October 12, 2025 • 2 mins
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Michelle Obama has been making headlines in early October 2025 with both personal celebrations and professional initiatives. The former First Lady and her husband Barack Obama marked their 33rd wedding anniversary on October 3rd with heartfelt social media tributes to each other. Michelle posted that she loves Barack even more today than on their wedding day in 1992, while he called marrying her the best decision he ever made, praising her strength, grace, and determination. The anniversary posts came months after the couple dismissed divorce rumors with jokes on Michelle's podcast.
On the philanthropic front, Michelle Obama announced a major commitment through the Obama Foundation's Girls Opportunity Alliance on October 11th, which is International Day of the Girl. The organization pledged to rally 2.5 million dollars for dozens of grassroots groups that advance adolescent girls' education in economically disadvantaged areas worldwide. These organizations work to overcome barriers like child marriage, sexual abuse, and school dropout rates by covering costs and providing counseling and support. Executive Director Tiffany Drake emphasized the crucial timing of this funding, especially as UNICEF projects that budget cuts in global education funding could push six million girls out of school by the end of next year.
The Girls Opportunity Alliance recently held a convening in Mauritius bringing together Asian and African network members. One grant recipient from Tanzania, Jackie Bomboma of the Young Strong Mothers Foundation, shared that the girls she serves call themselves the children of Michelle Obama, highlighting the former First Lady's powerful influence as a role model. The grants can reach up to fifty thousand dollars per organization and include access to training sessions and partnerships with major groups like UNICEF and Save the Children.
Unfortunately, Michelle Obama's name also surfaced in controversy when Denver school board candidate Jeremy Harris faced scrutiny for a 2016 Facebook post where he compared her to an ape. Harris has since called the comment inappropriate and unacceptable, though accounts differ about whether he properly apologized.
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Michelle Obama has been making headlines in early October 2025 with both personal celebrations and professional initiatives. The former First Lady and her husband Barack Obama marked their 33rd wedding anniversary on October 3rd with heartfelt social media tributes to each other. Michelle posted that she loves Barack even more today than on their wedding day in 1992, while he called marrying her the best decision he ever made, praising her strength, grace, and determination. The anniversary posts came months after the couple dismissed divorce rumors with jokes on Michelle's podcast.
On the philanthropic front, Michelle Obama announced a major commitment through the Obama Foundation's Girls Opportunity Alliance on October 11th, which is International Day of the Girl. The organization pledged to rally 2.5 million dollars for dozens of grassroots groups that advance adolescent girls' education in economically disadvantaged areas worldwide. These organizations work to overcome barriers like child marriage, sexual abuse, and school dropout rates by covering costs and providing counseling and support. Executive Director Tiffany Drake emphasized the crucial timing of this funding, especially as UNICEF projects that budget cuts in global education funding could push six million girls out of school by the end of next year.
The Girls Opportunity Alliance recently held a convening in Mauritius bringing together Asian and African network members. One grant recipient from Tanzania, Jackie Bomboma of the Young Strong Mothers Foundation, shared that the girls she serves call themselves the children of Michelle Obama, highlighting the former First Lady's powerful influence as a role model. The grants can reach up to fifty thousand dollars per organization and include access to training sessions and partnerships with major groups like UNICEF and Save the Children.
Unfortunately, Michelle Obama's name also surfaced in controversy when Denver school board candidate Jeremy Harris faced scrutiny for a 2016 Facebook post where he compared her to an ape. Harris has since called the comment inappropriate and unacceptable, though accounts differ about whether he properly apologized.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Michelle Obama has been making headlines in early October twenty
twenty five with both personal celebrations and professional initiatives. The
former First Lady and her husband, Barack Obama marked their
thirty third wedding anniversary on October third with heartfelt social
media tributes to each other. Michelle posted that she loves
Barack even more today than on their wedding day in
(00:21):
nineteen ninety two, while he called marrying her the best
decision he ever made, praising her strength, grace, and determination.
The anniversary posts came once after the couple dismissed divorce
rumors with jokes on Michelle's podcast. On the philanthropic front,
Michelle Obama announced a major commitment through the Obama Foundation's
Girl's Opportunity Alliance on October eleventh, which is International Day
(00:45):
of the Girl. The organization pledged to rally two point
five million dollars for dozens of Grasswords groups that advance
adolescent girls education in economically disadvantaged areas worldwide. These organizations
worked to overcome bar barriers like child marriage, sexual abuse,
and school dropout rates by covering costs and providing counseling
(01:06):
and support. Executive director Tiffany Drake emphasized the crucial timing
of this funding, especially as UNISEF projects that budget cuts
in global education funding could push six million girls out
of school by the end of next year. The Girl's
Opportunity Alliance recently held a convening in Mauritius, bringing together
Asian and African network members. One grant recipient from Tanzania,
(01:28):
Jackie Bomboma of the Young Strong Mother's Foundation, shared that
the girls she serves called themselves the children of Michelle Obama,
highlighting the former First Lady's powerful influence as a role model.
The grants can reach up to fifty thousand dollars per
organization and include access to training sessions and partnerships with
major groups like UNICEF and Save the Children. Unfortunately, Michelle
(01:51):
Obama's name also surfaced in controversy when Denver's school board
candidate Jeremy Harris faced scrutiny for a twenty sixteen Facebook
post where he can compared her to an ape. Harris
has since called the comment inappropriate and unacceptable, though accounts
differ about whether he properly apologized. And that is it
for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and
(02:12):
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Michelle Obama has been making headlines in early October twenty
twenty five with both personal celebrations and professional initiatives. The
former First Lady and her husband, Barack Obama marked their
thirty third wedding anniversary on October third with heartfelt social
media tributes to each other. Michelle posted that she loves
Barack even more today than on their wedding day in
(00:21):
nineteen ninety two, while he called marrying her the best
decision he ever made, praising her strength, grace, and determination.
The anniversary posts came once after the couple dismissed divorce
rumors with jokes on Michelle's podcast. On the philanthropic front,
Michelle Obama announced a major commitment through the Obama Foundation's
Girl's Opportunity Alliance on October eleventh, which is International Day
(00:45):
of the Girl. The organization pledged to rally two point
five million dollars for dozens of Grasswords groups that advance
adolescent girls education in economically disadvantaged areas worldwide. These organizations
worked to overcome bar barriers like child marriage, sexual abuse,
and school dropout rates by covering costs and providing counseling
(01:06):
and support. Executive director Tiffany Drake emphasized the crucial timing
of this funding, especially as UNISEF projects that budget cuts
in global education funding could push six million girls out
of school by the end of next year. The Girl's
Opportunity Alliance recently held a convening in Mauritius, bringing together
Asian and African network members. One grant recipient from Tanzania,
(01:28):
Jackie Bomboma of the Young Strong Mother's Foundation, shared that
the girls she serves called themselves the children of Michelle Obama,
highlighting the former First Lady's powerful influence as a role model.
The grants can reach up to fifty thousand dollars per
organization and include access to training sessions and partnerships with
major groups like UNICEF and Save the Children. Unfortunately, Michelle
(01:51):
Obama's name also surfaced in controversy when Denver's school board
candidate Jeremy Harris faced scrutiny for a twenty sixteen Facebook
post where he can compared her to an ape. Harris
has since called the comment inappropriate and unacceptable, though accounts
differ about whether he properly apologized. And that is it
for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and
(02:12):
never miss an update on the shell. Obama, thanks for listening.
This has been a quiet please production. For more check
out Quiet Please dot ai or search the turn biosnap
wherever you listen
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