President, Harlem Children's Zone
In one of the all-time most popular Gel talks, Geoffrey Canada describes how his nonprofit, the Harlem Children's Zone, works to help young people in inner-city Harlem. Canada issues a sober indictment of failing schools, then describes the solution he has created.
Canada was recently profiled in the book Whatever It Takes, on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and two years ago on 60 Minutes. If you don't know about Geoffrey Canada, you should. This video is a good place to start.
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Comments
Phillip Hunter
Dec 10, 2008 — 12:40 PM
Terrific and inspiring. Why, especially in this day, does such logic not penetrate? >20% of a major demographic not just unproductive, but actually costing our society vast amounts of money. Even if you set aside the enormous humanitarian problem, the economic logic should sway us. But, America has frequently pursued cures instead of prevention.
Jack
Aug 4, 2009 — 09:10 PM
I remember the rousing ovation this speaker got at the end of his speech. During the Q&A, I also remember someone asking where they could donate money to this cause, which seemed to generate a lot of buzz in the audience. I wonder how much money was donated, collectively, by the attendees of GEL 2006?