“Our goal is non to acquaint to a greater extent than or less fixed theory of how modify happens,” quondam President Barack Obama said every bit he opened the master copy session on Tuesday of the Obama Foundation’s outset international summit, held inwards Chicago. “Our goal inwards this session is non to view y'all amongst a whole bunch of PowerPoints, information together with information or a designing for how y'all tin laissez passer notice become dorsum together with create what you’re doing fifty-fifty better. In many ways, nosotros desire to larn from you.
“In other words, this is a large brainstorming session, it’s a large hackathon."
The two-day number kicked off with the welcome from Obama together with a mo welcome from quondam outset lady Michelle Obama together with featured large main-stage sessions with
Ariel Investments President Mellody Hobson together with Prince Harry of Wales, but likewise smaller breakout gatherings where the participants could verbalize together with network.
Wednesday's schedule volition last filled amongst soft-socialists. H5N1 master copy phase discussion will include every bit business office of its panel: Ai-jen Poo of The National Domestic Workers Alliance and Mary Kay Henry of the SEIU.
Breakout session volition include speeches by John McIntire Chairman of Republic of Cuba Emprende Foundation, Taquari Milton of My Brother’s Keeper Boston, Aria Finger of DoSomething.org, Maggie Dunne Founder together with Chair of Board of Lakota Children’s Enrichment, Precious Brady-Davis Deputy Press Secretary of the Sierra Club, Lola Omolola Founder of Female IN (FIN) Facebook group, Michele Norris Founding Director of The Race Card Project together with Susan Rice 24th the U.S. National Security Advisor, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN.
According to the Foundation website:
The Obama Foundation was established 2014 to comport on the great, unfinished projection of renewal together with global progress...
In the most future, the Foundation volition oversee the designing together with structure of the Obama Presidential Center to last designed yesteryear Tod Williams together with Billie Tsien Architects | Partners together with Interactive Design Architects inwards Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago.
Maya Soetoro-Ng, President Obama’s sis sits on the board, every bit does J. Kevin Poorman, CEO of Pritzker Realty Group, and Robert Wolf, former CEO of UBS Americas together with President of the UBS Global Investment Bank.
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