by Kathleen | Mar 4, 2019 | 2019 Honorees
2019 North Star Award - Barbara Winslow Barbara is a scholar activist as well as a movement builder who has been a deep and steadfast partner to North Star Fund for over four decades. Barbara’s political engagement began in the 1960s, when she demonstrated...
by Kathleen | Mar 4, 2019 | 2019 Honorees
2019 North Star Award - Linda Sarsour Born and raised in Brooklyn, Linda has a long history of “from the ground up” leadership, which began locally and has led her to have national and international impact. Linda joined the staff of the Arab American Association of...
by Kathleen | Mar 4, 2019 | 2019 Honorees
2019 North Star Award - Maurice Mitchell Maurice has been working within communities that are ready to rise up and fight for justice for more than twenty years. While attending Howard University, the killing of a classmate led Maurice into a formative experience as a...
by Kathleen | Mar 13, 2018 | 2018 Honorees
Brooklyn Movement Center (BMC) is a Black-led, membership-based organization of primarily low- to moderate-income Central Brooklyn residents. They have built power and supported self-determination for the residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights by nurturing...
by Kathleen | Mar 13, 2018 | 2018 Honorees
Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson is a community of New Yorkers taking action on issues that directly affect their lives. At the forefront of utility justice, they ran a multi-year campaign pressuring the New York Public Service Commission to investigate and change the...
