Last Friday night, Van Jones accepted the President’s Award at the NAACP Image Awards, bestowed upon him for his efforts in promoting a green economy. Jones gave a moving acceptance speech about those unemployed and living in economic uncertainty, urging us towards green jobs to repower America in a “clean way”.
Jones said he’s willing to walk through fire and brimstone “until we get the job done” for a prosperous, innovative and united country.
He then went on to shower Glenn Beck with words of love and stated that we should work together as one country, rising above the slander Glenn Beck has spread to discredit Jones. “Let’s be one country, let’s get the job done.”
Even though he stepped down as Obama’s “Green Jobs Czar” last September, he’s still fighting the fight and keeping true to his word about advancing this nation through clean energy and green jobs. Van Jones has recently accepted a position at the Center for American Progress as a Senior Fellow and leader of the new Green Opportunity Initiative, which will focus on creating economic opportunity in distressed communities. He is also currently teaching environmental and economic policy at Princeton University.
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This article appears in Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2010.
