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Yesterday marked the eleventh year that the White House has participated in “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day,” and the second year that this Administration has celebrated by opening our doors to include students from local schools in the D.C. area. This was a joint initiative between the Office of Management and Administration, the White House Council on Women and Girls, My Brother’s Keeper Initiative, and Domestic Policy Council. The theme for this year’s event was “Fire Up Your Future.”
More than 250 children met with staff throughout the morning to learn about different jobs at the White House. During the visit, the children got a behind-the-scenes look into the making of West Wing Week, said hello to Bo and Sunny, and got a tour of the President’s vehicle, The Beast.
To open the keynote portion of the event, Mada McCabe, daughter of a White House employee, introduced First Lady Michelle Obama and shared her own personal story about how she wants to be an advocate for youth with disabilities when she grows up.
The First Lady concluded the event by answering questions from the children about the White House Kitchen Garden, her Let’s Move! Initiative, and her job as First Lady. See the full remarks below:
To learn more about the White House’s initiative to bring our nation’s daughters and sons to work, visit obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/daughtersandsons. You can also view President Obama’s call to action, which encourages employers to invite youth from their communities who may not have a workplace to visit: “Invite them to spend the day with you. Show them what you do every day – and tell them that, with hard work and determination, they can do it too.”
Today we welcome Big Brothers Big Sisters to the @WhiteHouse for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: https://t.co/nSO63b7eBV
— First Lady- Archived (@FLOTUS44) April 20, 2016
Jalonnie & Jahlil taught me this cool handshake @ Take Our #DaughtersAndSons to Work Day! #MyBrothersKeeper @DCCFSA pic.twitter.com/6B7duU4hZE
— Michael Smith (@MikeSmith_44) April 20, 2016
Thank you to the @FLOTUS, Michelle Obama, for hosting kids and Littles as part of #TODASTW at the @WhiteHouse | @todastw1
— Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (@BBBSA) April 20, 2016
Thx @FLOTUS for having our youth at The @WhiteHouse for Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day! #DaughtersAndSons pic.twitter.com/08RChG2ZJO
— DC CFSA (@DCCFSA) April 20, 2016
OSTP COS Cristin Dorgelo w/12-yo aspiring mathematician/scientist Roger for Take Our #DaughtersAndSons to Work Day! pic.twitter.com/R8zfuNuhds
— White House OSTP 44 (@WHOSTP44) April 20, 2016
#DaughtersAndSons Brianna cares about fairness, wants to be a doctor, but her eye is on the Oval. This girl rocks! pic.twitter.com/rsZfClovAP
— Kimberlyn Leary (@kimberlynleary) April 20, 2016
Stoked to have lunch with Jamarri for Take Our #DaughtersAndSons to Work Day!
— J. Goldman -Archived (@Goldman44) April 20, 2016
Summer Burglass is the Associate Director of White House Personnel.