's official platform.
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Dario Hunter named Penobscot nation activist Dawn Neptune Adams as his running-mate.
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In 2017, Dario Hunter filed a lawsuit against the Youngstown City School District in the Ohio Supreme Court for failing to provide public records.
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Dario Hunter's request focused on a company contracted to hire principals for the district.
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The district settled with Dario Hunter, providing the records and paying him costs.
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Dario Hunter planned to donate the $100 awarded for court fees to the Boys and Girls Club.
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In 2018, Dario Hunter sued the Ohio Department of Education in the Ohio Supreme Court for failing to provide public records on an investigation into Youngstown's CEO for alleged inappropriate conduct.
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The Department of Education settled with Dario Hunter, providing the records and paying towards his costs.