The national American Graduate public media initiative — you can watch a live broadcast here or on your TV’s channel from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central time. The seven-hour broadcast will feature notables ranging from Colin Powell to Brian Williams to , a star chef from Houston who’s also blind.
The folks behind the initiative are also producing a of the many social media streams feeding this effort. You can get in on the conversation by tweeting with the hashtag . (If you toss in , your tweet will also show up on our blog!)
And if that’s not enough, tune into ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº 90.1 FM at 7 p.m. Saturday for , a radio special hosted by Dick Gordon.
We’ll post the live stream here on Saturday. And here’s the Storify conversation so far: