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Obama speaks at East-West Center at University of Hawaii

By Photos by Cindy Ellen Russell /

Jan. 6, 2019

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Former U.S. president Barack Obama addressed 21 young people chosen by the Obama Foundation as emerging leaders. They gathered at the East-West Center in Honolulu for workshops and conversations about how to design a leadership program for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Former president Barack Obama spoke at a private event held in the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center in Manoa on Sunday evening. His appearance capped-off a series of workshops with 21 emerging leaders selected by the Obama Foundation for an Asia-Pacific leadership program.
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Former president Barack Obama spoke at a private event held in the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center in Manoa on Sunday evening. His appearance capped-off a series of workshops with 21 emerging leaders selected by the Obama Foundation for an Asia-Pacific leadership program.
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Former president Barack Obama spoke at a private event held in the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center in Manoa on Sunday evening. His appearance capped-off a series of workshops with 21 emerging leaders selected by the Obama Foundation for an Asia-Pacific leadership program.
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Dignitaries and guests mingle at a private event held in the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center for the Obama Foundation Asia-Pacific leadership program on Sunday.
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Keahaulani Lum (R) embraced Julie Cooke before a private event for the Obama Foundation Asia-Pacific leadership program on Sunday.
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Former president Barack Obama spoke at a private event held in the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center in Manoa on Sunday evening. His appearance capped-off a series of workshops with 21 emerging leaders selected by the Obama Foundation for an Asia-Pacific leadership program.
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Former president Barack Obama spoke at a private event held in the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center in Manoa on Sunday evening. His appearance capped-off a series of workshops with 21 emerging leaders selected by the Obama Foundation for an Asia-Pacific leadership program.
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Former president Barack Obama spoke at a private event held in the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center in Manoa on Sunday evening. His appearance capped-off a series of workshops with 21 emerging leaders selected by the Obama Foundation for an Asia-Pacific leadership program.
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Former president Barack Obama spoke at a private event held in the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center in Manoa on Sunday evening. His appearance capped-off a series of workshops with 21 emerging leaders selected by the Obama Foundation for an Asia-Pacific leadership program. Obama is pictured being greeted onto the stage by one of Hawaii leaders in the program, Leanne Kealoha Fox.
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Leanne Kealoha Fox led the introduction to former President Barack Obama at a private event held in the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center in Manoa on Sunday evening. Fox is one of 21 emerging leaders selected by the Obama Foundation for an Asia-Pacific leadership program.
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Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of Barack Obama, spoke at a private event held in the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center in Manoa on Sunday evening.
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University of Hawai'i students wait near the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center in hopes of seeing former President Barack Obama on Sunday.
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