Majora Carter

Working-class and poor urban Americans are not benefiting economically from our current food system. It relies too much on transportation, chemical fertilization,…

— Majora Carter

'This will pass and it always does.' I consistently have to keep telling myself that because being an entrepreneur means that you…

— Majora Carter

Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. Both were largely populated by poor…

— 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…

— Majora Carter

Most people don't know that the biggest regret that I have - and it's a biggie - is not fighting harder for…

— Majora Carter

We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The…

— Majora Carter

You shouldn't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one,

— Majora Carter

Jane Jacobs work wouldnt have been complete if it hadn't inspired others to carry it on, and evolve Jane's groundbreaking accomplishments so…

— Majora Carter

Even when we think or talk about recycling, lots of recyclable stuff ends up getting incinerated or in landfills and leaving many…

— Majora Carter

I do have a problem with developments that hyper-exploit politically vulnerable communities for profit. That it continues is a shame upon us…

— Majora Carter

Build. Transform. Love. These are words I use all the time as we speak about community building and even real estate development…

— Majora Carter

Environmental justice [means that] no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other.

— Majora Carter

Environmental justice, for those of you who may not be familiar with the term, goes something like this: no community should be…

— Majora Carter

You know, people understand fear and opportunity. It may look different, but it's really the same thing.

— Majora Carter

My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and…

— 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…

— Majora Carter

You know, I personally think that gentrification happens long before you start seeing white people in formerly people-of-color neighborhoods. It starts happening…

— 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…

— Majora Carter

As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air…

— Majora Carter

If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems.

— Majora Carter

I want to be known internationally as one of the most creative real estate developers in low-income communities. I want to be…

— Majora Carter

Many people still believe that 'green' solutions are too expensive, but they are actually much cheaper when all of the costs to…

— Majora Carter

I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways…

— Majora Carter

Smart infrastructure can provide cost-saving ways for municipalities to handle both infrastructure and social needs. And we want to shift the systems…

— Majora Carter

From a planning perspective, economic degradation begets environmental degradation, which begets social degradation.

— Majora Carter