Barack Obama Visits Solorio Academy High School

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Publish date: August 28, 2018
Categories: News from the Network
Post author: ausldevelop

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgUzvYF06Ok” el_aspect=”43″ align=”center”][vc_column_text]Barack Obama and Mayor Rahm Emanuel paid students at Solorio Academy a surprise visit. He met with students in the One Summer Chicago program. This program teaches students how to code smartphone apps. Here is what Obama had to say:

“Programs like this aren’t just helping Chicago’s youth gain skills for their own future, they’re also strengthening the pipeline of talent right here on the South Side, the community of the future Obama Presidential Center.”

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