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• Building the Center
• Community Engagement

Get to know the inspiring community members behind the Obama Presidential Center

• Programs
• The Arts

The Obama Foundation Futures Series exposes high school students to career pathways through intimate conversations with accomplished leaders.

• Programs
• The Arts

The Obama Foundation Futures Series exposes high school students to career pathways through intimate conversations with accomplished leaders.

• Michelle Obama
• Stories

We're collecting your warm wishes for Mrs. Obama’s 61st birthday. This is your chance to write her a personal note!

• Barack Obama
• Stories

Join us in celebrating President Obama’s birthday by writing him a personal note.

• Equality
• Educational Material

This Pride Month and every month, we are committed to uplifting and supporting the LGBTQ+ community.

• Presidential History
• Community Engagement

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• Presidential History
• Community Engagement

Oral History FAQ

• Changemakers
• Stories

As part of our celebrations for his 60th birthday, you helped us give President Obama the best gift: Your story.

• Youth
• Education

Right now, high school and college seniors across the country are missing out on an important rite of passage: commencement. But that doesn’t mean we have to skip the celebrations.

• Health & Wellbeing
• Changemakers

As we continue to navigate unprecedented times, we can still find reasons for hope.

• Building the Center
• Barack Obama

Five-year-old Pennsylvanian Cori Ryan wrote to President Obama to share her love for reading and her excitement that the Obama Presidential Center will open in Chicago in the future. Check out the note President Obama sent her in return.

• Michelle Obama
• Chicago

Read this article to find out the 2019 Obama Foundation summit theme. Mrs. Obama shares her excitement for this year's summit and reveals a place that gives her purpose.

• Girls Opportunity Alliance
• Education

Earlier today, Tiffany Drake, Executive Director of the Girls Opportunity Alliance, sent the message below to our email list in honor of her daughter’s first day of school and to lift up the importance of education for girls around the world.

• Presidential History
• Changemakers

Columbia University, in partnership with the University of Chicago and University of Hawaiʻi, will produce the official oral history of the Obama presidency.

• Take Action
• Barack Obama

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" President Obama reflects on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy and the power of serving others on what would have been his 90th birthday.

• Barack Obama
• Watch

President Obama stopped by the Greater Chicago Food Depository with Foundation Chief Engagement Officer Mike Strautmanis to pack food for families in need across the Chicago area.

• Presidential History
• Building the Center

If you’re interested in recording an audio or video interview, learn how to do it and how to submit it here.

• Presidential History
• Building the Center

Share a photo or image from 2008 with information that we should include in our archive here.

• Presidential History
• Building the Center

Ten years ago you helped make history — now you've helped us write it.

• The Arts
• Changemakers

Artist Lynell Jinks creates masterpieces on his childrens’ paper lunch bags every single week. He uses the images to inspire them to be passionate about their talents, and to pursue their biggest dreams. It sure beats PB&J.

• Watch
• MBK Alliance

To honor the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s death, President Obama and Congressman John Lewis participated in a My Brother’s Keeper Alliance roundtable with students from Ron Brown College Preparatory High School in Washington, D.C.

• Barack Obama
• Community Engagement

As we count down to the new year, President Obama reflects on 2017 and his belief that each of us can make a difference.

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• Barack Obama

In honor of President Obama's birthday today, Mrs. Obama has a special message to share

• Barack Obama
• Presidential History

On Sunday, May 7, 2017, President Obama accepted the 2017 Centennial John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award with these words