Reclaiming Your Community
Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, "You don't have to move out of your neighborhood to live in a better one," which is also the subtitle of her book.
"Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One" 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. Majora Carter 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.
