Top 39 Quotes by Geoffrey Canada

About Geoffrey Canada

These are some quotes by American author Geoffrey Canada Activist, who was born on January 13, 1952.

When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.

When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.

Geoffrey Canada

When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.

When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.

Geoffrey Canada

An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.

An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.

Geoffrey Canada

Poverty places not just one or two obstacles but multiple obstacles in a child's pathway to what we would consider to be regular development - cognitively, intellectually and emotionally.

Poverty places not just one or two obstacles but multiple obstacles in a child's pathway to what we would consider to be regular development - cognitively, intellectually and emotionally.

Geoffrey Canada

If you are a lousy teacher, you should be fired.

If you are a lousy teacher, you should be fired.

Geoffrey Canada

The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of access and affordability of healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods, and to the marketing efforts of soda companies themselves.

Geoffrey Canada

You go through the Civil Rights struggle, everybody knew the songs - 'We shall overcome.' Everybody would sing it. Music helped us. James Brown, 'Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud.' They helped black people figure out how to navigate what was a very treacherous place in America for them.

Geoffrey Canada

Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.

Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.

Geoffrey Canada

Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure.

Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure.

Geoffrey Canada

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