The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Harlem Children’s Zone Leader to Step Down

Geoffrey Canada, one of the nation’s most prominent nonprofit leaders, announced today he plans to step down as chief executive of Harlem Children’s Zone after more than 20 years at the helm. Mr.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

How Harlem Children’s Zone Spent a Decade Preparing for New Leadership

More than 10 years ago, amid the joyous noise of building the Harlem Children’s Zone from concept to reality, Geoff quietly began to contemplate a challenge that he saw taking shape: The charity ...
The Austin Chronicle

Children’s Zone: Can Harlem Come to Austin?

During his 2008 presidential campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama applauded the Harlem Children’s Zone in New York for using governmental, educational, and nonprofit groups in a coordinated program to ...
WiscNews

Sowing seeds of hope in Harlem's children

Six years ago, Tony Hillery was volunteering at a New York City public school in Harlem. In the lunchroom one day, he met a kindergartner who told him that tomatoes grew in the supermarket. "It was a ...
EURweb

Ellen DeGeneres Funds GoFundMe to Help Harlem Kids See ‘Black Panther’

The release of Marvel’s Black Panther is expected to be one of the most culturally important events of 2018. Black audiences will finally get to see a cast of black superheroes featured in a major ...