Majora Carter
Majora Carter
Majora Carteris an American urban revitalization strategist and public radio host, from the South Bronx area of New York City. Carter founded and led the non-profit environmental justice solutions corporation Sustainable South Bronx from 2001 onward, before entering the private sector in 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth27 October 1966
CountryUnited States of America
mean justice community
Environmental justice [means that] no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other.
hurt often-is giving
To me, charity often is just about giving, because you’re supposed to, or because it’s what you’ve always done — or it’s about giving until it hurts.
color people community
Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy we will have to do business as usual, because cleaning up the environment, mitigating climate change is just too costly. Well, I say the business of poverty is just too expensive a bill for humanity to pay any longer.
healthy world want
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.
neighborhood
You shouldn't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one,
fear people understand
You know, people understand fear and opportunity. It may look different, but it's really the same thing.