I got my start on the South Side of Chicago, right down the street from where we’re building the Center, and the lessons I learned in these neighborhoods ended up shaping my life. The Obama Presidential Center is our way of paying it forward.

Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much.

Happy Mother’s Day photo for tomorrow, now speaking with @grok 💖💖 This 1990 poster was one of the first modeling jobs I did when I moved from Johannesburg to Toronto. They didn’t even ask if I had children. They needed me as, at 41, I was the oldest model in Canada. I told this story in my book as this poster got me my start to obtaining a credit rating. #AWomanMakesAPlan# 📖 #ItsGreatToBe78# @XFashion