Majora Carter will share how economic diversity is a cornerstone of healthy, vibrant communities. Guided by her experience in urban revitalization, Majora illustrates how low-status communities need ...

A South Bronx activist booted out of the Olympic Torch relay in San Francisco hopes her action helps fellow Bronx residents start thinking globally. Torch bearer Majora Carter pulled out a hidden ...

Entrepreneurship’s role in building community has always fascinated me. It seems almost paradoxical, given the myth of the solitary startup—with the lone, driven figure working at the kitchen table on ...

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on to fame and fortune as an author. Then 35,000 tons of garbage intervened. That’s how much residential refuse New York City officials wanted to send each week to the South Bronx, Ms. Carter’s home, ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Majora Carter is a Founder and President for the Majora Carter Group with six videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2007 Forum as a Founder and ...

Majora Carter, executive director of Sustainable South Bronx (SSB), was named a 2005 MacArthur Fellow on Sept. 23. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded $500,000 each to 25 ...