Trump administration denies it plans to end Michelle Obama's girl's education program
Source: The Washington Post
By Krissah Thompson May 1 at 10:38 PM
The White House is batting down reports that the Trump administration had planned to scuttle one of Michelle Obamas signature initiatives.
Hours after CNN reported on an internal Peace Corps email that announced a plan to stop supporting the former first ladys Let Girls Learn program, a White House spokesman said there had been no changes to the initiative.
The cable networks CNN Films division, which celebrated Obamas work to improve educational opportunities for girls in developing countries in a documentary last year, reported that Sheila Crowley, acting director of the Peace Corps, sent an email to employees this week shutting down the education campaign.
Moving forward, we will not continue to use the Let Girls Learn brand or maintain a stand-alone program, Crowley wrote in a message obtained by CNN. The Peace Corps, which had played a key role in promoting the first ladys initiative, will continue its work to support girls education but it is unclear whether Michelle Obamas branding will remain a central focus.
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onecaliberal
(33,012 posts)Initech
(100,149 posts)justgamma
(3,667 posts)They are not ending the program just changing the name so it won't be associated with Michelle Obama?
2naSalit
(86,963 posts)they seem to be saying.
an AA having her name on something good for people in this world is just too much for the bannons, chumps and millers racist taste. They want NO legacy to remain to be found on the Obama Presidency 100, 50 or even 20 years from now. These are some very hateful white people, males mostly, but kellyconjob is in there plugging away to destroy anything the last POTUS did for everyone, and all very evil to their core. NOTHING benign or normal about these racist, seemingly demonically possessed people except.........exorcism and that probably won't help these very evil people.