"Brother my brother oh how I love
thee let me count the ways..."
To try, in one post, to explain who Mr. Geoffrey Canada is is a very daunting task to say the least. For I could go on and on about this man's many accomplishments, but the one that stands out more to me is the work that he is doing at the Harlem Children's Zone. What he has accomplished with the young people he has "adopted" is nothing short of miraculous, and it also is indicative of what can be accomplish when one stops being re-active and becomes pro-active in the lives of young people.
Geoffrey Canada is the acclaimed author of Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America and was the recipient of the first Heinz Award in 1994 for his work as President/CEO of Harlem Children's Zone in New York City. He was chosen as an award recipient for his passionate concern for children and his selfless determination to make their lives safer and more successful.
Since 1990, Mr. Canada has been the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Harlem Children’s Zone. In a June 2004 cover story in The New York Times Magazine, the agency's Zone Project was called “one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time.” The Project offers an interlocking network of social service, education and community-building programs to thousands of children and families in a 60-block area of Central Harlem.
Mr. Canada, who grew up in the South Bronx, has dedicated his life to helping children who grew up in conditions similar to those faced by his family secure both educational and economic opportunities. Prominent among his many efforts are the Harlem Children's Zone's Beacon School, Harlem Peacemakers Program, and Community Pride Initiative. The Beacon School program provides support 12 hours a day, 365 days a year to children and families in Central Harlem.
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