Michelle Obama headlines Pennsylvania Conference for Women Oct. 3 in Philadelphia
About 12,000 women have registered for the Pennsylvania Conference for Women on Tuesday at the Convention Center, where they’ll hear Michelle Obama give one of her first public speeches since leaving the White House.
Shonda Rhimes, creator, executive producer, and head writer of such television shows as Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, will moderate a lunchtime panel with Obama at the sold-out event.
As first lady, Obama launched initiatives including “Let’s Move!” to fight childhood obesity and “Let Girls Learn,” all of which “really fits in with the mission of the Women’s Conference,” said Joanne Ryder, chief administration officer of Beneficial Bank and a board member of the conference.
Given the heightened political partisanship in Washington, the conference is walking a fine line with Obama as a speaker. The organizers tried to make clear that they chose her as a nonpartisan representative.
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