PSA:
Starting today, you can sign up for 2018 health coverage. Head on over to https://t.co/ob1Ynoesod and find a plan that meets your needs. https://t.co/6vYt83w74T
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 1, 2017
I didn’t know I qualified for Medicaid until I tried to buy health care. I didn’t know I qualified for food stamps until I got Medicaid
— Dr. Time (@tcarmody) November 2, 2017
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“…What’s wrong with our politics is a reflection of something that’s wrong with the civic culture," Obama said https://t.co/dKYRgdKyfs pic.twitter.com/xYzsA3vA6S
— POLITICO (@politico) November 1, 2017
Former President Barack Obama kicked off the inaugural summit of the Obama Foundation here Tuesday, calling it “an experiment in us trying to have a collective conversation.”
Set to be the central focus of his post-presidency, and seeded with Obama’s own ambition to have the rest of his life exceed the impact of his eight years in White House, the foundation launched with programs and goals still taking shape. There have been training sessions for young activists, with plans for more; 20 Obama Foundation fellows will be announced next year out of a 19,000-person applicant pool; and this meeting is meant to be the beginning of creating a hub and network of innovative up-and-coming leaders…
Organizers stressed that the key is to continue sorting out what exactly they will be doing in the decades to come.
“This is the literally the beginning,” said foundation CEO David Simas, who was previously the White House political director. “We are being deliberate over the course of the rest of this year and into next year about testing different approaches and getting it right before we take it to scale.”
"Here at the #ObamaSummit we have people from 60 countries & all 50 states." – @LizDozier of @Chicago_Beyond pic.twitter.com/CmxXIKCsJt
— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) October 31, 2017
Guy sitting in the back row of breakout session at #obamasummit looks sort of familiar: pic.twitter.com/FQk8NIFaj2
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) November 1, 2017
At #ObamaSummit met so many ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Magic to see them connect with each other. https://t.co/rvMGAVmdpu
— Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) November 1, 2017
“I could not have been more inspired by what I saw and what I heard from all of you.” —@BarackObama on the #ObamaSummit pic.twitter.com/yvsXzYxo61
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) November 2, 2017
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