cori parrish

Going Back to the Roots of Pride

Blog | Posted by cori parrish | June 22, 2012 | Comments (0)

The Stonewall Rebellion started with transgender women and gender nonconforming butches, especially transgender folks of color and homeless youth who were fed up with police harassment. They risked arrest and violence to fight back.  In the process, they sparked...

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Reports from the Forum

Blog | Posted by cori parrish | August 6, 2010

Late this spring, North Star Fund issued travel grants that allowed groups to send representatives from New York City's vibrant social justice movement to the U.S. Social Forum held in Detroit. According to the Social Forum's website, "[The Social...

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Limiting Executive Pay by Proxy

Blog | Posted by cori parrish | April 7, 2010

Almost everybody disapproves of the outlandish pay packages that corporations give their chief executive officers (CEOs)--except, perhaps, the CEO's with the supersized pay checks. In 2007, the income of CEOs working for corporations in the S&P 500 averaged $10.5...

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Donor Advised Giving Is a Win/Win

Blog | Posted by cori parrish | November 13, 2009

This week the Wall Street Journal ran an insightful article on the advantages of donor advised funds, and why many donors are transferring the assets from their private and family foundations to them. You can find it here: Let me...

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