Recognizing Van Jones
Posted February 24, 2010 in Environmental Justice, The Media and the Environment
Yesterday, Van Jones announced that he will be joining the Center for American Progress, taking a teaching position at Princeton University as a fellow in the Center for African American Studies and at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, and accepting a 2010 NAACP Image Award for his pioneering work on the environment and civil rights.
NAACP President Benjamin Jealous touts Jones as “simply one of the few Americans in recent years to have generated powerful new ideas that are creating more jobs here…In America, we ultimately judge people on what they are doing for tomorrow, not for what they did yesterday.”
Moving concrete ideas forward on the economy and the environment is imperative and requires an inclusive approach. Jones offers tremendous perspective and solutions to generate skilled labor by training Americans, an integral effort in building a clean energy future right here in the United States. Stanford University is also expected to host Van Jones in April to speak at the ASSU FutureFest, Secretary Chu is slated to speak in March. Van has moved an environmental and employment agenda forward that is critical in this day and time; it is fitting that the fruits of his labor are now being recognized.
To read NRDC President Frances Beinecke’s post on Van’s achievements please visit: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/fbeinecke/van_jones_a_welcome_return_for_1.html
To read a posting on Van’s New York Times Bestseller please visit: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bcolander/kudos_to_mr_jones.html
