Star Parker

Star Parker is a leading figure in America's black conservative movement. She is a nationally syndicated columnist, an author and a regular commentator on national television and radio networks including the BBC, EWTN and Fox News. Prior to her involvement in social and political activism, Star spent seven years in the grip of welfare dependency before a Christian conversion changed her life. She started a business in Los Angeles, began her activism and began consulting with federal and state legislators on market-based strategies to fight poverty, including federal welfare reforms that passed in the mid-1990s. She founded CURE in 1995 to bring new ideas to policy discussions on how to transition America's poor from government dependency to self-sufficiency. Today, Star continues to work tirelessly to heal distressed communities by promoting market-based policies that give people freedom to flourish.