It is hard, but not impossible…if we act together
Asthma, the high cost of education, the high cost of food; Annie’s experience in Harlem is ridiculously common. Many of our biggest cities have the biggest problems, concentrated in the communities who have the least amount of clout with the politicians who regulate our lives. For that reason, Majora Carter is an inspiration. She started the Sustainable South Bronx organization to take on industrial pollution in her community and succeeded in changing her landscape and the lives of her neighbors.
Majora Carter stands up for what she knows needs to happen. Selected as an Olympic torch bearer in 2008, Majora Carter got kicked right out of the parade when she revealed a Tibetan flag she had concealed in her sleeve and made a defiant gesture for the world to see.
Solidarity and the unity of our common desire to live in peace and prosperity: we have to work together!
