Greening the Ghetto
Majora Carter
While the term "green-collar jobs" gains more press and pundits
daily, very few people have actually marshaled the resources to get
unemployed Americans trained and placed on pathways out of poverty
in this growing economic sector. Majora Carter has. Born, raised,
and continuing to live in the South Bronx, her work takes her
around the world in pursuit of resources and ideas to improve the
quality of life in environmentally challenged communities. She
founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 and by 2003 had implemented
the highly successful Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training
(BEST) program— a pioneering green-collar job training and
placement system -- seeding communities with a skilled workforce
that has both a personal & economic stake in their urban
environment. She is currently president of the green-collar
economic consulting firm the Majora Carter Group, LLC.
Her vision, drive, and tenacity earned her a MacArthur "Genius"
Grant. She started 2007 as one of Newsweek’s “25 To
Watch”, ended the year as one of Essence Magazine’s “25
Most Influential African Americans”, named one of the “50 Most
Influential Women in NYC” by the NY Post for the past two
years, and "NYC's Most Influential Environmentalist" by the BBC
World Service, a board member of the Widerness Society, and
recording a special national public radio series called “The
Promised Land” for 2009 release.
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Date
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Time
3:00 PM
Location
UC Storm Center, Queens Campus
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