Geoffrey Canada
Geoffrey Canada (born January 13, 1952) is an African-American social activist. He is the author of Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America. Since 1990, Canada has been president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone in Harlem, New York, an organization whose goal is to increase high school and college graduation rates among students in Harlem.[1]
Early life
Born in New York City, Canada was raised in the South Bronx neighborhood. He is the third of four sons of McAlister and Mary Canada. His parents' marriage ended in 1956, after which his father played little part in the children's life and did not contribute financial support.[2]
Canada holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College and a Master's degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
In 1998, he published his second book, Reaching Up For Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America.
Role with the Harlem's Children's Zone
Canada began working with the Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families which evolved into the Harlem Children's Zone. The HCZ was profiled in 2004 in a story by Paul Tough in the New York Times Magazine, which described it as "one of the biggest social experiments of our time."[3] In 2008, Tough published a book entitled Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America.
U.S. News and World Report named Canada one of America's Best Leaders in its October, 2005 issue.
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References
- ^ Gergen, David (January 20, 1998). "Moving Toward Manhood". PBS. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
- ^ "Geoffrey Canada, social activist". Current Biography. February 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
- ^ Tough, Paul (June 20, 2004). "The Harlem Project". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
External links
- Profile of Canada from the Harlem Children's Zone
- Profile of Canada from Current
- Video of Geoffrey Canada at the Gel 2006 conference
Biography
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