PRESS RELEASE: Announcing Majora Carter as Keynote Speaker at Living Future unConference
Carter joins Raj Patel and Terry Tempest Williams as keynotes at annual green design conference
SEATTLE – The International Living Future Institute is pleased to announce Majora Carter as their third keynote speaker at the annual Living Future unConference, held this year in Portland, OR from May 1-4.
Carter is a leading urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation & implementation of numerous green-infrastructure projects, policies, and job training & placement systems.
Her work is characterized by an emphasis on talent-retention on the corporate and community levels. Clients include industry leaders in many fields, municipal and federal government agencies, and leading educational institutions across the US. From this vantage point, Majora co-founded the now 750+ member Bronx Tech Meetup, as well as the StartUpBox Software Services company which is rebuilding the entry level tech job pipeline by using market forces and established business practices to help diversify the US tech sector.
Carter has helped connect tech industry pioneers such as Etsy, Gust, FreshDirect, Google, and Cisco to diverse communities at all levels, and she continues to drive resources that value diversity into the communities left out of previous economic growth trends.
She will join author and activist Raj Patel + conservationist and advocate Terry Tempest Williams as keynotes at the conference.
The Living Future unConference is the forum for leading minds in the green building movement to make strides toward a healthy future for all. This three-day event will bring together Authenticity and Action as individuals and organizations with unique backgrounds, experiences and personalities gather to create unified action toward a living future.
To learn more about the conference, keynotes and other speakers, and how to register, visit 2018livingfutureunconference.org.
