She raced across the South Lawn, kept watch over Bo and never turned down a belly rub. Wherever the Obama family went, Sunny helped make it feel like home.
Rest well, Sunny. You will be missed.
At 6 years old, Alex wrote to President Obama offering to welcome a young Syrian boy into his family.
His letter reached the United Nations, the White House — and, 10 years later, the Obama Presidential Center.
A small act of kindness can travel farther than we imagine.
On this World Cleanup Day, we celebrate the work of Re:wild Your Campus founder and Obama Foundation Leader Mackenzie Feldman. Today, she’s taking us on a tour of the Obama Presidential Center Museum with an eye for Barack Obama’s climate work.
@EarthWindFire. On the 21st. Naturally. ✨
Philip Bailey, Verdine White, and Ralph Johnson of one of President Obama’s longtime favorite groups stopped by the Obama Presidential Center, and there was only one obvious day to share it.
What does “September” bring back for you?
Today, @barackobama, @michelleobama, and @bchesky of @airbnb welcomed the fifth cohort of Voyager Scholarship recipients: 100 college juniors preparing for careers in public service. With their work spanning Ethiopia, Colombia, and communities across the United States, we can’t wait to see where their journeys take them!
For his birthday, spend a few minutes with The Boss.
Watch @Springsteen’s full performance of “Land of Hope and Dreams” at the Obama Presidential Center Dedication Ceremony, available as a standalone exclusively from the Obama Foundation. 💙
Today we are welcoming 50 visionaries joining the Obama Foundation USA Leaders cohort this year—in government, business, and civil society—all with a shared commitment of creating positive, sustainable change in their communities, regions and around the world.
Trust is at the heart of a strong democracy. That’s the message Barack Obama will share during the upcoming 2026 Democracy Forum—exploring how people, institutions, and technologies build, repair and scale trust in one another and in democracy itself.
Ten years ago today, President Obama helped dedicate the National Museum of African American History and Culture (@nmaahc) and said it tells “a richer and fuller story of who we are.”
We're happy to announce the 35 visionaries joining the Obama Foundation Europe Leaders cohort this year—in government, business, and civil society—all with a shared commitment of creating positive, sustainable change in their communities, regions and around the world.
At a 2019 Obama Leaders convening, a K-pop exec shared her dream in a room full of civic leaders. A UN staffer heard her. They co-founded 1VERSE—the first K-pop group born from a U.S. president’s legacy work, featuring two North Korean defectors.
Check out how the @PGATour and Jackson Park Golf Association collaborated with @ Obama Foundation to tee up a bright future in sports for 20 Chicagoland teens.
Today marks 100 days since the Obama Presidential Center opened to the public!
So we’ve got a by-the-numbers look at all the ways people from around the world, across the country and down the block have made this campus their own!
This short interview with a Chicago mom is giving us *all* the feels. On a recent afternoon on the Obama Presidential Center campus, Sadhna Kumar talked with us about what it means to help her kids understand big ideas—pluralism, empathy and the responsibilities of citizenship—all in everyday little moments at home.
The South Side is headed to October! ⚾️🙌🏾
Big congratulations to the @WhiteSox on making the playoffs. P44’s been riding with the Sox for a long time, and clearly Southpaw has been keeping a close eye on him. Thanks for looking out, Southpaw. 👀🖤🤍
Trump and his lying pathetic pledges..
He HAS THE FREAKING house and senate RIGHT NOW!
If he was capable of doing this..AT ALL..
He would have done it..but a trump promise is nothing but words..and only morons will fall for this.