North Star News
Activists Fight for Fair and Just
Immigration Reform Bill
"I have a 7-year-old daughter that is an American citizen and even though I am here with her, we could be separated at any moment because of my undocumented status...The time is now for immigration reform but we can't do...
Activism's Impact on Bloomberg's Legacy
Let's picture the last twelve years without community organizing. High-end housing developments would still punctuate the skyline, but the workers building them would not have been paid prevailing wage. Over 70,000 home health aides would still be taking care...
$100,000 Challenge Match Announced at Community Gala
Tuesday night was an amazing evening for North Star Fund and our diverse community of philanthropic and grassroots activists. We are pleased to share that our 2013 Community Gala raised $662,710, which broke every previous record!And we were so...
Activist Victories Blossom: North Star Fund Donors Help Make it Happen!
It's been a busy and exciting few months for New York City's activists. Across the five boroughs they've been organizing and achieving victories on everything from fair wages to discriminatory police practices. Thanks to your commitment to North Star Fund...
El Centro del Inmigrante: Frederick Douglass Award Honoree
After Hurricane Sandy, the day laborers with El Centro on Staten Island came together and gathered supplies, and headed out to give people assistance," says Gonzalo Mercado, executive director of El Centro del Inmigrante. "They were in the storm's...
Victory for New Yorkers With Hepatitis C
Clara is a homeless Bronx resident living with hepatitis C. After being diagnosed and electing to start treatment, her only option was to participate in a mail order pharmacy program. Because she had to change shelters every few weeks,...
Rafael E. Cestero: A 2013 North Star Award Honoree
As part of a Cornell University summer field study for his major in public policy, Rafael Cestero spent a semester at the Enterprise Foundation in New York City (now Enterprise Community Partners). "Bill Frey, who ran the office, threw...
A Tree Grows in Queens: North Star Fund Announces Final Grants From Greening Western Queens Fund
North Star Fund donated $3,038,807 to 15 organizations in Western Queens in the final round of a three-year $8 million initiative to reshape Woodside, Sunnyside, Astoria and Long Island City as environmentally sustainable neighborhoods and to bring green jobs...
Get Involved: Landmark Stop-and-Frisk Trial Starts Today!
On March 18, 2013 the landmark class-action stop-and-frisk lawsuit Floyd et al. v. City of New York et. al. filed by Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) member the Center for Constitutional Rights, finally goes to trial in Federal Court!...
Mallika Dutt: A 2013 North Star Award Honoree
Mallika Dutt is the founder and CEO of Breakthrough, a global human rights organization that spurs social and behavioral change through a mix of multimedia campaigns, social media, cutting-edge pop culture, and on-the-ground community engagement. Her work inspires millions...
