President Barack Obama drops by a meeting with young leaders

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President Obama Drops by Youth Initiative De-Brief
Posted by Kalpen Modi on June 08, 2011 at 10:29 AM EDT
President Barack Obama drops by a meeting with young leaders


President Barack Obama drops by a meeting with young leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, June 6, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


Yesterday afternoon, I had the privilege of leading a meeting with 10 incredible young Americans who had participated in the “100 Youth Roundtables” Initiative and came to Washington, DC for a de-brief with President Obama, his Senior Staff, and DC-based youth advocates.

The young leaders were joined by Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Nancy-Ann DeParle (Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy), Zakiya Smith (Senior Policy Advisor for Education), Macon Phillips (Director of Digital Strategy), and myself in the Roosevelt Room of the White House for a listening session on the topics that young leaders discussed in their respective roundtable sessions all over the country. The leaders briefed the White House on their conversations and solutions around jobs for young people, youth entrepreneurship, workforce development, energy & the environment, global poverty, racial & ethnic profiling, human rights, and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) policy.

Halfway through the meeting, President Obama dropped by (with Bo in tow), and after meeting everyone, took a seat and talked about a range of topics: from the economic situation to climate change, education, incarcerated youth, Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell, the Social Work and Reinvestment Act, and civic engagement.

Participants of yesterday’s de-brief were chosen from the feedback sheets we received (from folks who organized roundtables in their communities), and reflected the trends that were discussed nationwide (the data from all roundtables will be launched with the E-book in a couple of weeks).

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/08/president-obama-drops-youth-initiative-de-brief

[JTFrog]

1. K&R!

[ClarkUSA]

2. I hope they will be active in the Democratic Party and run for office someday.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Where's Bo?

We want pictures of Bo!

[Safetykitten]

4. ...to crush their dreams in a new world of no jobs or low pay jobs.

[dionysus]

7. .

:cry:

[Raine1967]

5. K&R!

I hope that people will please refrain from peeing in my cornflakes... :P

This is a wonderful thing!

[Hutzpa]

6. One of the main reason why there has been slow job growth

is because an employer requires an employee to have an outstanding good credit.

The job market will not grow based on these demands, unless the President push
Congress to enact a law that forbids employers doing credit checks we will
continue to see high unemployment rate.