Community engagement stories
- Equality
- Health & Wellbeing
See how Girls in the Game is empowering girls through sports programming to develop their health, leadership, and life skills.
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- Youth
Hear directly from one of the My Brother’s Keeper Model Communities on how they achieved a 91 percent graduation rate for students of color.
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- Education
Discover how Ladies of Virtue is transforming lives through mentorship and leadership
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- The Arts
See how the students explored expression and possibilities at EXPO Chicago.
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- Building the Center
See the plans for the 45,000-square-foot multipurpose athletic and events facility coming to the Obama Presidential Center.
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- The Arts
Artist Brandon Breaux and Dyett High School students showcase the power of culture and community.
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- Chicago
We partner with Local Lunchbox to provide thousands of meals to our young people over the summer months.
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- Sustainability
Hundreds clean South Side parks and beaches
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- Youth
Check out the Freedom Summer 2023 grant recipients!
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- Chicago
Meet the women behind the Obama Presidential Center
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- Presidential History
Preparing for Your Interview
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- Chicago
The organization is on track to meet its ambitious workforce and business diversity goals for construction.
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- Youth
Since 2005, New Life Centers of Chicagoland has addressed the needs of the neighbors surrounding New Life Community Church locations and beyond.
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- Youth
Chicago lost another innocent life this weekend and this one came close to home.
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- Building the Center
From our earliest days of planning, we always knew we wanted to have a Fruit & Vegetable Garden at the future Obama Presidential Center
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- Education
Meet an Obama Alum who is helping young Chicagoans reach their dreams
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- Michelle Obama
President and Mrs. Obama were back in Chicago to show some holiday gratitude to the people and programs taking on some of the biggest issues in the community we call home.
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- Youth
- Chicago
- Changemakers
Read Michael Strautmanis' reflection on his friend and mentor, Dr. Timuel Black, who passed away on Wednesday, October 13.
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- Stories
Read the Obama Foundation's statement on anti-racism and equity.
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- Chicago
President Obama recently spent a day on the South Side of Chicago with some of the Obama Presidential Center's future neighbors.
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- Barack Obama
What makes Chicago one of the best cities in the world? To some, it's the delectable food. For others, it’s the breathtaking skyline and lakefront. Depending on who you root for, it’s the sports. But here at the Obama Foundation, we believe it’s the people
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- Building the Center
The City of Chicago's prep work in Jackson Park officially kicks off our Road to Groundbreaking—a celebration of Chicago and everyone who is helping us make this dream a reality. Join us.
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- Youth
It’s been seven years since President Obama called on the nation to address the persistent opportunity gaps boys and young men of color face and to ensure all young people can reach their full potential.
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- Changemakers
To some, gun violence and broken trust between police and community members seem like problems that are simply too big to fix, but not to Willie Barney.
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- Chicago
Berto Aguayo grew up in Back of the Yards, a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago
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- Watch
When he was just 16, Billy Moore made a tragic mistake, taking the life of another young Chicagoan
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- Chicago
In the Englewood neighborhood, Joseph Williams is also known as “The Black Mr. Rogers.”
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- Changemakers
When Arne Duncan left his job as CEO of Chicago Public Schools in 2009 to serve as Secretary of Education, he thought gun violence in the City had reached its peak. He was wrong.
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- Changemakers
During an especially grueling summer, we spent a month capturing a glimpse of Tracey Lee’s day-to-day life as a violence interrupter, a pastor, and a supermom
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- The Arts
When we wanted to lift up the stories of Antonio Davis, Asiaha Butler, and Kemdah Stroud—three grassroots leaders working on the South Side of Chicago to make a difference—we turned to Chicago-based artist and photographer Tyesha Moores.
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- Chicago
Activist and violence interrupter William Calloway grew up in South Shore, the same Chicago neighborhood where Michelle Obama was born and raised, and the future home of the Obama Presidential Center. See how Will is protecting his community while challeng
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- Barack Obama
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