Majora Carter: The Rebirth of the South Bronx

by calendar on January 31, 2009

When
February 17, 2009   6:30 pm   
Where
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Av. (bet. 103rd & 104th Sts.)
Manhattan
Cost
$9 General admission; $5 for students, seniors and members of the museum
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Museum of the City of New York

Join Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx and president of the Majora Carter Group, for a presentation on the revival of the South Bronx in the aftermath of the devastation of the 1970s and 1980s. Born, raised, and currently residing in the South Bronx, Majora Carter has worked tirelessly to restore her community to health and environmentally sustainable productivity. Her work has earned her a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award and many other honors. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Broken Glass: Photographs of the South Bronx by Ray Mortenson and Growing and Greening New York: PlaNYC and the Future of the City.