GEOFFREY CANADA
Canada has devoted his life to improving the lives of disadvantaged children. He will be awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters today for his work.
Canada is currently the president and CEO of the Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families, where he has built a network of more than 40 "beacon schools" in New York--schools that stay open 17 hours a day to provide a safe haven for at-risk youth.
Canada also serves as East Coast regional coordinator of the Black Community Crusade for Children, a program run by the Children's Defense Fund. He has received a Heinz Foundation award, a Hero Award from the Robin Hood Foundation and a Parents Magazine Award for his work in child advocacy. He is the author of Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America and Reaching Up for Manhood.
JÜRGEN HABERMAS
German philosopher and social theorist Habermas is a leading representative of the Frankfurt School of theorists and one of the foremost scholars of the 20th century.
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