Majora Carter

Majora Carter

President, The Majora Carter Group

From 2001 to 2008 Majora Carter was Executive Director of the non-profit she founded, Sustainable South Bronx. There she pioneered green-collar job training and placement systems in one of the most environmentally and economically challenged parts of the US. This MacArthur "genius" is now president of her own economic consulting firm, a co-host on Sundance Channel's The Green, and host of a special public radio series called The Promised Land.

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We need to be supportive, not admonishing, Carter says.
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We need to take a stand, Carter says, but not at the athlete’s expense.
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If it can work in the South Bronx, Carter says, it can work anywhere.
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It’s too easy to peg someone just as a tree-planter and park-builder, Carter says.
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Going paperless was a huge help, Carter says.