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On Wednesday, I went to the 50th-anniversary fundraising dinner<\/a> for the State University of New York’s Educational Opportunity Program<\/a>. The EOP provides college access and support to low-income students in New York State — young adults who are often the first ones in their families to go to college. These students haven’t had the advantages that higher-income students take for granted: a stellar public or private school, expensive extracurriculars, standardized-test tutoring. What they do have is educational promise and untapped potential. With EOP, not only do these students get into college, but they stay in college and graduate.<\/p>\n

Sunny Hostin, an EOP participant who graduated from SUNY Binghamton<\/a>, received one of the awards given out at the dinner.\u00a0 In her acceptance, she spoke about how, as a teenager, she dreamed of escaping her violent South Bronx neighborhood by going to college. She said she would hear her father crying at night because he couldn’t afford to send her to school. Then, through EOP, \u00a0SUNY Binghamton came through with full tuition.\u00a0 “Education is the great equalizer,” Hostin said, and she’s living proof: A former federal prosecutor, she is now the senior legal correspondent for ABC News and co-host of ABC\u2019s morning show The View<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Each year, SUNY receives about 15,000 qualified EOP applicants, but it only has enough funding to accept 3,000 of these students. Hopefully, an anonymous $1 million donation announced at the dinner will pave the way for some additional students, but any size contribution helps.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO THE SUNY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n

The dinner was hosted by another EOP alum: Emmy-winning weatherman and awesome Today Show host<\/a> Al Roker,\u00a0 a graduate of SUNY Oswego<\/a>. He was very pleased with the weather, which provided us with an excellent view from the Rainbow Room on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What a #beautiful<\/a> view from #RainbowRoom<\/a> @RainbowRoomNYC<\/a> at @rockcenternyc<\/a> Hosting @SUNY<\/a> EOP #50th<\/a> #anniversary<\/a> #gala<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/MIv6Zrovuw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Al Roker (@alroker) May 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n