February
17,
2016
Every year, on Valentine’s Day, we share a poem with our friends and supporters to say thank you for helping us create a brighter future for our kids and show them how much we love them. For many years, our President, Geoffrey Canada, wrote a…
November
9,
2015
This fall, we launched Read with Me Wednesday—a new weekly initiative inviting HCZ staff to read with the 240 students at our four Harlem Gems pre-kindergarten sites. Reading aloud with children helps to deepen their vocabulary and foster their imagination, curiosity, and empathy. This initiative…
June
8,
2015
On June 7th, NPR’s “All Things Considered” highlighted HCZ’s work to ensure that our high-school students not only go to college but also succeed once there and successfully graduate with a degree. This past year, HCZ’s College Success Office worked with 881 students in college,…
May
21,
2015
HCZ’s Baby College® program was recently featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Now celebrating our 15th anniversary, The Baby College teaches child development and parenting skills to new and expectant parents through workshops and home visits and counts over 5,000 graduates to date. Listen to…
January
21,
2015
HCZ President Geoffrey Canada ’74 and Board Chairman Stan Druckenmiller ’75 received the Bowdoin Prize, the highest honor awarded by their alma mater, Bowdoin College, at a January 20th ceremony at Lincoln Center. Pictured here with Bowdoin College President Barry Mills, Canada and Druckenmiller did…
December
8,
2014
CEO Anne Williams-Isom was featured in the New York Times “Corner Office,” where she spoke with editor Adam Bryant about the importance of straight talk, staying calm in the face of tough challenges, and the experiences and people that helped make her the leader she is…
July
28,
2014
CEO Anne Williams-Isom spoke with Sandra Bookman on “Here and Now” about her connection to our kids, using data to deepen our cradle-to-college pipeline, and running the next leg of the race to end generational poverty. Click here to watch the video and learn more…