American Graduate - What People Are Saying

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CPB launched American Graduate at an event on May 3, 2011 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

During the event, Patricia Harrison, of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Ray Suarez of PBS NewsHour, Michael Powell of America's Promise, Don Shalvey of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Tony Miller, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, Larry Irving of the Hewlett-Packard Company, Emmy-award winning actress America Ferrera of Ugly Betty, actress Aimee Garcia of the upcoming film GO FOR IT! and Hill Harper, actor and star in the hit CBS drama series CSI:NY, launched the initiative and discussed the importance of staying on the path to earning a high school diploma.