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Michelle Obama
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at the 2015 Annual Holiday Press Preview - Dec. 2, 2015
December 2, 2015
MRS. OBAMA: Hi, everyone. What’s going on? You guys doing okay? Hi to you guys, the grownups here, too. (Laughter.) Well, welcome to the White House. (Applause.) It’s the holiday time! Let me start by thanking Cilicia for that wonderful introduction, as well as all the volunteers who have traveled from across the country -- and we’ve got people who have come from around the world -- to help us decorate the White House for the holidays. I also want to say a special thank-you all of the servicemembers, our […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at the 2016 School Counselors of the Year Award Ceremony - Jan. 28, 2016
January 28, 2016
Thank you, everyone. (Applause.) Thank you all so much. Rest yourselves. Hi, everyone. Having fun? (Laughter.) We’re at the White House! (Applause.) Okay. It’s okay, we can say it. We’re here, it’s exciting. Welcome to our second annual School Counselor of the Year White House award ceremony. We are just thrilled to have you here. I want to start by thanking Wyatt for that very heartfelt introduction. We are so proud of him and students like him, and I can’t wait to see everything that you’re going to achieve in […]
Gloria Steinem
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Scholars, Witches And Other Freedom Fighters - March 1993
March 1, 1993
Delivered at Salem State College as part of the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the Salem witch trials. Thanks for your generosity of spirit in coming out on a very cold and snowy night and taking a chance on a stranger. We have something very precious together and that is an hour or so in this room. So here's my plan: if all goes well each of us, me included, will leave here with one new fact, one new idea, one new feeling of support, one new subversive organizing […]
Gloria Steinem
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Leaps of Consciousness - Sept. 2004
September 10, 2004
The following is a transcript of the keynote speech delivered by Gloria Steinem at the 3rd Annual Women & Power Conference, organized by Omega Institute and V-Day. There is no place in the world that I would rather be than in this room with the women sitting with us, sitting next to us, reminding us of the fragility of flesh and the durability of the spirit. I am so proud of New Yorkers whose words are the most lasting words for me of 9/11. Our grief is not a cry […]
Gloria Steinem
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Connecting Across the Generations - Sept. 2009
September 11, 2009
The following is a transcript of a speech given by Gloria Steinem at the Women & Power: Connecting Across the Generations Conference held at Omega Institute, September 11-13, 2009. I’m so, so happy to be in this room. I would not be in any other room in the world. I thank you so much, I thank Omega for bringing us all together. I thank each of you who have taken time out of your busy lives to come here. Yes, indeed, I know that technology is important – but we […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at the Annual Nowruz Celebration - Apr. 6, 2016
April 6, 2016
MRS. OBAMA: Hello, everyone! (Applause.) Nowruzetan Mobarak! (Applause.) Yes! Are you guys having a good time? AUDIENCE: Yes! MRS. OBAMA: I hope so. I can hear you upstairs, you do know that? (Laughter.) Well, it is really, truly a pleasure to welcome you to the White House today. And I can’t think of a better way to celebrate our second White House Nowruz than being with all of you this afternoon. And let me start by thanking Maz. I mean, we were cracking up backstage. Max, let’s -- thank you […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at "Hamilton at The White House" Student Workshop
March 14, 2016
MRS. OBAMA: What’s going on? We’re at the White House! (Laughter.) Are you all excited? AUDIENCE: Yes! MRS. OBAMA: I am so excited! Well, let me start by thanking the extraordinary performers from Hamilton! (Applause.) They’re here! They’re all here! (Laughter.) On this stage, we have Lin-Manuel Miranda. (Applause.) We have Daveed Diggs. (Applause.) Christopher Jackson -- Mr. Washington! (Applause.) And the beautiful Phillipa Soo. (Applause.) And I have to give a special shout-out to the students that we have here. (Applause.) We have students from Laurel High school. (Laughter […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at the Fifth Annual International Jazz Day Festival Workshop - Apr. 29, 2016
April 29, 2016
MRS. OBAMA: Hey! (Applause.) How is everybody doing? You guys been hanging out at the White House? Have they been treating you well? You guys good? You guys comfortable? AUDIENCE: Yes. MRS. OBAMA: We heard you up there jamming. It was a good way to start the morning. So welcome to the White House, everybody. I hope everybody is treating you well. I want to start by thanking the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, as well as the folks at UNESCO, and so many others who have made this day […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at the National Medal foe Museum and Library Awards - Jun. 1, 2016
June 1, 2016
MRS. OBAMA: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thanks so much. You all, rest yourselves. Thank you. Welcome! Welcome to the White House as we award the 2016 National Medals for Museum and Library Service. I want to start by thanking Kathryn for that wonderful introduction and for her extraordinary leadership, as well as everyone from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. I know she gave out all the accolades before I came out, but I want to join in and thank everyone for their hard work, their continuous hard work, […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at the Turnaround Arts Talent Show - May 25, 2016
May 25, 2016
Thank you all. Everyone, please rest yourselves. Hello, and welcome to the White House for what is my favorite event of the year! (Applause.) Oh, I am thrilled that all of you could be here for our second White House Turnaround Arts Talent Show! (Applause.) And we've spruced it up here. This year, we’ve upped it. We got lighting and all kinds of atmosphere going on. (Laughter.) Let me start by thanking the National Endowment for the Arts and the Department of Education for their leadership and their love and […]