Geoffrey Canada Quotes

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I promise to always dream out loud. To lift my head and be proud. And never end up a face in the crowd.

Geoffrey Canada

If I could get the mayors, and the governors, and the president to look into the eyes of the five- year-olds of this nation, dressed in old raggedy clothes, whose zippers are broken but whose dreams are still alive, they would know what I know—that children need people to fight for them.

Geoffrey Canada

Violence has always been around, usually concentrated amongst the poor.... The nature of the violent act has changed from the fist, stick, and knife to the gun.

Geoffrey Canada

Geoffrey Canada

Geoffrey Canada

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Born: January 13, 1952 (age 74)

Bio: Geoffrey Canada is an American educator, social activist and author. 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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