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Gel speaker update - Geoffrey Canada
Jun 8, 2006
Geoffrey Canada :'06: was profiled yesterday in the New York Times:
Mr. Canada is president and chief executive of Harlem Children's Zone, an organization that helps youngsters from birth through college. "If we can do it here in Harlem, we can do it from one end of America to the other," he said. In a 60-block area of Central Harlem, the poverty rate is nearly 50 percent and foster care placement rates are among the city's highest. "What I want for my kids is fairness - just give my kids a fair shot," he said. "Once they're through college, they're as equal as anybody else, and they'll be able to fend for themselves."
