Majora Carter Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.

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

Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.

Neither the Destruction of the Ninth Ward Nor the South Bronx Was Inevitable

We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The policy makers may feel the same way.