"The Youth Center is dedicated to providing a greater opportunity for young people in this neighborhood to practice, to learn, to study, and to sharpen their skills and intellect. This Youth Center is for the children. May they use it well." —Gary Comer

GCYC News

First Lady Michelle Obama to welcome spouses of foreign leaders to the Youth Center during upcoming NATO Summit.

For Immediate Release, May 7, 2012
Office of the First Lady | THE WHITE HOUSE

Next week, First Lady Michelle Obama will host spouses of foreign leaders who are visiting the United States for the G-8 and NATO summits. Mrs. Obama will invite spouses to the White House and, while in Chicago, to visit the Gary Comer Youth Center which supports youth living on the South Side of Chicago, where Mrs. Obama grew up. Full Press Release

Media contact: Dan Brady at 312.447.2560 or Amanda Gregory at 312.222.9131.

May 14: Students Prep for First Lady's Visit, by LeeAnn Trotter, NBC 5 Chicago.

May 9: Youth Center Prepares to Host First Lady, by Dan Ponce, WGN News.

May 8: Derrick Blakely of CBS Chicago visits the Youth Center in advance of the NATO spouses’ tour.

Leah Hope of ABC 7 Chicago covers the First Lady’s upcoming GCYC visit: Video and Story.

Gary Comer Youth Center featured on a special edition of Heart & Soul, hosted by Hosea Sanders and Leah Hope of ABC 7 Chicago.

Senior Program Director Ayoka Samuels featured on the NBC 5 Chicago program Education Nation: Teen Violence Survey.

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