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The 2023-2024 Futures Series Lineup

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

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  • Programs
  • The Arts
The 2022-2023 Futures Series Lineup

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

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  • Equality
  • Your Voice
Take action to support LGBTQ+ youth

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

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  • Sustainability
  • Take Action
The Obama Foundation Guide to Earth Day 2023

Together, we can do our part to reduce our environmental impact and live more sustainably. Whether you’re in Chicago or in far corners of the globe— we hope you’ll be a part of this collective work.

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  • Take Action
  • Sustainability
7 actions to protect the planet this Earth Day

April is Earth Month! At the Obama Foundation, we are guided by the belief that ordinary people working together can create positive change.

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  • The Center
  • Building the Center
Future water garden to honor Ann Dunham, be graced by Maya Lin sculpture

Join other Obama alumni in coming together to support the naming of the Water Garden at the Obama Presidential Center in honor of the life and legacy of President Obama’s mother, Ann Dunham—as a gift for the President’s 61st birthday.

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  • Michelle Obama
First lady Michelle Obama urges all of us to have the difficult conversations in our communities

In a candid conversation with Obama Foundation Scholars and Fellows earlier this summer, Mrs. Obama encouraged us all to address racial injustice in our own communities by having hard conversations at our own kitchen tables, in our workplaces, and in our s

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  • Take Action
  • Health & Wellbeing
Lead in your community

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a grave toll on us all. Take care of yourself; take care of your loved ones. And if you can, step up and lead so your communities come out of this stronger.

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  • Michelle Obama
Storytime with the Obamas

Today, President and Mrs. Obama joined Chicago Public Library’s “Live from the Library” story time sessions, to read “The Word Collector” by Peter Reynolds.

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  • Chicago
  • Health & Wellbeing
Resources for Chicago residents impacted by COVID 19
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  • Chicago
Celebrating Chicago’s Black history

Take a few minutes to watch how Frederick Douglass made Jackson Park a part of Black history—and catch up on how we’ve honored Black history all month long.

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