Let Girls Learn - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Index / Policies Let Girls Learn Transcripts Joanna Rosholm ...that was in part because I took on the Let Girls Learn portfolio, which was massive because i... ...and Let's Move! Then, when I took on Let Girls Learn , I handed the official duties t... ...One we didn't really touch on was Let Girls Learn . I'm really eager to hear about that... ...exact year. I want to say 2014, when Let Girls Learn launched—at that point Caroline Morale... ...and press secretary is when I took Let Girls Learn into my portfolio. I can't remembe... ...lady on this, but it felt to me that Let Girls Learn was a natural extension of two things... ...every date or every detail. I think Let Girls Learn , in some ways, was a natura... ...domestically. I think to some degree, Let Girls Learn was not about college or postsecondar... ...about college or postsecondary school. Let Girls Learn was a very specific age group. It wa... ...was that it was sort of breaking from— Let Girls Learn had not been established yet, and i... ...I think it was a natural evolution to Let Girls Learn , which was her fourth and fina... ...half events, if you will, in support of Let Girls Learn ; because we wanted to keep the focu... ...did you work with the directors of Let Girls Learn ? Very. Could you talk a little bi... ...I did a lot of communications work for Let Girls Learn , she really owned a lot o... ...and all these other facets of what made Let Girls Learn successful. I did a lot of th... ...on. I don't believe she was there when Let Girls Learn launched, but I might be wron... ...to her. I think the number one goal of Let Girls Learn was to remove barriers to allo... ...lot of ways, is where my focus was for Let Girls Learn , was really thinking through that. An... ...gratuitous-ish press, it was all very Let Girls Learn focused, everything she did. Gilmor... ...talk about the first anniversary of the Let Girls Learn initiative, the International Women'... ...my time, would make it very about Let Girls Learn , to whatever degree she could. It ha... Show more... Lauren Vrazilek ...it is, Joanna had Let's Move! and Let Girls Learn . And then I did Reach Higher, Joinin... Krish Vignarajah ...time in the Obama administration with Let Girls Learn , but I do want to hear a little bi... ...other kinds of issues that led up to Let Girls Learn . So, just kind of dive right i... ...gave me the opportunity to lead Let Girls Learn soon after it was formally launched b... ...I think it's a great way to enter the Let Girls Learn program, because you witnessed in you... ...new data. Initially, when we launched Let Girls Learn , we were talking about sixty-tw... ...of how you were invited to work with Let Girls Learn , and what the job was like when yo... ...at the State Department, was, in fact, Let Girls Learn . This was an important piece of th... ...you, for those who don't know about Let Girls Learn , take us into the origin story. I'v... ...critical data points in formulating Let Girls Learn . I wasn't at the White House when th... ...us in Morocco in order to highlight Let Girls Learn . So the strategy was top down, in th... ...over the two years that I was leading Let Girls Learn , we were able to bring in more than ... ...committing or recommitting to work on Let Girls Learn . This is where travel was helpful. I... ...doing that in partnership. Fabulous. Let Girls Learn , was that already a program withi... ...a couple of times. Oh, okay, yes. So, Let Girls Learn was something that was launched by th... ...at a White House event in 2015. The Let Girls Learn initiative was something that I thin... ...financially donating to some of the Let Girls Learn programming, making their ow... ...I talk about the domestic component of Let Girls Learn —part of why we partnered with the Gir... ...commitment to fundraise for some of the Let Girls Learn projects that were supported throug... ...their local communities, highlighting Let Girls Learn , highlighting some of the projects o... Show more... Alan Fitts ...to do a lot of travel, especially for Let Girls Learn , which you were not really a part o... ...work that she'd seen in girl schools. Let Girls Learn , in a lot of ways, morphed out of thi... Melissa Winter ...initiative, and we also started Let Girls Learn . But I will say, from a persona... ...was a given. It was a natural for her. Let Girls Learn . Again, not only was it abou... ...does. He really does. Let's touch on Let Girls Learn , and then I'd love to hear about som... ...ambassadorship to the world. Yeah. Let Girls Learn was our last initiative, and we starte... ...last initiative would be. I think Let Girls Learn became a natural outgrowth of tw... ...two passions perfectly fit together in Let Girls Learn . She is still doing a version of Le... ...Learn. She is still doing a version of Let Girls Learn to this day through the Obam... Show more... Valerie Jarrett ...difficult path. We're going to get to Let Girls Learn in a few minutes, so that's going to b... ...a chance to talk to many others about Let Girls Learn , and I just am so eager to hear abou... ...Biden on Joining Forces, her effort on Let Girls Learn . Every initiative that she took on sh... Tina Tchen ...lot around it. That's when we launched Let Girls Learn , around girls' education, out of th... ...the logo on it. We had one help us with Let Girls Learn when we put that together. They didn'... ...logo. There's a long story about how Let Girls Learn happened, but they did help us wit... ...us with some of the design work around Let Girls Learn . And as I said, the United State o... ...we could transition to talking about Let Girls Learn . We mentioned it last time as ver... ...decided to do on its own was start a Let Girls Learn effort in response to Chibok. I can'... ...but they had put together some sort of Let Girls Learn effort. And so they had come up wit... ...so they had come up with the name of Let Girls Learn . So, as a couple of months go by an... ...with the logo. People were like, “ Let Girls Learn sounds a little not empowering of th... ...[laughs] easily. And so we went with Let Girls Learn and then pulled it all together, an... ...when they would do issues. And we had Let Girls Learn as an effort to promote this. So th... ...money for a project and they picked Let Girls Learn . They sold popsicles and raised thre... ...in March, then we did another trip for Let Girls Learn , which was a combination of Japan an... ...And Mrs. Obama gave a speech on Let Girls Learn to a group of Japanese schoolgirls, an... ...learn.” So she had written a song about Let Girls Learn . And it was this moment I had where... ...to a very large group of girls around Let Girls Learn , but also around Spanish male culture... ...a double-decker bus that was decorated Let Girls Learn . It was a little challenging to get ... ...can't remember, had painted this great Let Girls Learn mural on the side of the new market... ...Mrs. Obama gave a speech there about Let Girls Learn with a lot of the Girls Inc. girls... ...there for lunch afterwards. So we moved Let Girls Learn . We wanted to continue it so, again... ...and keep it going. We had to leave Let Girls Learn , the program, behind because it was i... ...it looks like they either cancelled Let Girls Learn but then they were going to bring i... ...a very productive idea you had about Let Girls Learn . [Laughs] Well, and at the time w... ...and to combat childhood obesity. For Let Girls Learn and for Reach Higher, we, again... ...programming within the agencies. For Let Girls Learn , I very particularly—the governmen... ...we also did learn from the lawyers that Let Girls Learn , as a trademark or brand, for lack o... ...Higher, Tiffany Drake, who was running Let Girls Learn , or Tiffany was doing communication... ...Nation to the College Board. For the Let Girls Learn 2.0, Tiffany and I needed to do a lo... ...that. Yes. Which was the trigger for Let Girls Learn really taking off. Girls' ed, and doin... ...really craft what was going to become Let Girls Learn . It was a very big, whole governmen... ...else, to say they're supporting Let Girls Learn . That was the importance of th... ...importance of the branding. Supporting Let Girls Learn , supporting whatever. South by Sout... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Black Politics Black Politics go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Atlantic Relations Atlantic Relations go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Veterans Veterans