Reclaiming your Community
"You Don't Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One"
Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture — which is also the subtitle of her book.
The book explores how we can address the problem of persistent poverty in low-status communities differently, and slow down the brain-drain that cripples local economic progress.
Just like successful companies have talent-retention strategies, Majora Carter argues that these communities need to do the same. She shows how brain drain cripples low-status communities and maps out a development strategy focused on talent retention to help them break out of economic stagnation.
Majora Carter
Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow, Peabody Award winning broadcaster, and teaches at Princeton University.
She is responsible for the creation of numerous economic developments, technology inclusion projects, green-infrastructure developments & policies, and job training & placement systems.
Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC — which is also the subtitle of her 2022 book, Reclaiming Your Community: "Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one."
Carter applies corporate talent-retention consulting practice to reduce Brain Drain in American low-status communities.