Star Parker

Star Parker, Nominee for U.S. House of Representatives, CA-37

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Star Parker is an accomplished leader, writer, and civic servant. She is both the founder and president of CURE, the Center for Urban Renewal & Education, a non-profit think tank that promotes market-based solutions to poverty, and a social policy consultant. Star often gives testimony before the United States Congress, and is a national expert on major television and radio shows across the country. Currently, she is a regular commentator on CNN, CNBC, CBN, FOX News, and the United Kingdom's BBC. She has debated Jesse Jackson on BET; fought for school choice on Larry King Live; defended welfare reform on the Oprah Winfrey Show, debated Michael Moore regarding healthcare reform on The View, and spoke at the 1996 Republican National Convention.

Prior to her involvement in social activism, Star Parker was a single welfare mother in Los Angeles, California. After receiving Christ, Star returned to college, received a BS degree in marketing and launched an urban Christian magazine. The 1992 Los Angeles riots destroyed her business, yet served as a springboard for her focus on conservative activism.

In addition to policy work, Star is an accomplished writer. She has authored three books, "Pimps, Whores & Welfare Brats", "Uncle Sam's Plantation", and "White Ghetto: How Middle Class America Reflects Inner City Decay". Star is also a syndicated columnist for Scripps Howard News Service, offering weekly op-eds to more than 400 newspapers worldwide.