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Geoffrey Canada's Crusade
ResumeIn a cover story last Sunday, the New York Times Magazine called Canada's work "one of the biggest social experiments of our time." Canada is determined to boost every kid's chance of having a shot at the American dream, or at least at middle class. His staff of 650 provides everything from child-rearing skills to parents to computer training and employment assistance to teens.
Click the "Listen" link to hear Geoffrey Canada talk about his crusade to help Harlem's children.
Guests:
Geoffrey Canada, chief executive of the Harlem Children's Zone, Inc., which helps children in a 60-block area in Harlem by providing a web of educational, social and medical services. He is author of "Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America" and "Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America."
This program aired on June 25, 2004.