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Watt It Takes
with Van Jones

Van Jones may be best known as a political commentator and host on CNN. But long before his high-profile career, Van was one of the first prominent voices for bringing clean energy jobs to Black and Brown communities. In this episode of Watt It Takes, Van reveals a little-told backstory of his early life and discusses the painful time he briefly joined, and then left, the Obama Administration as the green jobs czar.

 
 
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Van Jones has led the way on instilling justice into American social discourse and the clean energy industry. Van served as Special Advisor for Green Jobs to President Barack Obama and has founded numerous nonprofits and social enterprises focused on energy justice and social reform, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Green for All, and the Dream Corps. Van now serves as a political commentator and host of CNN’s The Van Jones Show.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“Solidarity is a two-way street. And I say solidarity, not charity. As the great revolutionary Samora Machel said, ‘We seek solidarity, not charity.' Solidarity is an act of mutual aid between two forces pursuing the same objective.”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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