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Mentor and First Lady Michelle Obama in Glamour

Michelle Obama is feature in Glamour magazine Woman of the Year issue where she also gives a interview on why looks can only take you so far  what matters the most is your intelligence and your self esteem for yourself.  She is a inspiration to me and so many women of every race.

From the editors desk of Glamour:

Putting together this magazine’s annual Women of the Year issue generally involves lots of nail-bitingly tricky decisions (this politician or that? Which athlete? Which actress?). But this year, there was one very, very, very easy choice to make--see it for yourself after the jump.

This year, Glamour is honoring First Lady Michelle Obama with a Special Recognition award for her commitment to mentoring young women. (She also appears on our cover--the first time in Glamour’s 70-year history that a First Lady has ever done so.) You simply cannot talk about 2009 without talking about Mrs. Obama: and no, I don’t mean her status as a style icon (richly deserved though it may be). Just nine months into her job, our nation’s first African-American First Lady has thrown open the doors of the White House to local children and families, determined to show young people that, in her words, “there’s no magic to being here”--that with hard work, any one of us can rise to greatness. And at Glamour, we love that she’s particularly set on expanding young women’s horizons: The First Lady is establishing mentor relationships between top women in the administration and girls in need in DC, and is encouraging women leaders around the country to do the same where they live. Love that.

On the C.L.: Michelle Obama’s Inspiring Mission (Hail the Mentor in Chief!) Plus Her Answers to Your Questions: Smitten: Sex, Love & Life: glamour.com

But here’s another photo I’m especially fond of, of Mrs. Obama with seven interns from the East Wing (that’s the part of the White House where First Ladies keep their offices):

11-Year-Old Tries to Abolish the N-Word - CBS Evening News - CBS News

This young man should be inspiration to all black men that you should not always follow the crowd but be different. Love who you are and lift negativity. I hope Oprah will also have him on her show. He interview by Byron Pitts for CBS evening news.

(CBS) Two days a week, 11-year-old Jonathan McCoy is at the gym with his mother.

But when this sixth grader is not working out, he is exercising another muscle of sorts, speaking truth to power.

"According to the definition of the n-word, an n-word will never be a lawyer, a doctor or a teacher," said McCoy.

CBS News Chief National correspondent Byron Pitts reports McCoy is on a mission to abolish the n-word.

"It is implausible that 40 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that we still use this word that holds no worth in our lives and our future." McCoy said.

In March, he gave a powerful speech about eliminating the n-word. More than 1,500 congregants at the Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, Md., heard his message. "You gave your speech the adults were applauding," Pitts asked McCoy. "What did you think about that?"

McCoy replied, "I think that I am getting to them. I am getting people who are ready for a change."

McCoy is not a childhood preacher, nor is he an activist in the making. But last February, when he couldn't think of anything else to talk about for a speech competition - McCoy came up with the idea to write about the n-word. He won the competition.

Pitts asked, "why the n-word? Why write about that?"

Oprah Gives Stanford Grads Summer Reading - E! Online

She is truly a brilliant woman. I admire and is inspire by her. I believe every word she said on doing what makes you happy will help you be a better person . Also volunteering to charitable organization is something all people should do.

Oprah Gives Stanford Grads Summer Reading - E! Online