A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics
Happy Earth Day, y’all. Hope you celebrate by recycling, uh — something. Here’s another way to recognize our relationship with Mother Earth. Majora Carter will take part in a live chat on barackobama.com this afternoon at 1:00 PM EST for a Q&A and discussion about green jobs. You can take part in the chat by visiting http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/earthday09 .
Majora Carter’s famous for her work on Sustainable South Bronx and her fight leading a community against New York polluters and environmental racism. You can learn more about her inspiring work creating green development at her website. Or check out her inspiring talk at TED above. Majora Carter = cool. Green the Ghetto? Yes we can.
Cheryl Contee aka "Jill Tubman", Baratunde Thurston aka "Jack Turner", rikyrah, Leutisha Stills aka "The Christian Progressive Liberal", B-Serious, Casey Gane-McCalla, Jonathan Pitts-Wiley aka "Marcus Toussaint," Fredric Mitchell
Special Contributors: James Rucker, Rinku Sen, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Adam Luna, Kamala Harris
Technical Contributor: Brandon Sheats