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 start building living monuments to hope and possibility. — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Working-class and poor urban Americans are not benefiting economically from our current food system. It relies too much on transportation, chemical fertilization, big use… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
'This will pass and it always does.' I consistently have to keep telling myself that because being an entrepreneur means that you go to… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. Both were largely populated by poor people of… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
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… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Most people don't know that the biggest regret that I have - and it's a biggie - is not fighting harder for policy and… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The policy makers… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
You shouldn't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one, — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Jane Jacobs work wouldnt have been complete if it hadn't inspired others to carry it on, and evolve Jane's groundbreaking accomplishments so that the… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Even when we think or talk about recycling, lots of recyclable stuff ends up getting incinerated or in landfills and leaving many municipalities, diversion… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
I do have a problem with developments that hyper-exploit politically vulnerable communities for profit. That it continues is a shame upon us all, because… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Build. Transform. Love. These are words I use all the time as we speak about community building and even real estate development because these… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Environmental justice [means that] no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other. — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
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