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The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that same path can lift us to a new, green economy - one with the power to lift

The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that same path can lift us to a new, green economy - one with the power to lift people out of poverty while respecting and repairing the environment.

Van Jones
People, Community, Police
Van Jones (2008). “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems”, HarperOne

Environmental justice is the movement to ensure that no community suffers disproportionate environmental burdens or goes without enjoying fair environmental benefits.

Van Jones
Justice, Community, Suffering
Interview with Jesse Finfrock, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2008.

God chooses community sometimes to bear an unfair burden to force us to rise to the next level of consciousness and understanding.

Van Jones
Community, Understanding, Next Level
Source: pen.org

We know that urban farms require less fuel for tractors and transport, but community gardens don't plant themselves.

Van Jones
Garden, Community, Fuel
Source: rooseveltinstitute.org

I think the African American community, the Latino community, the Native American communities have borne an unfair burden in the last century, and continue to.

Van Jones
Native American, Thinking, Community
Source: pen.org

I'm not going to let Donald Trump take away from our community, something that Fannie Lou Hamer shed blood to give us. Something that Ella Jo Baker braved conditions in the South and sweatshops in Harlem to give us.

Van Jones
Blood, Giving, Community
Source: www.ebony.com

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we did create Color of Change, an organization which focused on African-Americans in particular, because we felt that there was a big gap there in terms of online advocacy which had left the black community particularly vulnerable.

Van Jones
Color, Organization, Community
Source: aalbc.com

I think the Muslim community is now being asked to bear an unfair burden to save a great faith from the fundamentalists and a great nation from bigotry.

Van Jones
Thinking, Community, Bears
Source: pen.org

If [Donald ] Trump goes after - if Trump fails, frankly, to stand up right now for the Muslim community - right now, Muslims are being bullied. Women wearing hijabs are being bullied and people are saying, "Trump, Trump!" when they're doing it.

Van Jones
People, Community, Hijab
Source: abcnews.go.com

We want to make sure people know deeply about the trans community and deeply about Black Lives Matter so that people can act in solidarity.

Van Jones
People, Community, Black
Source: www.ebony.com

Former brownfields, depressed urban areas, and hard-hit rural towns blossom as eco-industrial parks, green enterprise zones, and eco-villages. Farmers' markets, community co-ops, and mobile markets get fresh, organic produce to the people who can't afford to shop at health-food stores.

Van Jones
People, Community, Climate
Van Jones (2008). “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems”, HarperOne

The time has come for a public-private community partnership to fix this country and put it back to work.

Van Jones
Country, Community, Climate
Van Jones (2008). “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems”, HarperOne