YouTube Has Rescheduled Beyoncé and the Obamas' Graduation Speeches
YouTube Originals is hosting a star-studded commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 7.
Beyoncé, Barack and Michelle Obama, and more will be giving commencement speeches at the "Dear Class of 2020" event.
The festival-style event includes musical performances and inspirational speeches.
*Update: In observance of a memorial service for George Floyd on June 6th, YouTube rescheduled this virtual graduation event until Sunday, June 7, at 12 P.M. ET.
Imagine if your graduation speaker line-up included Barack and Michelle Obama, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, and Jennifer Lopez. It sounds impossible—but the Class of 2020 will hear from all of the above and more in an upcoming virtual commencement ceremony.
Produced by YouTube, "Dear Class of 2020," is the latest of virtual commencement ceremonies to gather celebrities and performers in honor of this year's graduating class. "Dear Class of 2020" will air on Sunday, June 7 on YouTube, starting at 12 p.m. ET.
"Dear Class of 2020" is the only event to feature both Barack and Michelle Obama. In addition, the event will include a sliding door of celebrities, luminaries, and performers, from J. Lo to Taylor Swift to Janelle Monae, and from Bill and Melinda Gates to the cast of Riverdale.
Beyoncé' has yet to appear at a virtual commencement ceremony—which is what makes this announcement all the more exciting. So far during the quarantine, the icon had made a surprise appearance at ABC's Disney Family Singalong and delivered a powerful address at the One World: Together at Home concert on Saturday, April 18, highlighting the coronavirus' disproportionate impact on the Black community.
From Queen Bey to the Obamas, the Class of 2020 is clearly winning in the star-studded commencement speakers category—but the graduating class has to contend with other challenges. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, certain graduation rites of passage are no longer an option.
No sweating it out in the sun while wearing a polyester gown. No throwing decorated caps in the air triumphantly. No choosing a partner to dance with. No reminiscing with friends in the quad on your last night on campus.
However, events like the YouTube Originals special, "Dear Class of 2020," are making theirs a special graduation nonetheless. And now, the class of 2020 has the author of saying their commencement speaker included Queen Bey herself.
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