Congratulations to Van Jones, the founder and president of Green For All, a long-time board member of the Apollo Alliance, and one of the nation’s premier voices for scaling up the clean energy, good jobs economy. Jones, according to the Associated Press, has accepted the Obama administration’s invitation to be a special advisor to the president for green jobs, enterprise, and innovation. The A.P. said Jones’ focus will be promoting green-collar jobs in vulnerable communities.
The White House appointment culminates an exceptional 18 months for Jones, who was celebrated at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York in September 2007 as one of the new and important leaders in American environmentalism. The following month New York Times columnist Tom Friedman called Jones “a rare bird” and described him as “a black social activist in Oakland, Calif., and as green an environmentalist as they come. He really gets passionate, and funny, when he talks about what it’s like to be black and green.”
http://apolloalliance.org/what%e2%80%99s-new/apollo-board-member-van-jones-accepts-white-house-post/
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
