T h e first lady calls on a few excellent women.
It's back to the White House for another
celebrity-packed affair hosted by First Lady
Michelle Obama, and this time she's really
outdone herself. In honor of Women's History
Month, a group majorly accomplished women
are gathered in the Diplomatic Room this
morning, too busy meeting and greeting to mind
the spread of fruit juice, scones and coffee.
There's Alicia Keys talking to Health and
Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius,
Tracee Ellis Ross giddily hugging Phylicia
Rashad, Kerry Washington chatting up Alfre
Woodard, and Sheryl Crowe, Debbie Allen,
opera singer Denyce Graves, Fran Drescher, Lisa
Leslie, makeup CEO Bobbi Brown and BET
executive Debra Lee. To name a few. After a
greeting from the First Lady, they will all
dispatch out to Washington-area schools and
speak to students about career goals and
reaching their dreams.
Not to be left out, NASA astronaut
Mae C. Jemison gets a hug from the
First Lady before Jemison headed to
the Woodrow Wilson High School to
talk to their students about her career
at NASA and being the first Black
woman to go into space.
One of the students at Anacostia High
School asked Mrs. Obama how did you get
to where you are today? She replied, “I had
somebody around me who helped me understand
early on that hard work, discipline
and the choices that I made in life
were really the only things that defined
me.”
As presented on Essence.com
"The difference between the impossible
and the possible lies in a
person's determination."
- Tommy Lasorda
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