From Net Neutrality to the Harlem Children’s Zone

Monday I wrote a post on Net Neutrality for Successful Blog as I have every day for a while. On that post I linked to a blog and a post written by a student at Purdue University.

Tuesday, he sent an email to thank me for the link.

Today I went over to check in on his blog and found this post on the Harlem Children’s Zone. Have you heard of the HCZ? I had not.

The Harlem Children’s Zone was started in 1970. It’s a non-profit, community-based organization that serves over 12,000 adults and children in one of the most devastated parts of New York City.

The Harlem Children’s Zone has been profiled on 60 minutes. [excerpt link via Harlem Children’s Zone] US News and World Report named HCZ CEO Geoffrey Canada to the list of “America’s Best Leaders.” The HCZ food program has been written up in the New York Times.

The mass media coverage never reached me.

The story of this place in New York City got to me via a blog by a student named Alexander . . . who goes to school at Purdue University . . . in Indiana.

That’s the magic of blogs and the Internet.

Liz Strauss