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PSA: Before @ShaunKing waits another week (or month) to tell y'all the inevitable -- @TheNorthStar project is not happening. Sources close to the matter tell me that all staff were let go and can't publicly talk about it in order to get severance packages signed in their NDAs.
UPDATE: Guess somebody didn't want me to inform the community, many of which got their money tied up in this mess. Black women and Black LGBTQ activists tried to warn y'all. 
WANT MORE PROOF? The current website has completely erased any information on how people can support and donate to @TheNorthStar. @ShaunKing still has yet to speak on these changes publicly. Where's the money going? (again) buildingthenorthstar.com
AND JUST IN CASE YOU NEEDED MORE FOOD FOR THOUGHT: In February, a group of Black women, Black LGBTQ activists, movement organizers, writers, and journalists wrote this open letter calling for more accountability from @ShaunKing via #SitDownShaun. medium.com/@concernedcomm…
Because I have time today: Look at how many members @TheNorthStar claims to have supporting them -- and look at the projects they have promised if they reached those goals.
Fun fact: None of them have happened. Members who paid haven't seen a damn thing. WHERE IS THE MONEY?
Fun fact: None of them have happened. Members who paid haven't seen a damn thing. WHERE IS THE MONEY?
Again, there is no way for anyone to become a new member on @TheNorthStar's website (gold hyperlink isn't working). All current paid members have yet to receive any content promised from the "publication."
Frederick Douglass and Dr. Martin Delany are rolling in their graves.
Frederick Douglass and Dr. Martin Delany are rolling in their graves.
And furthermore, on January 20th, @ShaunKing promised his followers that on March 1st, he would be releasing information on every dollar he raised for families in the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
It's March 22nd, and he still haven't. TWO MONTHS LATER.
medium.com/@ShaunKing/an-…
It's March 22nd, and he still haven't. TWO MONTHS LATER.
medium.com/@ShaunKing/an-…
AND BECAUSE MORE FACTS IS BETTER THAN LESS FACTS: Check @TheNorthStar's Twitter page -- as of this moment, there has been no activity from them since March 3rd.
If you were a "founding" member, I hope you are calling your bank right now and filing a claim.
If you were a "founding" member, I hope you are calling your bank right now and filing a claim.
UPDATE: For those who are still not sure with what is going on @TheNorthStar. A writer just resigned today following the controversy and it's now been revealed that the co-founder had been let go last month.
Transparency.
Transparency.
UPDATE: @TheNorthStar says that I said they never launched or don't exist -- that's a lie.
I said it's not happening, as in this venture won't survive.
If you want their "free trial," you must commit to a monthly or yearly one with no verifiable method of cancellation upfront.
I said it's not happening, as in this venture won't survive.
If you want their "free trial," you must commit to a monthly or yearly one with no verifiable method of cancellation upfront.
