There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it. ~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr #BlackLivesStillMatters
Let’s Talk.
This year at the ESSENCE Festival of Culture, we’re bringing the conversation to the Superdome for a special live taping of IMO with Michelle Obama and KeKe Palmer!
Expect wisdom. Expect laughter. Expect the kind of honest conversation that only happens when powerful women sit down and keep it real.
We’re talking about life, purpose, community, and everything in between, and we want you in the room.
Join us on July 3 at the Superdome in New Orleans.
Tickets are available now: https://t.co/WgQNng5oiD
So much of my story—and Barack's—runs through the South Side of Chicago. We had so much fun going down memory lane with @People, sharing moments from the decades we've spent together, the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, and the work we still have left to do in our next chapter. We hope you'll check out the interview: https://t.co/N7HgrjrQRj
It was such a joy getting to spend time with Joe and Jill, George and Laura, and Bill and Hillary last week. Barack and I will always be grateful for your constant friendship and support of our family over the years.
(And George, thanks for the mints!)
Dad embodied what it means to be a devoted, strong, and loving father. I wouldn't be the man I am today without his guidance and love. Today and every day, we honor and lift up the father figures in our communities.
The Obama Presidential Center might be named for the Obamas, but it is built for you. It’s a vibrant, living celebration of community. A monument to unshakable values: equality, empathy, and inclusion. A beacon of hope.
It’s a place we hope you’re going to come back to again and again.
More than 40 years ago, I arrived in Chicago in search of an idea. I was a young man looking for purpose, who believed deeply in America, was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, and wanted to be a part of something larger. The America I believed in was one where everyone has opportunity, everyone is seen, everyone belongs—because that was an America that had a place for me, too.