Geoffrey Canada

Broschiertes Buch

Reaching Up for Manhood

Transforming the Lives of Boys in America

Beschreibung

From "the role model . . . the brother who never left the 'hood because he keeps looking into the faces of the children and seeing himself there" (Patricia Smith, "The Boston Globe") comes a new book that provides powerful new insights into the lives of boys in America today.

Autor

Geoffrey Canada is president and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone in New York City, which President Barack Obama called "an all-encompassing, all-hands-on-deck anti-poverty effort that is literally saving a generation of children." Canada has been profiled on 60 Minutes, Good Morning America , and The Colbert Report, and was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential people of 2011 for his work in child advocacy. He is the author of Fist Stick Knife Gun.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 139mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 181g
• ISBN-13: 9780807023174
• ISBN-10: 0807023175
• Artikelnr.: 21669291