Vassar Professor Luke Harris interviewed by ABC News. Friday, January 26, 2007

Vassar's Associate Professor Luke C. Harris, of the Political Science Department, grew up in Camden, NJ. Watch Professor Harris on Fri., Jan. 26, as ABC News Nightline (11:30pm ET) talks with him about the topic of their special "20/20″ program:

WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE
A Year In The Lives Of Children In America's Most Dangerous City

What is it like for kids to live with no electricity, rushing to finish homework before sundown? To have no food to eat before school? To sleep on the floor with roaches, grateful just to have a roof overhead? "20/20″ spends time in Camden, New Jersey to report first-hand on the hopes, dreams and terrible hardships children face living in one of the poorest cities in America. But as Diane Sawyer reports, there are children in towns and cities like Camden across the country who struggle daily to succeed despite horrendous odds. Sawyer's examination of poverty as experienced by children in America airs on "20/20," on Friday, January 26 (10:00pm ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Read more about Professor Luke Harris:
Feature Story: Going the Distance
http://politicalscience.vassar.edu/bio_harris.html

ABC News 20/20:
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2819991&page=1

ABC Nightline:
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/

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This article was posted on Friday, January 26th, 2007.