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Birth
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born on January 17, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up on the South Side with her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson and her older brother Craig ("Michelle Obama Biography"). (Photograph). -
Goes to Africa
Michelle Obama visited Sub- Saharan Africa on June 20, 2011. She went with her two daughters, as well as a niece and a nephew. Obama met with the wife of Nelson Mandela as well as the wife of South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma. She also met with a group of African women in a conference to speak about education and awareness of HIV/AIDS as well as to discuss leadership of young women (Superville). (Appleton). -
Interviewed on NPR
InterviewMichelle Obama was interviewed by Neal Conan on National Public radio about the latest on her goals to stop childhood obesity. During the program, she speaks with callers who have questions about how to help their children eat healthier. Michelle Obama also discusses how her White House garden has been ("First Lady: Nation's Health 'Starts With Our Kids.” ). -
"Let's Move Champaign" Jimmy Fallon
Michelle Obama visited Jimmy Fallon to discuss the third anniversary of her "Let's Move" campaign. Her campaign focuses on fighting the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. She has helped schools to sell more water and less soda, and serve fresh options. Talking with Jimmy Fallon, Obama discusses the success of her program. Obesity rates have gone down and states, like Mississippi as she mentions, have seen dramatic results. (Latenight). (Adams). -
Hosts Kid's State Dinner
On July 9, 2013, Michelle Obama hosted the annual Kid's State Dinner at her home, The White House. Fifty four kids from all across America were invited to be guests at this special lunch, after being chosen as winners of a recipe contest (Taylor). Obama is an avid suppoter of healthy eating and exercise, so a children's cooking contest is an event she would be proud to endorse (Taylor). (Hebert). -
Reaches out to Schools in Support of Healthy Food Movement
Most recently, Michelle Obama publicly reached out, asking schools to stop promoting unhealthy foods to their students. She also reached out to brocasting companies as well as the school's food companies to help by advertising less of the junk food, and more healthy food (Superville). Obama has been campaigning for a reduction of childhood obesity since becoming the First Lady, and states that while there has been progress, there is more that can be done in schools and at home (Superville).
