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  1. Check Out Can’t Hold Me Back: A PBS Online Film Festival Selection

    March 14, 2013

    Documenting stories of inspiration and justice, Madeleine Blair and Betty Bastidas founded Maracuya Productions with the hope to bring about change. Their short film Can’t Hold Me Back, is a part of the American Graduate initiative, and is currently streaming as part of the PBS Online Film Festival.             Watch 2013 Festival | Can't Hold Me Back on…

  2. Celebrate American Graduate Day With Public Media

    September 21, 2012

    American Graduate Day, a multi-platform event being held on Saturday, September 22, features local and national programming, partners, and celebrities focused on improving the nation’s graduation rates.Launched in 2011 by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen is public media’s initiative to help…

  3. FRONTLINE and City Year Present a Social Screening of Middle School Moment

    August 23, 2012

    FRONTLINE and City Year will present an online social screening and discussion of Middle School Moment on Thursday, August 23 at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30PM ET. Special guest panelists will participate in the event, which will take place here.              Watch Middle School Moment on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.Nationwide, 7,000 students drop out every school day,…

  4. American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen Hits Denver for PBS Annual Meeting

    May 11, 2012

    On May 17, Hill Harper, Tony Plana, and Priscilla Diaz will join CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison at the PBS Annual Meeting in Denver for a public discussion on the nation’s dropout crisis as part of the public media initiative, American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen, made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Priscilla Star Diaz…

  5. Watch American Graduate's Too Important to Fail, Streaming now on PBS.org

    September 16, 2011

    The program, which aired on Tavis Smiley Reports, examines one of the most disturbing aspects of the education crisis facing America today — the increased dropout rate among Black teenage males. The broadcast is currently streaming on PBS.org a part of American Graduate, a public media initiative supported by CPB to help local communities across America…

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