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- Equality
- Your Voice
This Pride Month and every month, we are committed to uplifting and supporting the LGBTQ+ community.
Learn more![A graphic showing a woman and toddler with medium-dark skin tone digging in a garden. The words "The Obama Foundation and Emerald South invite you to celebrate Earth Day 2023, Saturday April 22 11am-2pm, Washington Park Refectory, 5531 S Martin Luther King Drive" and a "Join Us" button.](http://images.ctfassets.net/l7h59hfnlxjx/1RwO9ByMO1atoBc2n2ZXVd/20c45d31bfc7375d4784e2ea99272f52/OF_2023_Earth_Day_Invite-1200x720.png?q=75&w=1014&fm=)
- Sustainability
- Take Action
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.
Learn more![Barack Obama wearing black pants and hiking boots walks uphill along a gray, rocky path outlined by ropes. Others walk ahead and behind him. The sky is a deep blue.](http://images.ctfassets.net/l7h59hfnlxjx/1RAdIfq1umfSXNWLFaurtR/a277efeef23606cd6bb9b5475974c307/Hi_j0116.jpg?q=75&w=1014&fm=webp)
- Take Action
- Sustainability
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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- Take Action
- Michelle Obama
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
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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- Watch
- Michelle Obama
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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- Watch
- Chicago
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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