The daughter of former and much-beloved President Barack Obama has made her political leanings completely public now that she’s moved out of the White House. Opting out of her parents Caribbean vacation, 18-year-old Malia Obama was seen standing up at a Dakota Access Pipeline protest in Park City, Utah. Malia will be starting an internship with producer Harvey Weinstein beginning in February, according to the New York Daily News, before starting Harvard in the fall. This week, Malia attended the Sundance Film Festival with an eye to more than making connections in the entertainment industry. A group of 100 people gathered in Park City to protest the revival of the project by new U.S. President Donald Trump. Despite freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall, Malia Obama joined the protester who were holding up signs that read: “Exist. Resist. Rise.” and “Impeach corporate control,” according to the Daily Mail. Along with protesting the construction of the pipeline, which will disturb sacred grounds and introduce contaminants into the local water supply, the group was protesting the festival sponsorship by Chase Bank, which is invested in the pipeline. The rally was held in front of the Chase Sapphire on Main lounge. Actress Shailene Woodley, herself an outspoken advocate against the construction of the pipeline, posted a video of the protest on her Facebook page: Malia then attended a private event with Dave Archambault, the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux. Woodley, often best known for her performances in TV shows like Secret Life of the American Teenager, and youth-oriented movies like The Fault in Our Stars and the Divergent series, was arrested last October for her part in the DAPL protests. Woodley spoke with Democracy Now! and talked about Malia’s involvement in the protests: “It was amazing to see Malia. I saw her last night when we did the event with Chairman Dave Archambault. And it was incredible to see her there. Also, to witness a human being and a woman coming into her own outside of her family and outside of the attachments that this country has on her, but someone who’s willing to participate in democracy because she chooses to, because she recognizes, regardless of her last name, that if she doesn’t participate in democracy, there will be no world for her future children.”
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1/28/17
Malia Obama Joins Protest Against Trump DAPL Revival, Stands With Water Protectors #okc #news #wth
The daughter of former and much-beloved President Barack Obama has made her political leanings completely public now that she’s moved out of the White House. Opting out of her parents Caribbean vacation, 18-year-old Malia Obama was seen standing up at a Dakota Access Pipeline protest in Park City, Utah. Malia will be starting an internship with producer Harvey Weinstein beginning in February, according to the New York Daily News, before starting Harvard in the fall. This week, Malia attended the Sundance Film Festival with an eye to more than making connections in the entertainment industry. A group of 100 people gathered in Park City to protest the revival of the project by new U.S. President Donald Trump. Despite freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall, Malia Obama joined the protester who were holding up signs that read: “Exist. Resist. Rise.” and “Impeach corporate control,” according to the Daily Mail. Along with protesting the construction of the pipeline, which will disturb sacred grounds and introduce contaminants into the local water supply, the group was protesting the festival sponsorship by Chase Bank, which is invested in the pipeline. The rally was held in front of the Chase Sapphire on Main lounge. Actress Shailene Woodley, herself an outspoken advocate against the construction of the pipeline, posted a video of the protest on her Facebook page: Malia then attended a private event with Dave Archambault, the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux. Woodley, often best known for her performances in TV shows like Secret Life of the American Teenager, and youth-oriented movies like The Fault in Our Stars and the Divergent series, was arrested last October for her part in the DAPL protests. Woodley spoke with Democracy Now! and talked about Malia’s involvement in the protests: “It was amazing to see Malia. I saw her last night when we did the event with Chairman Dave Archambault. And it was incredible to see her there. Also, to witness a human being and a woman coming into her own outside of her family and outside of the attachments that this country has on her, but someone who’s willing to participate in democracy because she chooses to, because she recognizes, regardless of her last name, that if she doesn’t participate in democracy, there will be no world for her future children.”
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