adapted from Remarks by the First Lady at the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards

address by Michelle Obama

And finally, I want to thank all of the teachers, administrators, and volunteers who make these programs possible. Some of you are here today with us in this room, and many of you are watching and cheering from back home.

This kind of work is hard. Too often it's thankless. But you all do it because you see firsthand the transformative impact that the arts can have on our young people. And we're grateful to you all for doing this kind of work.

Through your programs, students have become poets, dancers, filmmakers, and photographers, but more importantly, they become leaders in their schools and in their communities.

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And finally, I want to thank all of the

teachers, administrators, and volunteers

who make these programs possible.

But you all do it because you see firsthand

the transformative impact that the arts

can have on our young people.

Some of you are here today in this room,

and many of you are watching and

cheering from back home.

Through your programs, students have

become poets, dancers, and filmmakers,

but more importantly, they become

leaders in their schools and in

their communities.