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Geoffrey Canada: Our Failing Schools. Enough is Enough!

Posted on May 14, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Harlem’s Geoffrey Canada speaking at a TED Conference about education asking “Why, why, why does our education system look so similar to the way it did 50 years ago?” Continue reading →

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Wendy Hilliard’s To Train Harlem Armory’s New Flyers

Posted on February 11, 2013 by | Leave a comment

gymnastics11u-7-webWendy Hilliard has been working for more than 15 years to get more African-Americans to take their place on the mats. Continue reading →

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Harlem Children’s Zone Campaign for Black Male Achievement

Posted on December 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Harlem Childrens Zone Black Male intiative

BMA Fellows, with Geoffrey Canada of Harlem Children’s Zone, on August 3, 2012.

A note from Echoing Green, Open Society Foundation and the Harlem Children’s Zone:

Echoing Green is in the first year of its partnership with the Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA). Continue reading →

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Law and Disorder: Developing Partnerships for Peace Discussion In Harlem (update)

Posted on November 23, 2011 by | Leave a comment

On August 3, 2011, the New York Urban League (NYUL) hosted Harlem Community Dialogues on Promoting Safety. Continue reading →

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Harlem boy, 15, held in shooting outside Geoffrey Canada’s Promise Academy charter school

Posted on November 15, 2011 by | Leave a comment

A 15-year-old has been charged with shooting a student outside an acclaimed Harlem charter school — and cops say he was caught on video.

The teen is being held in lieu of $75,000 bail on charges of attempted murder, attempted assault and weapons possession. Continue reading →

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The Sylvia and Herbert Woods Endowment Scholarship Fund to Celebrate Its 10th Anniversary Gala In Harlem

Posted on October 10, 2011 by | 2 Comments

The Sylvia & Herbert Woods Foundation (SHWF) will mark its 10th anniversary by awarding 10 students with scholarships and recognizing three national leaders in education …

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HCZ Secures Days With “Safety Knights”

Posted on March 9, 2011 by | Leave a comment

An explosion of gangs in Harlem has prompted a prominent city educator to put a team of monitors on the streets so students can walk home safely. Harlem Children’s Zone President Geoffrey Canada has deployed “Safety Knights” on a 10-block stretch of upper Fifth Ave., (between 125th and 135th Sts, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. each week), Continue reading →

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Geoffrey Canada On Crusade for Children

Posted on January 19, 2011 by | Leave a comment

New Research Finds Tough Times for Black Children

In 1990, 22 Black leaders gathered at the Rockefeller Foundation’s conference center in Italy to discuss the plight of African American children and families. Co-convened by the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) along with Dr. Dorothy Height and Dr. John Hope Franklin, they concurred that the Black child and family were facing the worst crisis since slavery and something had to be done. The Black Community Crusade for Children (BCCC) was launched out of this effort. Continue reading →

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White House Inspired Fathers Incorporated 2011

Posted on January 12, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Joshua DuBois to speak and Honorees include John Amos, Geoffrey Canada (via video), and others. Continue reading →

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500 Turn Out For Manhattan Links Gala ’10

Posted on December 15, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Over 500 guests attended The Metro-Manhattan Chapter of the Links, Incorporated gala honoring the Governor and First Lady of the State of New York, David A. Paterson and Michelle Paige Paterson and Geoffrey Canada…

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