In Athens is the former President of the USA, Barack Obama, where today he will meet 105 fellows of the program Obama Leaders.

The meeting will take place without the presence of the public and marks the completion of the six-month journey of the participants in the program for 2023. Barack Obama will talk with them about their actions towards developing and accelerating positive and lasting change in their communities.

Among the 105 fellows of 2023, who come from 75 countries, there is also a Greek woman, Elpida Kokkota, founder and managing director of the non-profit organization “Mexoxo”, which aims to strengthen female entrepreneurship.

The six-month Obama Foundation Leaders Program locates people working in the public and private sectors and in civil society, who have demonstrated work in promoting the common good by emphasizing shared values ​​and ethical leadership, which were the vision of Barack and Michelle Obama.

Through their empowerment and the development of leadership skills, the Foundation seeks to raise a new generation of active citizens, who will act as positive role models and create tangible solutions to the challenges facing their communities, their countries and the world at large. Participants are an international network of Obama Foundation leaders, numbering more than 800 alumni.

tomorrow, thursday, the former US President will participate in the Conference on Mental Health of the Stavros Niarchos Foundations “SNF Nostos Conference” at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. There he will talk on stage with the president of the Foundation, Andreas Drakopoulos.

It is noted that the Niarchos Foundation has supported both the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago and the implementation of the “Obama Foundation Leaders” program.

It’s the second time that Barack Obama visits the Cultural Center, after his last international visit as part of his administration in 2016, when he delivered a landmark speech for the ideal of Democracy from the stage of the National Opera.