May 31, 2007
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Man Who "Adopted" 6,000 Children
Most people have never heard of Geoffrey Canada, but in one of New York City's poorest neighborhoods, he has become a household name.
In 1970, Geoffrey founded Harlem Children's Zone, a nonprofit, community-based organization that set out to prove that poor black children can and do succeed. Over the past two decades, Geoffrey has adopted a 100-block area of central Harlem and created programs to help more than 10,000 inner-city children each year ....
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The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Man Who "Adopted" 6,000 Children
Most people have never heard of Geoffrey Canada, but in one of New York City's poorest neighborhoods, he has become a household name.
In 1970, Geoffrey founded Harlem Children's Zone, a nonprofit, community-based organization that set out to prove that poor black children can and do succeed. Over the past two decades, Geoffrey has adopted a 100-block area of central Harlem and created programs to help more than 10,000 inner-city children each year ....
go to web site
