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From planting a vegetable garden to assembling students’ backpacks with books, the President and First Lady joined mentees in the White House Mentorship and Leadership Program, AmeriCorps members, and students, parents and teachers during the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service at Leckie Elementary School in Southwest D.C. Learn more about today’s National Day of Service. ‪

“Our unalienable rights to life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—those rights were stripped from college students in Blacksburg and Santa Barbara; and from high schoolers at Columbine; and from first graders in Newtown. First graders. And...

Our unalienable rights to life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—those rights were stripped from college students in Blacksburg and Santa Barbara; and from high schoolers at Columbine; and from first graders in Newtown. First graders. And from every family who never imagined their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun. Every time I think about those kids it gets me mad.” —President Obama on why he just announced new steps to help stop gun violence. Learn more