February
11,
2014
Read the New York Times coverage of Geoff Canada’s announcement that he will be handing the chief executive reins to Anne Williams-Isom. Over the last 20 years, HCZ has become a national model for tackling poverty and improving children’s outcomes. As Anne says of HCZ’s…
February
10,
2014
On February 10th, Geoffrey Canada announced that after 30 years with HCZ, he would pass the CEO reins to Anne Williams-Isom, current COO and lifelong child advocate, effective July 1st, 2014. He will retain the title of President. Watch them talk about their evolving partnership,…
January
9,
2014
At a White House press conference attended by HCZ Promise Academy students, staff and President/CEO Geoffrey Canada, President Obama announced the country’s first five Promise Zones, which will be based on the HCZ model. Promise Academy ninth grader Kiara Molina introduced President Obama at the…
November
20,
2013
Time Magazine followed up on their naming of Geoffrey Canada to the TIME 100 list two years ago with a short video about our new school building in a public housing development. Watch it here.
November
7,
2013
Geoffrey Canada received the prestigious National Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, for his commitment to improving education and fighting poverty: “We’ve allowed failure to become the norm in schools across this country and nothing changes . . . We’ve…
October
15,
2013
Read the NY Daily News article on our exciting new partnership with Bard College to help our Promise Academy High School students better prepare for college and even college credits.
September
18,
2013
Geoffrey Canada wrote an article for the Huffington Post on encouraging children to engage in public service and HCZ’s extensive work with AmeriCorps workers, whom we call Peacemakers. Read it here.
August
28,
2013
President and CEO Geoffrey Canada recently spoke with Bloomberg EDU host Jane Williams about the unfulfilled dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Download the podcast.