Majora Carter

Majora Carter (born October 27, 1966) is an American urban revitalization strategist[1] and public radio host from the South Bronx area of New York City.

Carter founded and led the non-profit environmental justice solutions corporation Sustainable South Bronx[2] from 2001 onward, before entering the private sector in 2008.

[6] In August 2001, after declining to engage in a campaign for NY City Council,[4] Carter founded Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx),[4] where she served as executive director until July 2008.

Although Carter had signed a contract pledging not to use an Olympic venue for political or religious causes,[15] when she and John Caldera were passed the torch during their part of the relay, she pulled out a small Tibetan flag that she had concealed in her shirt sleeve.

[16] Members of the Chinese torch security escort team pulled her out of the relay and San Francisco police officers pushed her into the crowd on the side of the street.

[17] Fellow torch-bearer and retired NYFD firefighter Richard Doran called Carter's actions "disgusting and appalling" and said that he thought "she dishonored herself and her family".

[citation needed] Carter has made appearances in, written, and produced television and radio programs, including HBO's The Black List: Volume 2,[23] American Public Media's Market Place,[24] and PRX's This I Believe series[25] and has hosted several pieces on urban sustainability with Discovery Communications' Science Channel.

She has been featured in corporate promotional videos and advertisements for companies such as Cisco Systems,[27] Frito-Lay,[28] Intel, Holiday Inn,[29] HSBC,[30] Visa,[31] Mazda[32] and Honda.

[47] Activists opposed to the relocation claimed New York City Government and FreshDirect failed to conduct sufficient environmental review and community outreach.

[56] Consistent with activists' concerns over increased truck traffic as a result of the new FreshDirect facility, a study found that the opening the FreshDirect warehouse "significantly increased truck and vehicle flow, especially for overnight time windows, and that for one traffic monitoring site, resulting changes were not adequately predicted by the facility’s environmental assessment prior to construction.