Star Parker Shares What She and Her Organization, CURE, Are All About — And How Pastors Can Help
December 12, 2021 | District of Columbia
Star Parker, founder and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), spoke at CURE’s recent policy summit about her life story and her work at CURE.
CURE board chair Marc Little interviewed Star. She began by sharing the story of her Christian conversion. She became convicted of her lifestyle, being on welfare, and trying to scam the welfare system. Star said that after she left government dependency, God provided for her. She went back to college and started a magazine, but the business was destroyed in the 1992 Rodney King riots.
Because Star was a black woman speaking against welfare, she ended up in newspapers and on talk radio. She became a consultant on the welfare reform bill in 1996 and organized a conference about life after welfare. Rather than telling people what to do, she wanted to educate them on what not to do. Star challenged pastors who opposed her work to show up. She thought maybe 40 people would attend, but 400 people showed up. Perhaps 400 pastors attended because they care about their communities, she said. They just don’t know how to help…. (Excerpts from Black Community News)
