Prince Harry to attend Obama Foundation summit for future leaders
CHICAGO: Former president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle are planning a starstudded gathering at the end of this month in their ongoing postWhite House effort to support future leaders.
Prince Harry, Gloria Estefan, and Chance the Rapper are among the names attending the two-day summit here.
The British royal will address the roughly 500 young civic leaders and community activists, chosen from 20,000 applicants from around the world, for what the Obama Foundation promises will be intensive workshops and opportunities to share ideas.
Chance the
Rapper and
Estefan will perform in a public concert to cap the event.
The gathering in the
Ob ama s’ hometown is being organised by their eponymous foundation, which is also building the former president’s library in the Midwestern US city where Obama got his political start.
“The Obama Foundation’s goal is to encourage and empower young people to create positive change in their communities,” David Simas, chief executive of the foundation, said.
Among the attendees highlighted by the foundation was Trisha Shetty of India, who started the organisation SheSays to combat sexual abuse against women.
Other notable speakers was the former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi and Hamdi Ulukaya, founder of the Chobani yogurt brand.
Chance the Rapper, a socially active hip-hop artiste who was born and raised here, was helping to organise the concert finale.
“I want to help inspire and empower young people to change their world,” the artiste said. AFP