Netroots Nation is a one-of-a-kind event that connects 3,000 educated, affluent, politically active and technologically savvy progressive professionals from all walks of life, numerous backgrounds, and countless geographic locations. And Majora is there today! We’ll be live-tweeting from @majoracarter – along with some tweets from Majora herself at the event! – but be sure to check in on the #nn10 hashtag to see everything that’s happening! For all the Majora-specific Netroots Nation updates, we’ve combined the hashtags here.
Our friends at The TED conference have a great thing they do called the “Twitter snapshot” – where they share what folks are saying about their TEDsters. We’d love for our readers to get in on the action, so to speak, so check below for a glimpse into what your peers are discussing. Feel free to post a comment here, or head over to twitter. We’ll be listening! Just use @majoracarter to respond or ask us questions, or your conference’s hashtag #Majora or the hashtag of your conference.
Today, wetlands along the Gulf Coast are all under threat from the oil, regardless of their proximity to oil routes, and must be protected and rebuilt. It’s my goal to see a massive wetland restoration project with a job training and placement system attached. These are good jobs that can provide therapy for people returning from war or prison, or living in generational poverty. The value of the inland property they are protecting far outweighs the costs of restoration.
Since we know climate change predicts more and more severe weather, we need to put Americans to work restoring wetlands on a grand scale, right now. Jobs, environmental restoration, and reduced risk—this is the kind of shovel-ready project the U.S. needs yesterday.
Majora continues her tour of the Upper Midwest with visits to the A.H. Zeppa Family Foundation in Duluth, MN and the Social Venture Partners of Minneapolis, MN. The Majora Carter Group is thrilled to see these institutions looking at ways to ground philanthropy in innovative funding strategies that support and unlock the potential of their [...]
Follow along as Majora speaks in Chicago about how green economic approaches to many challenges are more cost effective and more beautiful for everyone.
Follow along as Majora speaks in Leksand, Sweden about the transformative power of green entrepreneurial projects. We’re proud to be attending this conference alongside the superstars working to make Flint, Michigan a zero-waste city.
Join us here on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 – 3pm GMT, 4pm CEST, 7am PST, 10am EST live twitter-feed of the conference, or just search for hashtag #reworktw on Twitter. You can also view the live video here.
Majora Speaking at American Association of Museums Meeting and MuseumExpo in Los Angeles – May 24th, 2010
“Communicating Environmental Burdens and Solutions Across Generations”
Watch Majora explain how creating green projects and jobs set the stage for communities to see themselves in a different light. From there, beautiful things can happen in neighborhoods where people feel invested in their own economic and environmental well being.
Majora will be delivering the graduation address for NYU’s Wagner School of Public Policy at 10:30am at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Thursday, May 13th, 2010
New York Honoree 2010 – IIDA Leadership Award
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
7:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Gotham Hall
1356 Broadway and 36th
NYC
