Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone, will be speak at UTC on Feb. 15 as part of the George T. Hunter Lecture Series, according to a news release.
Canada launched the Harlem Children’s Zone in 1997 to create an interconnected pipeline of education and social-service programs from birth through college for 10,000 children in a 100 square block radius in central Harlem, according to the release. The New York Times Magazine called
the Harlem Children’s Zone “one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time.” Mr. Canada’s work was recently highlighted in the award winning documentary “Waiting for Superman” and is the subject of Paul Tough’s book, “Whatever it Takes.”
Before Mr. Canada’s speech, he will be speaking to UTC students, CreateHere fellows and community leaders at a meeting at Hardy Elementary School.