Geoffrey Canada was born on January 13,1952 and is an American educator, social activist and author.
19 Facts About Geoffrey Canada
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Since 1990, Canada has been president of the Harlem Children's Zone in Harlem, New York, an organization that states its goal is to increase high school and college graduation rates among students in Harlem.
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Geoffrey Canada serves as the chairman of Children's Defense Fund's board of directors.
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Geoffrey Canada was a member of the board of directors of The After-School Corporation, a nonprofit organization that aims to expand educational opportunities for all students.
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Geoffrey Canada's father played little part in the life of his children and did not contribute to their financial support.
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Geoffrey Canada was raised among "abandoned houses, crime, violence and an all-encompassing sense of chaos and disorder".
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When Geoffrey Canada was in his mid-teens, his mother sent him to live with her parents in Wyandanch, New York.
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Geoffrey Canada holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and sociology from Bowdoin College, from which he graduated in 1974, and a master's degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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In 1990, Geoffrey Canada began working with the Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families as its president.
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Unsatisfied with the scope of Rheedlen, Geoffrey Canada transformed the organization into the Harlem Children's Zone, a center which followed the academic careers of youths in a 24-block area of Harlem.
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Geoffrey Canada served as president and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone until July 2014, when the position went to Chief Operating Officer Anne Williams-Isom.
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Geoffrey Canada has made a number of high-profile television appearances, including a profile interview on 60 Minutes, two televised interviews with Charlie Rose, a guest appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, a guest appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and three appearances on the Colbert Report.
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In 2010, Geoffrey Canada appeared in an American Express commercial that premiered during the Academy Awards.
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Geoffrey Canada is featured prominently in Waiting for Superman, Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim's documentary on the state of American public education.
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In 2013, Geoffrey Canada toured college campuses with Stanley Druckenmiller urging reform in taxation, health care, and Social Security to ensure intergenerational equity.
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In July 2013, The New Yorker Festival released a video entitled Geoffrey Canada on Giving Voice to the Have-nots, of a panel that was moderated by George Packer.
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In 1998, Geoffrey Canada published his second book, Reaching Up For Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America.
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Geoffrey Canada was chosen by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York in 2006 to serve as co-chair of the Commission on Economic Opportunity tasked to formulate a scheme that would considerably trim down poverty.
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Geoffrey Canada is an adviser to and board member of many non-profit entities.