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Time for change obama6/17/2023 In law school, he became the first African-American President of the Harvard Law Review, then he returned to Illinois to teach Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago, and to begin a career in public service, winning seats in the Illinois State Senate and the United States Senate.īB: On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. After working his way through college with the help of scholarships and student loans, Obama moved to Chicago where he worked with a group of churches to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants. Obama was raised with help from his grandparents, whose generosity of spirit reflected their Midwestern roots. He was born in Hawai’i to a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya. Excited to have you all join us.īB: Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. I think it’s a very different conversation with President Obama than you’ll hear in other places, because we really talk about his life, his work, we talk about the new book, A Promised Land, but we also dive into the power of vulnerability, leaning into uncertainty, and why that rare skill of holding the tension of opposites makes us better leaders, partners, and parents. A lot of times people do it without language-ing it.īB: But then you dive into President Obama’s new memoir, A Promised Land, which is 700 and something pages starting with growing up, and you see how this skill isn’t taught, instilled, how it comes into play in moments of national crises. ![]() ![]() I’ve been studying this skill about the transformative power of holding opposites, knowing that two things that feel competing and conflicting can both be true, and how the ability to straddle these kind of paradoxes really leads to transformation, and it’s hard to observe this when you’re working with leaders, it’s hard to talk to people about it. This is just… This conversation was so important for me, not just as a person and a leader and a citizen, but I have to say as a researcher. I’m talking with President Barack Obama about leadership, about family, about commitment to service. I’m Brené Brown, and welcome to the Dare to Lead podcast.īB: This is where I squeal and go like, oh my God. ![]() Follow Barack Obamaīrené Brown: Hi, everyone. Obama and his wife, Michelle, are the proud parents of two daughters, Malia and Sasha. The Obama years were ones in which more people not only began to see themselves in the changing face of America, but also began to see America the way he always has-as the only place on earth where so many of our stories could even be possible. On November 4, 2008, Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States. In law school, he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review, then he returned to Illinois to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago and begin a career in public service, winning seats in the Illinois State Senate and the United States Senate. Born in Hawaii to a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, Obama was raised with help from his grandparents, whose generosity of spirit reflected their Midwestern roots.Īfter working his way through college with the help of scholarships and student loans, Obama moved to Chicago, where he worked with a group of churches to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants. Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States.
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