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Van Jones

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born

September 20, 1968 in Jackson, Tennessee, The United States

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http://vanjones.net

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Politics, Business & Investing, Environment

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Anthony "Van" Jones is the Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Appointed by Barack Obama in March 2009, the newly created position will find Jones working with various "agencies and departments to advance the administration's climate and energy initiatives, with a special focus on improving vulnerable communities."

Jones is an environmental advocate, civil rights activist, attorney and author. He founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in 1996, a California NGO working for alternatives to violence. During his tenure as Executive Director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Jones signed a petition for 911Truth.org in 2004; subsequently, he has said...more

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Books by Van Jones

Average rating: 3.63 · 396 ratings · 100 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems 3.62 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Rebuild the Dream 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Redefining Black Power: Reflections on the State of Black America by Joanne Griffith (Editor), Michelle Alexander (Contributor), Jeremiah Wright (Contributor) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:
	Power from the People: How to Organize, Finance, and Launch Local Energy Projects by Greg Pahl, Van Jones (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:

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“It's in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests.”
― Van Jones

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“Now it’s the age for the translator. It’s the age for the bridge builder. It’s the age for Velcro. It’s the age for Lego. It’s the age for combining what we already have into what we need.”
― Van Jones

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“I don’t think an authentic stand comes from your head. I think an authentic stand comes from your heart. If your child is sick, right? Something happens in you to make a miracle, to make a miracle. It has nothing to do with the facts. And that’s all that’s required is your child my child your grandchild, your child’s child’s child – they’re in peril. And if you start thinking about it, you’ll sit down. But if you feel it you’ll stand up!

That’s the amazing thing about this thing. It’s that it’s when you stand up you license other people to stand up. Now you standing up by yourself don’t make a dad-gum bit of difference in the rational world. You’re just one fool standing up. But if you’ve ever seen a standing ovation? It starts with one fool standing up. And then pretty soon the whole stadium is standing up. And it’s a different moment!”
― Van Jones

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