YouTube’s “Dear Class of 2020” original event will premiere Saturday, June 6.
are coming back when we need them the most — to give commencement speeches for graduating classes over the next month with the help of YouTube.have received dozens of requests from around the globe to address graduating classes whose in-person commencement events have been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” a statement from their office read.
YouTube’s “Dear Class of 2020” original event will premiere Saturday, June 6, and will include other celebrities and notable people like BTS, Lady Gaga, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Malala Yousafzai. The special will include traditional commencement speeches like one the Obama’s will give mixed in with music performances to give graduating seniors a bit of the party they will miss in person.
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