This I Believe- 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 Wilderness Society, and recording a special national public radio series called "The Promised Land" for 2009 release.

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