North Star Fund
Remembering Manning Marable
North Star Fund has lost a wise advisor, friend and contributor. Advisory Board member Dr. Manning Marable passed away on Friday, April 1, 2011. Dr. Marable was a Professor of African American Studies at Columbia University, where he also...
Whose Neighborhoods Are Hit Hardest by the Foreclosure Crisis?
Congratulations to CHANGER, a North Star Fund grantee since 2006, for their prominent mention in the front page lead article in last Saturday's New York Times : Antoinette Coffi, 45, saw an ad on the subway, a photo of a...
Historic Step for Immigration Reform
On December 19, 2009, Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced a progressive immigration reform bill and North Star Fund rapid response grants were a small part of making that happen. In preparing the bill, Rep. Gutierrez called a meeting in...
