I know there are different strokes for different folks but I have been a big fan of Majora Carter for a while now and no matter who I show the below video to (of her speaking at the TED conference) they are inspired… so I am wondering, what/who inspires you in that ‘universal’ senese? Something/someone that regardless of political bent, upbringing, class etc inspires all that they touch?
Enjoy the video below. If you AREN’T inspired, you AIN’T alive
ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalkspla … ora_carter
About Majora Carter
Majora Carter
Executive Director / Founder
Prior to founding SSB, Majora worked as a program director at The Point CDC where among other projects, she spearheaded the development of the Hunts Point Riverside Park, the first waterfront park on the Hunts Point peninsula in over sixty years.
She then wrote a successful proposal for $1.25M in Federal planning funds for the South Bronx Greenway Feasibility Study as a community led plan for a bicycle/pedestrian greenway along the South Bronx waterfront providing open space, waterfront access and opportunities for mixed-use economic development in the South Bronx.
Recent projects include, a green and cool roof demonstration project above the SSB office in the American Bank Note Building, and the B.E.S.T. ecological restoration job training and placement program.
Majora is a life long resident of Hunts Point in the South Bronx, a graduate of PS 48, IS 74, the Bronx High School of Science, Wesleyan University (BA) and New York University (MFA). She is a 2005 MacArthur Fellow, 2002 Open Society Institute Community Fellow.