DENARD FENAUD

A lover of people and God and an expert at creating safe spaces.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

To everyone who helped bring the Obama Presidential Center to life, thank you. Michelle and I are so grateful for all your dedication and hard work over the years.

I got a little teary-eyed tonight thinking about my mother-in-law, Marian Robinson.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

They’ve been insisting they’re twins since they were in preschool. Nearly a decade later, the pair is still proving sisterhood goes beyond genetics. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in Miami.

[The View @TheView]

Dawnn Lewis looks back on her decades-long friendship with Whoopi—and tells us about showcasing her dramatic side in the crime drama 'Nemesis'!

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

For generations, Black families and communities kept the legacy of Juneteenth alive through remembrance, education, and celebration—long before it received national recognition in 2021. Juneteenth reminds us that progress is often driven by those who refuse to let history be forgotten.

[Dhee✨🌎 @UncleDhee]

This gave me chills like he’s my son 🥹

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great meeting with the talented folks who’ll be working at the Obama Presidential Center. We're excited to welcome everybody here soon!

[BlackBird444🇺🇸 @BlkBird444]

This the only birthday song I wanna hear from here on out 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😁😁😁 I Love Being Black 🖤

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Naomi Osaka steps on court for her first round match at Roland Garros.

She is the fashion statement, every time.

🖤👑

[WithoutHistory @WithoutHistory]

What this kid just did was huge. At 17, he has won a match in the first round of @rolandgarros

HUGE

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

A beautiful display of class during Roland Garros qualifying

Bianca Andreescu’s opponent, Daphnée Mpetshi Perricard, was in tears on the bench after losing their match

Bianca comforted her & asked the crowd to give her some applause

Compassion 🥹

[Rain Drops Media @Raindropsmedia1]

Russell Westbrook and his wife Nina spotted in NYC — they reveal they met in college and have been together for over 20 years 👀💍❤️

[ABC News @ABC]

California will become the first state in the nation to provide infants with hundreds of free diapers before they leave hospitals after birth. https://t.co/viffOyzWiU

[Wicker @OG_Wick0]

A NYC student Olivia Connie-Perkins, has become the first person at her school to get accepted into an Ivy League college. A viral video showed her classmates cheering and celebrating after the school announced she got into Brown University.

[ABC News @ABC]

"There were times where we didn't have a roof over our head, but we had a car. We didn't have a place to stay so we would come and sleep in this parking lot."

A South Los Angeles student is celebrating the incredible accomplishment of receiving 65 college acceptance letters.

After experiencing homelessness in his youth, he now plans to study industrial engineering at Columbia University.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

State supreme court justices play a critical role in defending your rights and freedoms, which is why the election happening in Georgia right now is so important.

Make sure you have a plan to vote for Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin, the only two candidates in the race with strong records of standing up for all Georgians.

Early voting is already underway and Election Day is May 19th. Find out where you can vote at https://t.co/OHJnsHnuiB.

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Hall of Fame Coach Dawn Staley on the business of winning, loving someone enough to let them fail, and living everyday with zero margin:

💎 You don’t have to be for everybody to be right for your people. Leadership isn’t a popularity contest, it’s a courage practice! When you’re crystal clear on who you are and what you stand for, you can lead with conviction. And that becomes a magnet for people who want to be part of something real.

🏺 Tell the truth, even when it costs you comfort. We're in the business of winning. And winning built on half-truths is fragile; it cracks under pressure. Real leaders choose honesty over image, because trust, not talent—is what holds a team together when things get hard.

❤️ Care enough to step back. Loving someone isn’t rescuing always them from failure, it’s standing close enough to support, but far enough to let them struggle, adapt, and discover their own strength. Growth doesn’t come from protection; it comes from earned resilience.

📆 Respect the weight of every day. There is no neutral, only progress or erosion. When you give away a day because you're not all the way there mentally, someone else is investing it, and preparing to take what you’re not protecting.

Own your identity without apology! The moment you start shrinking to be digestible, you lose the very edge that makes you effective. You're not in the politics business, you're in the people business. The right people don’t need you to be everything, they need you to be authentically you, CONSISTENTLY and without COMPROMISE.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.

The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Hope isn’t blind optimism — it arises in the face of uncertainty. If you look at our history, we’ve gone through some rough patches. But we tend to come out on the other side of them stronger than before.

[Art Candee 🍿🥤 @ArtCandee]

"Do you have an idea of how we could solve the Black maternal mortality crisis if we can't say 'Black?'"

I could watch Democratic House Rep. Summer Lee bat around RFK Jr. all day.

She's magnificent.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The young people in our @ObamaFoundation Leaders program give me hope. One of those leaders, Luisa Neubauer, is working to fight climate change and recently traveled to Antarctica.

This Earth Day, I hope you'll check out her incredible story.