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Michelle Obamas When We All Vote is hosting its first-ever Culture of Democracy Summit.

The When We All Vote initiative was launched in 2018 by Obamawith the aim of creating a nonpartisan grassroots movement that changed the culture of voting. Since then, Obama has been integral in lending her celebrity to a number of high profile, culturally transformative events. Through leveraging moments like #ClubQuarantine with DJ D-Nice and The Roots Picnic with The Legendary Roots Crew, she has been able to fulfill her mission of increasing voter registration and closing the race and age gap among voters.

Now the initiative has announced its first-ever Culture of Democracy Summit, looking to extendits influence to the whole of government, partnering with a number of industry leaders to discuss the role different industries play in protecting and strengthening democracy through voter registration, education, mobilization and culture change, a press release reads. The hybrid event will take place in Los Angeles, with virtualprogramming on the first day followed by in-person experiences on the second and third days. Obama, who serves as founder and Co-Chair of When We All Vote will be the keynote speaker.

Co-Chairs Janelle Mone, Kerry Washington, and Liza Koshy will also be in attendance alongside When We All Vote ambassadors Tracee Ellis Ross, Loni Love, and rapper Jeezy. Other speakers include journalist Nikole Hannah Jones, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Common, social justice advocate Alexis McGill Johnson, entertainment journalist Gia Peppers, Campaign Legal Center advocate Gicola Lane, actor Jay Ellis, NBA Players Association President CJ McCollum, WNBA Players Association President Nneka Ogwumike, Co-Chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign Rev. Dr. William Joseph Barber II, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Magic Johnson, and more.

The event is sponsored by a number of prominent organizations including Airbnb, BET, Live Nation Urban, Lyft, Sony Music Group, MTV, and the MacArthur Foundation. The main goalis to bring together influencers from all types of sectors to elevate the national conversation around protecting and expanding democracy.

The Culture of Democracy Summit is set to take place June 10 through June 13, just in time for the midterm elections. For more information about the event, click here.

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Former Attorney General Eric Holder predicted America could fall into political apartheid thanks to an unjust concentration of power in a Monday interview.

We are in danger of slipping into a what I would call a political apartheid system where a minority of the people in this country will have disproportionate amounts of power and be able to put in place things that are not supported by the majority, Holder said in an interview with Jonathan Capehart on Washington Post Live. Again, the evidence is concrete about this. (RELATED: Brit Hume Calls Out WaPo For Trashing Barr But Giving Wingman Eric Holder A Pass)

Holder, who served in the Obama administration, referenced the Supreme Courts upcoming decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization, in which a leaked draft apparently indicated that the high court could overturn Roe v. Wade.

[T[he minority of the will represented by the majority that was put on the Supreme Court by two presidents who did not win the majority of the vote, because of our Electoral College, will have the ability to foist on the nation a policy with regard to reproductive rights that is not supported by the people of this country, Holder said.

Holder told Capehart that two presidents who lost the popular vote but who secured a majority of votes in the Electoral College appointed justices who would foist on the nation a policy with regard to reproductive rights that is not supported by the people of this country.

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And you see it in a whole range of other issues, Holder added, mentioning criminal justice reform and gun control.

The Supreme Court is also due to issue an opinion regarding New Yorks laws regarding concealed carry licenses after hearing arguments in November 2021.

The House of Representatives voted to hold Holder in contempt of Congress over his failure to produce subpoenaed documents pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious in 2012, but the Justice Department declined to indict him.

Holder did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Caller News Foundation.

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This is an excerpt from the latest episode of Everyone & Their Mom, a new show from Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or listen on NPR One, and you can find us on Instagram.

Host Emma Choi shares the latest in graduation news with Wait Wait panelist Hari Kondabolu (and no, it's not that another one of your high school bullies is going to nursing school): The U.S. has a major cap and gown shortage. Shipments are being held up at every stage of the process, and high schools and universities all over America are being affected. On the plus side, fewer people will have to wear this unflattering outfit.

Hari and Emma also realize that giving a speech at a graduation isn't so different from delivering a tight 5. While he may not be donning a cap and gown anytime soon, Hari drafts up what his next commencement speech might sound like.

Who better to edit Hari's speech than Sarada Peri, one of President Obama's former speechwriters? While she didn't do a full-on Obama impression, her job required her to reorient her brain to think like the President. So in a way, she's a method actor.

Peri has written TONS of graduation speeches, so Emma asks for her advice on being the most inspirational commencement speaker of all time.

Turns out, Hari isn't new to giving graduation speeches; in 2012, he gave a commencement speech to the graduating class of his alma mater, Townsend Harris High School in Queens, NY. Emma talks to Jonathan Apana who was in the audience for Hari's impactful commencement address.

Listen to the full episode to hear more about secret messages and play along with our quizzes. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or listen on NPR One, and you can find us on Instagram.

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Barack Obama and Michelle Obama visited the National Gallery of Art on April 28. The former president and first lady took in some of James Van Der Zees portraits from Harlem in the 1920s and 30s and also visited the Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibit thats on now.

The Obamas had a private visit. They were shown around by the National Gallerys director,Kaywin Feldman. Curator Diane Waggoner accompanied them on their tour of the Van Der Zee photographs,and curators Steven Nelson, Kanitra Fletcher, and Molly Donovan were with them when they viewed Afro-Atlantic Histories. The former first couple ended their tour at Alma Thomass March on Washington, a 1964 painting in which the DC artist depicted her experience at that historic event. The White House acquired Thomass 1966 work Resurrectionwhen Barack Obama was in office.

The Van Der Zee exhibit just closed this past weekend, but Afro-Atlantic Histories runs through July 17. Vice President Kamala Harris and recently confirmed Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson have also taken in the show.

In a statement, Michelle Obama said, We love seeing work by artists of color, and we hope museums across our country continue to accept and display art like this for generations to come.

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama has been announced as the surprise headline speaker on Day 3 of this years A22 Conference in Chicago.

Obama will join for a moderated conversation about a yet-unnamed topic at the close of the conferences Friday session on June 24th at the McCormick Place Convention Center.

His appearance follows that of his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, who spoke at the A17 conference about the importance of equity and diversity efforts in the world of professional design. The Presidents appearance comes just a few months removed from the groundbreaking of the TWBTA-designed Obama Presidential Center complex in Chicago's Jackson Park which is scheduled to open in 2025 following years of delay.

Obamas legacy and impacts as it relates to the fields of architecture and urban planning are still being examined by scholars, but he was influential in mandating new standards for efficiency in federal buildings as part of his much-publicized vision of winning the future, which included the Better Buildings Initiative and several others.

Obama joins architectural luminaries like Vishaan Chakrabarti, Angela Brooks, and moderator Lee Bey as big-ticket names to grace this years festivities. Registration information can be found here.

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