Mon 8/23 @ 1PM
Geoffrey Canada is the President and CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone, a revolutionary program aimed to end the generational cycle of poverty. HCZ uses a holistic approach to keep at-risk kids on track to a good education and away from violence, drugs and toxic behavior. This isn’t just a good idea. The program actually works. Geoffrey Canada will be in Cle on Mon 8/23 to speak on HCZ @ PlayhouseSquare.
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As President and CEO of the revolutionary Harlem Children’s Zone in New York City, Geoffrey Canada 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.
It’s a conversation we all need to hear. The event is free but ticketed.
Palace Theatre — 1615 Euclid Ave.