Posts Tagged ‘diversity
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Dec
19
Portrait Of A Nation
So proud to present the Portrait of a Nation Prize to my good friend, @Lin_Manuel. Love this guy—with his melodies,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) November 18, 2019👀 #BitOfANight #MoreTomorrow twitter.com/michelleobama/…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) November 18, 2019****
About last night... (a @smithsoniannpg gala picture thread) https://t.co/VTs1sj9rZU
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) November 18, 201920
Jul
19
It’s Our America
What truly makes our country great is its diversity. I’ve seen that beauty in so many ways over the years. Whether… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) July 19, 201908
Nov
18
Good Gains
The new faces of Congress. This is not a drill! #DemsTakeTheHouse #ElectionResults2018 https://t.co/lNlWwRAi48
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Brittani Jackson, MD (@DrBrittaniJ) November 07, 2018290+ State leg seats flipped
29+ House seats flipped
7+ Gov flipped
7 State leg chambers flipped
4 GOP supermajorit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 07, 2018Democratic gains at the state level are the most important, and most easily overlooked. 333 legislative seats, 7 ne… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) November 07, 201813
Apr
18
An Impressive President
11
Oct
17
Inclusiveness
'Because one side, all men, all white.'
Watch Michelle Obama get real about the racial divide in Congress https://t.co/f0h7Fu2cag
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NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 10, 201707
Jun
17
Hanging With The First Lady
Click on the first tweet to watch the full event
LIVE on #Periscope: Michelle Obama will be speaking at WWDC pscp.tv/w/bAV3RTMyNjQw…
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Nick Takayama (@ntakayama) June 06, 2017Thank you @MichelleObama for sharing your views on diversity & innovation, and for encouraging developers to make… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Tim Cook (@tim_cook) June 06, 201708
Mar
17
Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
So impressed by the extraordinary girls I met at @CardozoEC who represent the beauty and diversity of this country.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) March 08, 2017On International Women’s Day, @MichelleObama and I are inspired by all of you who embrace your power to drive chang… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 08, 2017****
Celebrating the beauty and diversity of our country on this #InternationalWomensDay with some of the many fierce and promising girls here at DC’s Cardozo Education Campus. I loved visiting this school because it tells the American story in so many ways. Three years ago, Cardozo established its International Academy with only 150 students, but today it boasts nearly 400 who are thriving in and out of the classroom. By embracing young immigrants and their diverse cultures and contributions, Cardozo is a model for our entire country. The girls I met with today are ready to take on the world. We’ve just got to make sure that the world is ready for them.
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.@MichelleObama & Chancellor Wilson empower our Cardozo ladies today for #InternationalWomensDay @dcpublicschools https://t.co/n9EktejrgC
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Cardozo EC (@CardozoEC) March 08, 2017In honor of #InternationalWomensDay, @BarackObama shares a touching letter he and @MichelleObama received:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) March 08, 2017So much to celebrate from the past eight years. https://t.co/Glmen3TRjv
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The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) November 25, 2016
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Ted Johnson: Michelle Obama Interview: How FLOTUS Used Pop Culture Stardom To Make An Impact
“What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way,” Obama says in an interview with Variety in her upstairs White House office, decorated in an eclectic mix of abstract art and framed mementos from her tenure. “My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen. Has it worked? A case in point: The Carpool Karaoke segment highlighted one of Obama’s key initiatives, Let Girls Learn, a worldwide plan of action to promote girls’ access to education. She and Corden also sang “This Is for My Girls,” According to Nielsen, digital sales of “This Is for My Girls” climbed a whopping 1,562% in the week after the segment aired. And it generated almost 40 million views on YouTube. Her first major push to engage the entertainment community came in June 2011, when she appeared at the Writers Guild of America, West to talk about her initiative to support military families, called Joining Forces, and to encourage content creators to incorporate stories about military families in their shows and movies. “Army Wives” creator Katherine Fugate says that shows like “Glee” and “Grey’s Anatomy” followed suit by featuring episodes with military characters. She credits the first lady’s ability to connect with audiences — and with people individually.
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“For so many people, television and movies may be the only way they understand people who aren’t like them,” she says. “And when I come across many little black girls who come up to me over the course of this 7½ years with tears in their eyes, and they say: ‘Thank you for being a role model for me. I don’t see educated black women on TV, and the fact that you’re first lady validates who I am….’”She adds, “My mom says it all the time: ‘People are so enamored of Michelle and Barack Obama.’ And she says, ‘There are millions of Michelle and Barack Obamas.’ We’re not new. We’re not special. People who come from intact families who are educated, who have values, who care for their kids, who raise their kids — if you don’t see that on TV, and you don’t live in communities with people like me, you never know who we are, and you can make and be susceptible to all sorts of assumptions and stereotypes and biases, based on nothing but what you see and hear on TV. So it becomes very important for the world to see different images of each other, so that, again, we can develop empathy and understanding.”
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Michelle Obama Interview: How FLOTUS Used Pop Culture Stardom to Make an Impact bit.ly/2bcIFNS https://t.co/edYqxdY0zX
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(@Variety) August 23, 2016
The Obama Diary 
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