Geoffrey Canada

Geoffrey Canada

Geoffrey Canada (born January 13 1952) is an African-American social activist. He is the author of "". 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. [cite news|url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/gergen/january98/canada.html
title=Moving Toward Manhood|publisher=PBS|first=David|last=Gergen|date=20 January 1998|accessdate=2007-04-24]

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. [cite news|url=http://www.hwwilson.com/Currentbio/cover_bios/cover_bio_2_05.htm|title=Geoffrey Canada, social activist|publisher=Current Biography|date=February 2006|accessdate=2007-04-24]

Canada holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College and a Master's degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Role with the Harlem's Children's Zone

The Harlem's Children's Zone 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." [cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9507E7D91030F933A15755C0A9629C8B63
title=The Harlem Project|publisher=New York Times Magazine|first=Paul|last=Tough|date=20 June 2004|accessdate=2007-04-24]

References

External links

* [http://www.hcz.org/what-is-hcz/about-geoffrey-canada Profile of Canada] from the Harlem Children's Zone
* [http://www.hwwilson.com/Currentbio/cover_bios/cover_bio_2_05.htm Profile of Canada] from "Current Biography"


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