Geoffrey Canada to Speak February 15, 7:00 p.m.
Geoffrey Canada will speak at 7:00 p.m., February 15, 2011, in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall located inside the Fine Arts Center on the UTC campus as part of the third annual George T. Hunter Lecture Series. This series is sponsored by the Benwood Foundation, in partnership with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, The Ochs Center, and CreateHere.
In his 20-plus years with Harlem Children's Zone, Inc., Geoffrey Canada has become nationally recognized for his pioneering work helping children and families in Harlem and as a passionate advocate for education reform.
The Harlem Children's Zone is the model for the U.S. Department of Education's Promise Neighborhoods program. Canada was recently featured in Waiting for Superman, an award-winning documentary about the public education system in America.
For more information and a map, visit www.benwood.org
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