The Whitehouse is talking different because we are walking different Van Jones More Quotes by Van Jones More Quotes From Van Jones There's no higher honor, in my estimation, than being asked to serve in the White House. Van Jones honorwhitehouse Unfortunately, we have a 50% unemployment rate among our urban youth of color. It's not about making green jobs more attractive. It's about making them more available. And that requires Congress passing legislation that will give a real break to the people who want to introduce new technologies to the American marketplace. Van Jones technologyrealjobs In addition, black folks need to attend green conferences, too. We just self-segregate and don't go. They might even waive your fee if you apply on a diversity basis, because they'd be so shocked to see somebody from a different background wanting to be a part of the green movement. Van Jones diversityblackself The problem isn't that the green jobs aren't sexy enough. It's that they're not plentiful enough. A young person looking for a job isn't looking just for a sexy job, they're looking for any job. Van Jones sexygreenjobs There's the God within and the God without, and you have to attend to the alignment of the two of them. Van Jones alignmenttwo To the God in myself is probably the most honest answer. I think everybody has a divine destiny. Van Jones destinyanswersthinking I want to be remembered as one of the great innovators among social justice advocates of the 21st Century. Van Jones socialwantjustice Now, we can live in this little, liberal bubble bath where everybody's supposed to like everybody and do all this stuff and understand our pain and know our history. But that, maybe, works in your dorm, that doesn't work in the real world, and people need to get out of all that. Van Jones painrealpeople The reality is if you take any three people and look at their cellphones or blackberries and facebook pages, you can get to almost everywhere in the country, because we're networked together in a way that is incredibly powerful. Van Jones powerfulcountryreality I think the most important thing is discovering an idea that moves you, and then letting people who are moved by that idea find each other, and work together. A lot of times people focus on the technical side-"oh, I've got to take a class on non-profit development." Too few people allow themselves to think outside the box with regard to their issue areas. Van Jones peoplemovingthinking I have many sources of inspiration. I'd have to point to Dr. Martin Luther King, first and foremost. But my parents were good, hardworking folks who kept us in the church and the public schools, and out of trouble, for the most part. Van Jones inspirationkingsschool I think parenting is one of the most important jobs, because you can hit two or three generations with the values in your house and the traditions you establish. But I don't think I'm very good at it, and I don't know anybody who thinks they're very good at it. Probably almost everyone gets an A in grandparenting, but in parenting, if you get a B- you're doing pretty good. Van Jones grandparenthousethinking Religion has gotten a bad rap for good reasons. Often, there are a lot of people - women, LBGT, and others - you know, hierarchical monotheism has been a real source of a type of oppression. Van Jones raprealpeople In America, we're in the middle of a cyberwar with Russia. Van Jones middlerussiaamerica 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 hijabcommunitypeople I am for literally all of the underdogs that I can command and demand better of everyone, including myself. Van Jones underdogcommanddemand [I wish no one ever asked me ] "Did you sign that petition implicating the Bush Administration in 9/11?" Because I never signed it, and I hate being vilified for a controversial idea I never espoused. Van Jones hatewishideas Keith Ellison is an organizer's organizer.He's one of the only Muslims in Congress, so you have a big statement there. Van Jones congresskeithbigs The progressives have a challenge. Part of it is that you now have a lot of progressives who feel that 50 million, 60 million people voted to endorse the toxic parts of Donald Trump, that suddenly we now are in a country, you know, surrounded by people who, you know, are proud to be, you know, a part of this alt-right thing and they think it was an alt-right takeover. Van Jones countrypeoplethinking [Hillary Clinton] was going to have a very difficult pathway going forward anyway. Van Jones pathwaysdifficultclinton
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