Feb 9, 2010
Seattle, WA – 02/09/10 – Kane Hall – Geoffrey Canada
By: readinglocalseattle Categories: Events
| Who | Geoffrey Canada |
| When |
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
6:30pm
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All Ages
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| Where |
University of Washington Campus
Seattle, WA, USA 98195 Located on the northern edge of Red Square, Kane Hall offers a variety of rooms to accomodate almost any event. Our facility encompasses five auditoria in a range of sizes, a reception room and a conference room. |
| Other Info | Danz Lecture Series presents Geoffrey Canada “Leveling the Playing Field: Helping Poor Children Succeed” UW Kane Hall, Room 130 Geoffrey Canada has a radical new idea: if you really want to change the lives of inner-city kids, change everything all at once—their schools, families, and neighborhoods. As President and CEO of the revolutionary Harlem Children's Zone in New York City, he has dedicated the past 20 years of his life to helping the most impoverished, at-risk youth beat the odds. Radically ambitious and startlingly simple, Canada's programs are on the cutting edge of preventing youth violence and fostering community development What Canada has done for a 24 block neighborhood in Harlem has been groundbreaking, replicated in communities across the country. Through programs such as the Beacon School, Community Pride Initiative, Harlem Gems, Harlem Peacemakers, and the Promise Academy, a new generation of charter school, he has developed a network of services that reach most of the 6,500 children and their families living in the Harlem Children's Zone. The acclaimed author of Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America and Reaching Up for Manhood, a moving vision of hope for young boys, Canada is also East Coast Coordinator for the Black Community Crusade for Children. Canada knows inner-city life firsthand. Having grown up in the South Bronx, he went on to earn a Master's Degree in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Recently, Canada was honored with the prestigious McGraw Prize for education. In his vibrant, hands-on presentation, he teaches communities about improving the lives of today's youth, one child at a time. |
