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 Nov 3 2009, 01:23 PM
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QUOTE From Politico Michelle launches mentoring program By: Nia-Malika Henderson November 2, 2009 05:53 PM EST First Lady Michelle Obama kicked off a leadership and mentoring program Tuesday, opening the White House to 20 high school girls who will pair up with top administration officials to learn life skills. At a gathering in the State Dining room, Obama told the girls that mentoring has always been important to her, and that she wanted to use her platform as first lady to "expand the mentoring role." "In every part of government, there are women who are hungry to help bring you guys up," she said. "I always wanted to be a bridge between kids like me and the possibilities that can propel them to greatness." Second Lady Jill Biden, White House advisor Valerie Jarrett, Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, and several members of the first lady's staff and the senior staff in the West Wing will serve as mentors. The 20 protégées, who are sophomores and juniors, were chosen by principals at area high schools and include young women from military families. East Wing aides said that the program is a spin-off of the Women of Excellence event that Obama hosted at the White House in March, where celebrities, including Alicia Keys and Sheryl Crow, fanned out to local high schools to speak to young girls. In the coming months, Obama will take that program on the road, aides said. The West Wing also will launch a mentoring and leadership program for high school boys that the president will participate in, aides said. (Follow my lead son.  )The year long program headed by FLOTUS will include financial literacy training and exposure to different career paths, as well as possible field trips with the first lady, advisors said. One student who is interested in foreign affairs wanted to know what she could get out of the program, and Obama suggested that through the State Department, there could be "access to ambassadors." "The resources are infinite in terms of women in this administration who want to share with you," Obama said. The first lady has stressed the importance of community service since moving into the White House; previously she ran a community service program in Chicago after leaving her job as a corporate lawyer. She has visited area schools and hosted hundreds of school children at the White House for gardening events as well as musical events. She told the girls that with their unique opportunity, there is responsibility too. "We have some expectations from you as well, that when you get to this position, you do the same for someone else," she said. "And if we keep building in that way, holding one another up, there's no telling what we can do." © 2009 Capitol News Company, LLC Love it! Love it! Love it! This is is some "Talented Tenth" ish. -------------------- IF - How to be a (WO)MAN... "He (Krishnamurti) said he did not want to belong to any organization of a spiritual kind, because such an organization becomes a weakness, a bondage, and cripples the individual. He said that he did not want any followers or disciples, because the moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth. He said that no one holds the key to Truth, that key is your own self, and in the purification and incorruptibility of that self alone."-- Asit Chandmal (one Thousand Suns) “We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.” -- Paulo Coelho “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” -- Douglas Adams The font game... QUOTE (GoodieGoddess @ May 21 2008, 05:47 PM)  Ahhh now I see. I thought he meant what he typed. QUOTE (AngeeBaby @ Feb 13 2009, 09:50 AM) It's my fault... I shouldn't have read this post anyway. Social Angst Riddle. Wrapped. Enigma. The Anti-Twitter?. You're so vain; you probably think this post is about you, don't you? |
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Nov 3 2009, 01:31 PM
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 pretty dread man lover Group: Members Posts: 4,364 Joined: 15-September 03 From: nola Member No.: 354 |
great idea! having a good mentor on your side can seriously be the difference between success and failure...i hope the kids can appreciate the enormity of this opp!
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Nov 3 2009, 01:51 PM
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QUOTE (MsBrg722 @ Nov 3 2009, 01:23 PM) <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1155201977" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=47664161001&playerId=1155201977&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> Love it! Love it! Love it! This is is some "Talented Tenth" ish. Michelle O. is the paradigm of what 'the First Lady' should be in every way. I honestly think the past first ladies and current 'political' wives look at her with envy --------------------  Quotes/lines/disses I like from TC or anywhere else: *fascinating not because of any reality they reveal but because of the fantasy they unleash (some article) *you are the regret of one, and never in a million years, of the rest. (ms. brg) *you pray...i'll kick some ass (KIM) *“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.” - (Paulo Coelho) *ok, no more, you're in detention, go and sit in the corner and play with yourself. (ZJL) |
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Nov 3 2009, 01:58 PM
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The red pill. Group: Members Posts: 8,532 Joined: 7-June 05 Member No.: 3,288 |
QUOTE (dreadedcutiepie @ Nov 3 2009, 01:31 PM) great idea! having a good mentor on your side can seriously be the difference between success and failure...i hope the kids can appreciate the enormity of this opp! You're starting to really sound like school admin. 
-------------------- IF - How to be a (WO)MAN... "He (Krishnamurti) said he did not want to belong to any organization of a spiritual kind, because such an organization becomes a weakness, a bondage, and cripples the individual. He said that he did not want any followers or disciples, because the moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth. He said that no one holds the key to Truth, that key is your own self, and in the purification and incorruptibility of that self alone."-- Asit Chandmal (one Thousand Suns) “We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.” -- Paulo Coelho “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” -- Douglas Adams The font game... QUOTE (GoodieGoddess @ May 21 2008, 05:47 PM) Ahhh now I see. I thought he meant what he typed. QUOTE (AngeeBaby @ Feb 13 2009, 09:50 AM) It's my fault... I shouldn't have read this post anyway. Social Angst Riddle. Wrapped. Enigma. The Anti-Twitter?. You're so vain; you probably think this post is about you, don't you? |
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Nov 3 2009, 02:03 PM
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i love it.
-------------------- Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. by Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles "We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." -E. M. Forster  my shero in my borough  my fashion thread - ask away!!! |
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Nov 3 2009, 02:09 PM
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pretty dread man lover Group: Members Posts: 4,364 Joined: 15-September 03 From: nola Member No.: 354 |
QUOTE (MsBrg722 @ Nov 3 2009, 01:58 PM) You're starting to really sound like school admin.  i crack up when i hear myself sometimes
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Nov 3 2009, 02:36 PM
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 First the gays, then the girls, and then the world Group: Members Posts: 15,535 Joined: 8-November 04 Member No.: 2,487 |
I LOVE THIS WOMAN!
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Nov 4 2009, 10:39 AM
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 When I said I was lying I might have been lying Group: Members Posts: 9,170 Joined: 24-September 03 Member No.: 543 |
did she really say "people are always asking my mom: how did you make a Michelle"? Cause I know the answer, and it involves her parents having sex.
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Nov 4 2009, 11:04 AM
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QUOTE (Hollywood Cole @ Nov 4 2009, 10:39 AM) did she really say "people are always asking my mom: how did you make a Michelle"? Cause I know the answer, and it involves her parents having sex. If I ever got the opportunity to meet your mother, I'd ask her a similar question about you. I expect that her answer would involve a sexual description and, of course, a long list of narcotics. I kid, I kid.
-------------------- IF - How to be a (WO)MAN... "He (Krishnamurti) said he did not want to belong to any organization of a spiritual kind, because such an organization becomes a weakness, a bondage, and cripples the individual. He said that he did not want any followers or disciples, because the moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth. He said that no one holds the key to Truth, that key is your own self, and in the purification and incorruptibility of that self alone."-- Asit Chandmal (one Thousand Suns) “We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.” -- Paulo Coelho “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” -- Douglas Adams The font game... QUOTE (GoodieGoddess @ May 21 2008, 05:47 PM) Ahhh now I see. I thought he meant what he typed. QUOTE (AngeeBaby @ Feb 13 2009, 09:50 AM) It's my fault... I shouldn't have read this post anyway. Social Angst Riddle. Wrapped. Enigma. The Anti-Twitter?. You're so vain; you probably think this post is about you, don't you? |
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Nov 4 2009, 11:15 AM
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When I said I was lying I might have been lying Group: Members Posts: 9,170 Joined: 24-September 03 Member No.: 543 |
booo Veruca, booooooo...I honestly held back here lol.
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