Star Parker (b. 1956) is the founder and president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education. An African American, former welfare mother who had been involved in a life of crime and who admits to having four abortions, she converted to Christianity and subsequently became a spokeswoman for conservative Christian political issues. She opposes the welfare system, claims that stable families and self-reliance are the best way to end poverty and opposes abortion. She is also a syndicated columnist for Scripps Howard News Service and the author of three books: White Ghetto : How Middle Class America Reflects Inner City Decay (2006), Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It (2003) and Pimps, Whores and Welfare Brats: From Welfare Cheat to Conservative Messenger (1998). The Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education or CURE is an organization founded by Star Parker in 1995 to jump start national dialogue on issues of race and poverty, according to their web site. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Christianity percentage by country, purple is highest, orange is lowest Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch... This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... A social welfare provision refers to any government program which seeks to provide a minimum level of income, service or other support for disadvantaged groups such as the poor, elderly, disabled and students. ... Scripps Center, the corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. ...
StarParker is president and found of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education, or CURE, a 501(c)(3) nonproft research center that provides national dialogue on how social policies impact America's inner cities and the poor.
Parker lectures at colleges and churches nationwide, conducts goal-setting workshops in housing projects and sponsors legislative briefing s and empowerment conferences for inner city pastors.
Parker's autobiography, "Pimps, Whores & Welfare Brats," was released in 1997.
Parker was the favorite going into the runoff, thanks in part to a network of grassroots support gained over an almost two-year campaign.
Parker's front-runner status may have gotten an additional boost from a McPhillips' runoff campaign remark about her being childless; it forced him to apologize and go on the defensive.
Parker's showing can be attributed to her "political savvy" and to "an incredibly poor campaign" by McPhillips, said William Stewart, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama.
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