NY Times Features Majora Carter-Addresses Detractors

The NY TImes did a multipage feature written by Marguerite Holloway about environmental activist Majora Carter.

In just over a decade, Ms. Carter, 42, has vaulted from working as a volunteer for what was a nascent organization called the Point Community Development Corporation and knowing almost nothing about environmental issues to becoming a nationally known advocate for environmental justice. Her reputation was burnished in 2005 when she won a MacArthur Foundation award for her work at the Point and at Sustainable South Bronx, a nonprofit organization she founded after leaving the Point in 2001. Ms. Carter’s recognition of the link between environmental improvement and economic revitalization set the stage for her national prominence. NY Times

Read the entire thing, its good. it talks about the double edged sword tha tis media attention (Don't I know it)  While she's gotten attention for her causes, she's also drawn criticism ( I'm shocked!), but she's philosophical about it.

But Ms. Carter has not gotten where she is by sitting quietly. “There is a light that comes to this community because of what I have done,” she said, her usual moxie restored. “I am in a completely different milieu right now, and if I didn’t take advantage of that, then I would be a fool. If I wasn’t flipping out about being away so much, I would be at the Clinton Global Initiative right now. Because I could do that. Because I know there are people there who would like to talk to me. “That is what I do,” Ms. Carter said. “Am I supposed to feel guilty because I have those advantages?” NY Times

Cosign! Cosign! Cosign! Some one recently emailed me in distress because they had done something with good intentions and the response to their efforts was negative. The negative response distracted them, robbed them of their voice, and made them reluctant to keep speaking out. Been there. Done that. Currently writing a book about it. Keep on trucking Majora.

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