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White House intern, Alyssa Ray, is a Push Girl to keep an eye on. Paralysed by an adverse reaction to a lupus medication, Alyssa was a student leader at Wake Forest and is now on an inside track to big things. Guided by passion, she aims to fight for civil rights and equal opportunity. Alyssa says: “Just take risks, go for what you believe in.” We second that emotion.

Tell your friend she’s got a little Alyssa Ray in her. Reblog now to give her a little push.

Watch Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump discuss this year’s annual meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF). The Task Force, a cabinet-level entity created by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, consists of some 15 agencies across the federal government responsible for coordinating U.S. government-wide efforts to combat trafficking in persons. On October 11, 2018, PITF met to discuss the Administration’s efforts to tackle human trafficking.

For more information about the meeting, read President Trump’s remarks,Secretary Pompeo’s statement, the White House fact sheet, and the State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons’ DipNote blog entry. Learn how you can help fight human trafficking here.

”One of the biggest tools for getting people ‘woke’ is art. You can move people with art, and once you move them, you can create consciousness, and change. You can’t just tell people to register to vote and be done with it.”

– Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed, an activist and host of the Good Muslim Bad Muslim podcast

These three Angelenos were among 10 people the White House honored as “Champions of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.” With Taz are Jason Fong, a high school student and creator of the #MyAsianAmericanStory hashtag, and Jenny Yang, a writer and stand-up comedian.

@dex​ spoke with them recently about comedy, community, the impact of whitewashing in Hollywood, the Peter Liang trial and other timely topics. You can check that out here.

Photo by Jenny Yang

Red, white and colorful.

Melania Trump is shining bright at the Congressional Picnic on the White House’s lawn. (Photo: Getty Images)

“Waiting for the President” (LOC) by The Library of Congress
Via Flickr:
“Waiting for the President” 1922 June 29. 1 photographic print. Notes: Photograph shows a girl in a broad brimmed hat seated on the White House steps with an umbrella and a Kodak Brownie camera by her side. Caption continues: Little Miss Tarkington, daughter of Mrs. W. Tarkington Jr., snaped (i.e., snapped) on the steps of the White House patiently waiting to snap a picture of Mr. Harding. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 June 1922 to 30 June 1922, v. 6, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 30, no. 19899. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Subjects: Cameras–1920-1930. Children–1920-1930. Photography–1920-1930. Format: Photographic prints–1920-1930. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL):hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c31898Call Number: LOT 12294, v. 6 [item]

Previously unseen home movie footage of FDR’s adapted walk

Franklin D. Roosevelt was paralyzed by polio at the age of 39. He devised a method of “walking” where he used a cane and the arm of a companion for balance. During his Presidency, the press was told not to film his disability. The FDR Presidential Library recently received footage of the 1935 White House Easter Egg Roll from a family in Nevada. Historian Geoffrey C. Ward believes it’s “the most vivid glimpse we’ve yet had” of FDR’s adapted walk. Find out the story behind the rare film. 

-from@fdrlibrary

Tea and Equality at the White House

On Wednesday, June  5, 1929, a  courier  from  the  White  House, who was sworn to the utmost secrecy, delivered a handwritten invitation to the home of Congressman and Mrs. Oscar DePriest, inviting Mrs. DePriest to a tea the following week, on June 12. We do not know if Jessie L. DePriest had advance notice to expect the messenger, but the invitation certainly must have given her a sense of satisfaction. She was the wife of the only African American member of Congress, and she was being formally invited to socialize with the new First Lady, Lou Henry Hoover. Read More

Photo of Oscar and Jessie DePriest, circa 1929.

Front Facing George Bush

(Two Bad Neighbors)

Photograph by Pete Souza, May 8, 2009.

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Allison Williams in Elie Saab Couture at a Nordic State Dinner at the White House on May 13, 2016.

We think the moderators for the next presidential debate could use a gavel, and what would be more appropriate than one made out of White House wood? We have a selection of gavels made during the Coolidge and Truman administrations of antique wood salvaged from renovations. See them here: http://www.georgeglazer.com/decarts/objects/gavels/whitehousegavel.html

On a presidential election theme, did you know that President Harry S. Truman and his family had to move out of the White House for most of his term because the building was in such bad shape that the interior had to be gutted and renovated? Materials deemed usable were offered to the public packaged as souvenir “kits” containing the raw material — stone, nails, wood or bricks — and a “small metal authentication plate,” in return for a modest fee covering shipping and handling. The second most popular kit, with 5,000 distributed, was “enough old pine to make a gavel” for two dollars. The program proved hugely popular and orders exceeded available kits, turning a profit of $10,000.

The rest of the story is here: https://www.georgeglazer.com/decarts/objects/gavels/whitehousegavel.html

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