{"id":8515,"date":"2017-06-02T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T15:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/?p=8515"},"modified":"2017-06-02T11:10:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T15:10:27","slug":"trump-terminates-michelle-obamas-girls-scholarship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/trump-terminates-michelle-obamas-girls-scholarship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump ends Obama scholarship program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By NEYDJA PETITHOMME<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, the \u201cLet Girls Learn\u201d program, which was founded by former first lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama in 2015, has been dropped by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLet Girls Learn\u201d provided a platform where Michelle Obama strived to educate young girls in developing countries by giving every young girl the same opportunity that girls in America have. The program develops in girls \u201cthe ability to read, write, and analyze; the confidence to stand up and demand justice and equality; the qualifications and connections to get your foot in that door and take your seat at that table-all of that starts with education,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>I could not agree more. Michelle Obama set a standard \u00a0of what it means to empower girls with a firm foundation of a good education. Former first lady Obama firmly believed in lifting others up and empowering women to be the best version of themselves. It is unfortunate that President Donald Trump wants to deny young women of an education by denying them their dreams and God-given purpose.<\/p>\n<p>It is safe to say, although the \u201cLet Girls Learn\u201d has been altered, the Peace Corps looks to continue its effort to further educate young women. Rather than altering the current path forward, we hope the agency focuses more on providing technical assistance that can help schools get across the finish line, if they haven&#8217;t done so already,\u201d said American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to \u201cLet Girls Learn,\u201d Ivanka Trump, adviser to the president, looks to continue her journey towards empowering young women. According to her Twitter biography,\u00a0 Trump describes herself as an &#8220;Entrepreneur &amp; advocate for the education &amp; empowerment of women &amp; girls.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NEYDJA PETITHOMME According to officials, the \u201cLet Girls Learn\u201d program, which was founded by former first lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama in 2015, has been dropped by the Trump administration. The \u201cLet Girls Learn\u201d provided a platform &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/trump-terminates-michelle-obamas-girls-scholarship-program\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[593],"tags":[101,139],"class_list":["post-8515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neydja-petithomme","tag-education-news","tag-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8515"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8518,"href":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8515\/revisions\/8518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}