Scholars
- Community Engagement
- Quick Read
Jibreel Jalloh, a passionate civic leader and community organizer from Canarsie, Brooklyn, shares his challenges of addressing gun violence and environmental issues.
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- Community Engagement
- MBK Alliance
From Chicago to Nairobi, fathers and mentors share how parenting deepened their leadership and strengthened their communities.
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- Stories
- Education
Discover how Alani uses servant leadership to empower women fishers across Fiji and the Pacific Islands economically.
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- Stories
- Building the Center
- Defending Democracy
- Virtual Event
A 5-step guide to embracing pluralism, fostering connection, and engaging inclusively this holiday season.
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- Changemakers
- Global Reach
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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- Changemakers
- Programs
Three of the Obama Foundation's global programs launched new cohorts in 2024. Learn more about these programs and how you can support our Leaders, Scholars, and Voyagers.
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- Youth
- Voyagers
Find out what Obama Scholars and Voyagers are learning from our alumni.
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- Health & Wellbeing
- Youth
DeKevious Wilson strengthens youth mental health through policy work.
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- Sustainability
- Global Reach
Obama Scholar creates clean water for rural Indonesians
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- Stories
- Programs
As we reflect on this year, we couldn’t be more proud of the work of our global network of leaders who are tackling some of the most vital issues of our time and working together to strengthen their communities and our institutions.
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- Barack Obama
- Event
- Barack Obama
- Event
President Obama joined with University of Chicago Scholars for a thoughtful conversation about their work and the issues that are impacting their work. He later dropped in to Hyde Park Academy on the South Side of Chicago for a Futures Series conversation!
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- Presidential History
- Programs
Five years later, a look back at President Obama’s farewell address and the call to action that drives our mission at the Foundation
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- Sustainability
- Barack Obama
After delivering remarks during COP26 in Glasgow, President Obama sat down with a group of emerging leaders from around the world who are doing their part to protect the planet. Check out what they discussed.
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- Leaders
- Global Reach
When Robert Katende from the Leaders: Africa program met Vanessa Paranjothy, an Obama Scholar at Columbia University, at the 2018 Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago, they discovered an opportunity to team up to help their communities.
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- Stories
- Chicago
In this opening session, hear from speakers like Janelle Monáe, Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, Cubs President Theo Epstein, and Obama Foundation program participants who are bound together by a shared hope
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- Chicago
- Global Reach
The Obama Foundation hit the ground running this year -- from launching a Fellowship program, to convening hundreds of civic innovators from around the world in Chicago, to hosting trainings for young leaders across the country.
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