I was smacked in the mouth, handcuffed & made to sit in the back of a patrol car. I was walking through a predominately white neighborhood on my way home from the store. Cop pulled over, got out, asked me my name. I asked him “why?” That’s it.
— DB Woodside (@dbwofficial) June 1, 2020
I was 7 years old. 7.
Posts Tagged ‘kid
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Jun
20
7 Years Old
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Jun
20
Your Education Begins Now
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Jul
16
A Rose For The President
Pete Souza: President Obama smells a rose given to him by Sophia Ahmadi, 2, during the Eid al-Fitr reception yesterday.
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Jun
16
Early Bird Chat
A baby plays with President Barack Obama while he greets people after arriving at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado
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All Times Eastern
1:40PM: President Obama departs the White House
4:20PM: He arrives in Miami, Florida
4:50PM: He participates in a fundraiser for Senate Democrats at a private residence in Miami
7:20PM: He delivers remarks and takes questions at a DNC fundraiser at a private residence in Miami
8:35PM: He departs Miami
9:15PM: He arrives in Palm City, Florida
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Oct
15
The Stars Were Out…..
President Barack Obama talks with 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed during the second Astronomy Night on the South Lawn of the White House. Invited to the White House for the science event, Mohamed was handcuffed and questioned by police last month when he brought a homemade electronic clock to class at MacArthur High School in Irving, TX, and officials ‘mistook’ it for a bomb.
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Former astronaut and NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate John Grunsfeld poses for a selfie with Ahmed Mohamed
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President Obama with Brooklyn student Agatha Sofia Alvarez-Bareiro
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House Summit on Working Families at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington. President Obama, as part of efforts to make the U.S. workplace more accommodating for employees with families, will on Monday direct federal agencies to step up efforts to give workers more leeway in determining their schedules.
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President Barack Obama is introduced by Lisa Rumain of Martinsville, N.J., at The White House Summit on Working Families
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President Barack Obama sits with, from left, Mark Weinberger, Ernst & Young, Alex Gorsky, CEO of Johnson and Johnson, Shelia Marcello, CEO of Care.com, Debra Lee, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, and Dave Lissy from Bright Horizons during their meeting at the White House Summit on Working Families
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Marlei Martinez: Obama Seeks ‘Good, Strong, Healthy Families’
President Barack Obama is encouraging Congress and the country to focus on issues here at home — namely how to improve the livelihoods of working families.Here are the five things we learned from our sitdown with the President: 1. The goal of the summit is … “… to lift up the conversation that everybody is already having individually and let people know you’re not alone out here,” Obama said. Priority one: Paid family leave According to a survey from the United Nations’ labor agency, of the 185 countries and territories with readily available information, only three do not provide paid maternity leave. And, you guessed it, the United States made that list. The other two countries are Oman and Papua New Guinea. “Paid family leave, we’re the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t have it,” the President said. “It doesn’t make any sense. There are a lot of countries that are a lot poorer than we are that also have it.”
Priority two: Workplace flexibility The President said he’s pushing for workplace flexibility to give parents the opportunity to become more involved in their children’s lives and education. “We always say that we want parents involved in our kids’ education,” he said. “There are millions of families out there who can’t even imagine taking time off to go to a parent-teacher conference.” This type of workplace flexibility is a practice that he and the first lady believe will improve employee morale and motivation. Priority three: Child care. “We don’t do a very good job providing high-quality, affordable child care, and there are a lot of countries, a lot of our competitors do it,” Obama told Bolduan. “That means that it’s a lot easier for women to be in the workforce and not have to make choices that ultimately mean they’re, in some cases, getting paid less or having less opportunities. And it also means, by the way, that our kids are more likely to thrive.” Add to that list: Equal pay for equal work.
More here
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President Barack Obama mimics someone handing him a baby
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President Barack Obama walks down Calvert Street NW to have lunch at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Washington, before they attended the White House Summit on Working Families. Walking with President Obama, from second from left are, Shirley Young, Shelby Ramirez, Lisa Rumain, and Rodger Trombley
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President Barack Obama with Shelby Ramirez
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Robin Roberts and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House Summit on Working Families
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Sep
13
Hugs
The First Lady gets a big hug from a student during her visit to Orr Elementary School in Washington, Sept 6. She was joined by Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix, second from right, and Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes, right.
More photos and video of the First Lady’s visit to Orr Elementary here
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Aug
13
Tee Time
Aileen Mahoney, 8, shows the special wave she plans to use to get the attention of the president as he passes by in his motorcade in Martha’s Vineyard
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… at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard. President Obama’s foursome included Marvin Nicholson, Robert Wolf, and Sam Kass.
Thank yoooooooou LP for the extra pics
Newsie stuff in the morning, I think we all needed a break today – especially when we had Donna Dem’s birthday to celebrate!
Chat away evening/night owls.
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