A nonprofit based in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, is working to help increase our city's graduation rates. As HannahKliger shows us, IWILLGRADUATE is in the midst of preparing for their biggest day of the year.
- More than 13,000 students from across the city are expected to fill the seats of Barclays Center on Oct. 24 for"I Will Graduate" day, an educational rally encouraging students to get focused, and stay focused, on school.
Akwasi Agyeman is what the program would call a success story. He got involved in high school. Now as an adult, he's back, hired after college as their new program and projects manager.
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