As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility, which I do.
Build. Transform. Love. These are words I use all the time as we speak about community building and even real estate development because these are th… - Majora Carter
Build. Transform. Love. These are words I use all the time as we speak about community building and even real estate development because these are th…
- Majora Carter
Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects. - Majora Carter
Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.
We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that. - Majora Carter
We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.
Environmental justice [means that] no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other. - Majora Carter
Environmental justice [means that] no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other.
We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The policy makers may feel the… - Majora Carter
We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The policy makers may feel the…
It's time to stop building the shopping malls, the prisons, the stadiums and other tributes to all of our collective failures. It is time that we sta… - Majora Carter
It's time to stop building the shopping malls, the prisons, the stadiums and other tributes to all of our collective failures. It is time that we sta…
Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad st… - Majora Carter
Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad st…
I want to be known as someone who got caught trying. Yup. Trying to make communities that didn't think much of themselves see themselves as fabulous,… - Majora Carter
I want to be known as someone who got caught trying. Yup. Trying to make communities that didn't think much of themselves see themselves as fabulous,…
Neither the Destruction of the Ninth Ward Nor the South Bronx Was Inevitable - Majora Carter
Neither the Destruction of the Ninth Ward Nor the South Bronx Was Inevitable
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