Newsletter

• Equality
• Presidential History

When then-Senator Obama delivered a speech titled “A More Perfect Union” 15 years ago today, it became known simply as the “speech on race.”

• Watch
• Barack Obama

Then five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia is graduating high school as part of the class of 2022. Watch his reunion with President Obama.

• MBK Alliance
• Youth

I Am My Brother's Keeper

• Health & Wellbeing
• Stories

"If ever there was a time in which strengthening our communities, supporting fresh leadership, building trust, and taking care of each other were paramount, now is that time." Read the message Obama Foundation CEO David Simas shared in our 2019 Annual Repo

• Barack Obama
• Health & Wellbeing

Today, we sent the message below to our email subscribers about President Obama’s response to the tragic killing of George Floyd.

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• Michelle Obama

In honor of International Women's Day, Mrs. Obama shared the note below with our email subscribers

• 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.

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• Obama Fellows

To celebrate Father’s Day, we sent the message below to our email list highlighting the work of one of our 2019 Fellows, Charles Daniels.

• Leaders
• Changemakers

This Mother's Day, we sent the message below to our full email list lifting up the incredible moms in our programs who are making their communities a better place for all—and raising the next generation of changemakers at the same time.

• Changemakers
• Global Reach

To celebrate International Women's Day, we sent the message below to our email list lifting up the work of Obama Foundation program participants who are carrying forward the hard work of helping women and girls around the world chase their dreams.

• Building the Center
• Chicago

As people across the country and around the world come together to celebrate the joy of the holiday season, we wanted to share with you the design of this year's holiday card.

• MBK Alliance
• Watch

After an incredibly powerful and thought-provoking Town Hall conversation with Common, , MBKA advisory council chair, Broderick Johnson, and executive director of MBK Alliance, Michael Smith, sent the note below to everyone who tuned in

• Chicago
• Illinois

David Simas sends a message to the Obama Foundation email list announcing the story of our first year — the annual report for 2017.

• Changemakers
• Barack Obama

President Obama sent a message to the Obama Foundation email list on Mandela Day and Madiba's legacy, and his reflections on the inspiring young people he met at the Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa convening in Johannesburg, South Africa.

• Community Engagement
• Chicago

As the 200 emerging African leaders we brought together as part of our Leaders: Africa convening to exchange ideas on how to create positive change in their communities carried out a service project to celebrate Mandela Day, we did the same right here in C

• Obama Picks
• Leaders

Earlier today, Bernadette Meehan shared the message below with our full email list ahead of the Leaders: Africa convening in Johannesburg, South Africa July 14-18

• Barack Obama
• Programs

This morning, President Obama sent a message to the Obama Foundation email list to announce our next steps, including the first set of projects for Fall 2017 and the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago