DAILY SNAPSHOT
Saturday, May 16, 2015

Weekly Address: Creating Opportunity for All

In this week's address, the President highlighted the importance of expanding opportunity for all Americans -- a principle that has guided his work throughout the past six years.

This past week, the President attended a summit at Georgetown University where he discussed issues like poverty and inequality, and what we can do to ensure everyone gets a fair shot. We've seen real results in this area, but there is still more that can be done.

And lack of opportunity is not the only barrier to success. That's why, on Monday, the President will travel to Camden, New Jersey to visit with local law enforcement, meet with young people, and hear directly about efforts to build trust between the police and the community in a city that has faced one of the highest crime rates in America.

Watch the President's Weekly Address here.

3 Important Thoughts the President Shared on Poverty in America:

On Tuesday at Georgetown University, President Obama sat down with Harvard professor Robert Putnam and American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks to share his views on poverty in America and what we can do to ensure every American -- no matter who they are, where they come from, or where they live -- has access to the opportunities they deserve.

The conversation, hosted by the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne, touched on economic solutions that can broaden opportunity, the political will to support initiatives that expand those opportunities, and the minority communities that are disproportionately impacted by the decision -- or failure -- to make those investments. The President also offered his candid and personal views on how growing up without a father shaped how he sees these issues today.

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The First Lady's Powerful Remarks to Tuskegee University's Class of 2015

Last weekend, First Lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement address to the Class of 2015 at Tuskegee University -- a historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama.

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in the Tuskegee University class of 2015 commencement ceremony in Tuskegee, Ala., May 9, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

In her remarks, the First Lady detailed Tuskegee's rich history -- spotlighting a number of the distinguished alumni that have previously walked the university's halls -- and encouraged the current class of graduates to not be intimidated by the legacy of their predecessors, or the expectations of others.

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The White House Celebrates Entrepreneurs Around the World

On Monday, President Obama welcomed emerging entrepreneurs from across the country and around the world to the White House to honor their achievements in their fields of business.

He also announced new commitments in support of the Spark Global Entrepreneurship Initiative -- a bold goal of generating $1 billion in new investment for emerging entrepreneurs worldwide by 2017, and issued a call to action to companies, organizations, and individuals across the globe to increase their support to emerging entrepreneurs, before his trip to Kenya in July for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

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To see more from the past week, watch the latest edition of West Wing Week here.