In this comprehensive brand video narrated by President Obama in 2024, he explains the mission of the Obama Foundation and his vision for the future: both in Chicago at the upcoming Obama Presidential Center and beyond.
10 years after launching MBK at the White House in 2014, President Obama reflects on everything the organization has accomplished for boys & young men of color in America over the years. This video was shared on Barack Obama's social media channels during Black History Month 2024.
To celebrate 60 years since the March on Washington, President Obama reflects on how the Civil Rights Movement impacted his early years as a community organizer in Chicago. Shared to Barack Obama's social media channels in August 2023.
On the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in 2015, President Obama delivered one of the most powerful speeches of his presidency in Selma to an audience of Civil Rights icons that made his story possible. In 2021, Lindsey was fortunate enough to be able to honor that history & his story by putting together this special video for the Obama Foundation that reveals the excerpt from his speech that will eventually be engraved on the Obama Presidential Center. This video was shared by both President and Mrs. Obama on social media.
June 26th, 2015 was a landmark day for our country, and it went down as one of the most momentous days in the Obama administration's tenure. This flashback video Lindsey edited five years later takes you step-by-step through the course of events that took place that day- with reflections from the President himself and some of the key players who were there every step of the way. The three-part video series was tweeted by President Obama.
10 years after the Affordable Care Act passed and became law, Lindsey was able to edit together this archival anniversary video to honor the legislation that opened the door for millions of Americans to access health coverage who were previously unable to- including Lindsey herself. This video was tweeted by President Obama in March of 2020.
From Frederick Douglass visiting during the World's Fair in 1893, to President Obama breaking ground on his Presidential Center today, Jackson Park has cemented itself as a site of legacy and hope for African Americans all over Chicago and beyond. For Black History Month in 2020, Lindsey had the honor of putting together this historic feature on the past and present of Jackson Park for the Obama Foundation.