Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education (CURE)
With the firm belief that faith and free market principles are key to curing poverty, Star Parker founded the Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education (CURE) in 1995 to jump start national dialogue on issues of race and poverty. Parker learned firsthand that the free market can help people more than state subsidies. Before dedicating herself to social activism, she was a single welfare mother in Los Angeles. Although the 1992 Los Angeles riots destroyed her business, the loss fueled her focus on faith-based and free market alternatives to empower the poor.