Politics & Government
Obama Summit Brings Prince Harry, Leaders To Chicago
The inaugural event for the Obama Foundation is Tuesday and Wednesday.
CHICAGO, IL — Five-hundred civic leaders from Chicago and around the world are gathered in the city this week for the Obama Foundation's inaugural two-day summit at the Hyatt Hotel at McCormick Place.Speaking at the event are Prince Harry and leaders including former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya, National Rural Assembly Director Whitney Kimball Coe, artist Bahia Shehab, writer Brian Alexander and artist Theaster Gates.
The Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 event will culminate in a concert featuring South Side native Chance the Rapper, The National and Gloria Estefan. The concert will also be live-streamed on the Obama Foundation website at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Prince Harry (left) and Chance the Rapper will participate at the Obama Foundation's inaugural two-day summit Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. (Prince Harry photo Toby Melville | Pool Photo via Associated Press; photo by Michael Zorn | Invision | Associated Press)
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