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RESOURCES, TO DO WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS RECOMMENDING ALL OF
US DO TODAY.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE, MAGIC?
GIVE US A LITTLE SENSE OF HOW
THESE WORDS CAN BE TRANSLATED
NOW INTO ACTION?
>> WOLF, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
STRATEGY AND THEN HOW WE EXECUTE
THAT STRATEGY.
AND SO WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS
DONE IS SAID, HEY, IN 90 DAYS,
HE WANTS EVERYBODY TO REPORT
BACK TO HIM BECAUSE IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE
DELIVERABLES.
IT'S ONE THING TO TALK, BUT NOW
WE HAVE TO PUT THIS PLAN INTO
ACTION.
HE'S GOT GREAT FOUNDATIONS TO BE
INVOLVED WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS
FIGHT WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS
INFORMATION BETTER THAN ANYBODY.
THEN HUGHES CALLED CORPORATE
AMERICA, MYSELF AND OTHER
BUSINESS LEADERS TO SAY WE DO
TURN THESE YOUNG MEN'S LIFE
AROUND, WILL THERE BE JOB
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM ONCE THEY
GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE AND WE'RE
ALL SAYING, YES, THERE WILL BE.
AND ALSO WE WILL TRAIN THEM AS
WELL.
AND THEN HE'S GOT GREAT
EDUCATORS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS
FIGHT FOR A LONG TIME.
SO HE'S GOT EVERYBODY ON BOARD
WITH A STRATEGY, WITH A PLAN AND
HE'S GOING TO EXECUTE ON THAT
PLAN AND SO THIS HAS BEEN GREAT,
WOLF, BECAUSE BEFORE WE'VE
ALWAYS HAD SOMEBODY WANT TO BE
INVOLVED.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT IT ALWAYS STUMBLED.
IT ALWAYS CAME UP SHORT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS PLAN WILL
COME UP SHORT.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IS BEHIND IT AND HE'S
ACTUALLY THE GUY WHO IS CALLING
THE SHOTS, LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA
IS DOING, IT'S GOING TO BE
AWESOME.
>> MAGIC IS READING MY MIND NOW.
THAT'S HOW THIS IS DIFFERENT.
YOU GOT THE SENSE, AS JESSE WAS
SITTING ONE ROW IN FRONT OF ME,
MAGIC WAS SITTING ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE ROOM, WHAT YOU GOT
IN THAT ROOM WAS A SENSE THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AT FIRST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE
SAYING, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT,
HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT?
THERE ARE INITIATIVES
EVERYWHERE.
THIS IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE HE
BROUGHT PEOPLE LIKE MAGIC.
HE HAD HAD LAWMAKERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, PEOPLE LIKE MAYOR
BLOOMBERG, RAHM EMANUEL, PEOPLE
WHO REALLY NEED TO TO WORK IN
THEIR CITIES.
IF THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR CHICAGO,
THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR NEW YORK
CITY, THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR
PHILADELPHIA, OR WHEREVER IT IS,
THEY NEED THESE PROGRAMS TO
WORK.
NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE THOSE
PEOPLE BEHIND HIM, BUT HE HAS
THE MONEY.
MAGICS A MONEY AND HE HAS
PHILANTHROPY AROUND HIM.
>> WE KNOW HE'S GOT A LOT OF
MONEY, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
JESSE, YOU'RE NOT ONLY AN
EXCELLENT ACTOR, BUT YOU'RE A
FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER.
SO YOU BRING A LOT TO THIS
SUBJECT RIGHT NOW.
SO WALK US THROUGH WHERE WE --
I'M SURE YOU WERE INSPIRED BY
WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE
PRESIDENT.
AND HE, LIKE YOU, LIKE MAGIC,
LIKE DON, ALL OF YOU CAN BE
EXCELLENT ROLE MODELS FOR A LOT
OF YOUNG KIDS OUT THERE.
>> WHAT THE INITIATIVE MY
BROTHER'S KEEPER IS DOING IS TRY
TO PULL TOGETHER BEST PRACTICES
FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WHETHER
IT'S IN A CLASSROOM IN OAKLAND
THAT'S HAVING CREDIBLE RESULTS
AND PUSHING KIDS INTO COLLEGE
AND WEINCREDIBLE
GRADUATION RATES, COBBLING ALL
THIS TOGETHER.
PEOPLE WANT TO CREATE A NEW
FOUNDATION.
STACKING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER
INSTEAD OF TAKING EVERYBODY'S
INITIATIVES AND MAKING THEM INTO
ONE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIRD GRADE
READING PROFICIENCY.
WE HAD A STAGGERINGLY LOW NUMBER
OF YOUNG MEN OF COLOR, YOUNG
BOYS OF COLOR THAT ARE READING
WAY BELOW THEIR READING LEVEL.
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