Equality stories

- Leaders
- USA
Han Pham is building connection, visibility, and civic engagement through her community-led work with Badass Asian Women.
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- MBK Alliance
- Youth
See how eight young men from Chicago and Newark gain leadership skills and cultural insight during MBKA's exchange program in Brazil.
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- Youth
- Girls Opportunity Alliance
Watch how Moving the Goalposts is empowering girls through soccer with support from the Girls Opportunity Alliance.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
- Chicago
Discover how dance empowers girls on stage, in leadership, and in life.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
- Chicago
Discover how Jumping Juniors empowers girls through Double Dutch jump rope with support from the Girls Opportunity Alliance.
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- Stories
- Community Engagement
See how Project Exploration creates dynamic STEM learning opportunities for girls on the West Side of Chicago.
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- Community Engagement
- Health & Wellbeing
See how the Girls Opportunity Alliance brings together leaders from across Chicago for connection and capacity building.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
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See how Praize Productions, Inc. nurtures girls’ talent, self-expression, and life skills through performing arts.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
Learn how the Girls Opportunity Alliance helps educate and empower the next generation of Nepali girls.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
Watch how the Girls Opportunity Alliance helps close the gender gap in STEM through digital literacy training for girls.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
Learn how the Girls Opportunity Alliance helps address transportation barriers and safety for girls in Vietnam.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
Learn how the Girls Opportunity Alliance helps adolescent girls in Kenya access high-quality education and holistic support.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
Watch how the Girls Opportunity Alliance supports education access for adolescent girls in Tanzania.
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- Scholars
- Changemakers
Hear from Joséphine Goube on how her nonprofit, Sistech, helps foster connections between refugee women and professionals, breaking stereotypes and building mutual understanding
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- Leaders
- Sustainability
Learn how Filip Koprčina is using blockchain to democratize renewable energy through co-ownership of solar and wind farms.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
- Youth
Learn how the Alliance is joining forces with 26 organizations serving adolescent girls in Chicago and around the world
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- The Arts
The Obama Foundation Futures Series exposes high school students to career pathways through intimate conversations with accomplished leaders.
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- The Arts
The Obama Foundation Futures Series exposes high school students to career pathways through intimate conversations with accomplished leaders.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
Learn how the Girls Opportunity Alliance supports secondary education for girls in rural Peru.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
See how the Girls Opportunity Alliance supports STEM education for Kenyan girls with disabilities.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
Learn how the Girls Opportunity Alliance supports community-driven solutions that advance equality and climate justice in Tanzania.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
Watch how the Girls Opportunity Alliance supports girls through mentorship programs in Chicago.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
- Chicago
See how Girls in the Game is empowering girls through sports programming to develop their health, leadership, and life skills.
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- Leaders
- Changemakers
More than 140,000 women across 155 countries have educational and entrepreneurial opportunities, thanks to the 2023 Obama Leaders.
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- MBK Alliance
- Youth
MBK Omaha has become a Model Community for showing a population-level impact on Milestone 6, all youth remain safe from violent crimes by demonstrating a 30 percent decrease in homicides from 2011 to 2022.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
- Chicago
The Girls Opportunity Alliance supports M.E.A.N. Girls Empowerment's new Resource Van and the state of Illinois declares first Girls Health Matters Day.
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- Alumni
- Changemakers
Get to know several LGBTQIA+ Obama alumni building power in their communities
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- Changemakers
Get to know several LGBTQIA+ Obama alumni building power in their communities
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- Alumni
- Changemakers
Get to know several LGBTQIA+ Obama alumni building power in their communities
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- Alumni
- Changemakers
Get to know several LGBTQIA+ Obama alumni building power in their communities
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- The Arts
Take a look at how President Obama honored this chapter of American history.
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- Defending Democracy
- Education
Hear directly from Adrijana Hanušić Bećirović as she talks about human rights and what the Obama Leadership program has meant to her.
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
- Michelle Obama
Find out how 14 organizations will expand their programing and impact
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- Girls Opportunity Alliance
- Global Reach
Meet five women making a difference with the help of the Girls Opportunity Alliance
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- Voyagers
- USA
Nick Kennedy, an Obama-Chesky Voyager, is advocating for the preservation of Indigenous culture.
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