Grace Jerry; Wheelchair Beauty Queen Embraces President Obama and Presents YALI Tribute Song

  Nigerian disability-rights activist and singer was amongst the 500 most promising young leaders invited for the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship Presidential Summit at the Omni Shoraham Hotel on 3rd August 2015 in Washington DC.

 An initiative of the U.S. State Department, a three-day summit were youths interact with representatives from the public, private and no-profit sector

 In Grace Jerry’s inspiring introduction of Barack Obama she said, “We
all represent a strong network of young African leaders that will
declare E Go Happen, so let the philosophers and the great minds of this
world get ready to learn from the wisdom of Africa”

Grace’s YALI Tribute song “E Go Happen” was played after President Obama’s remarks.

 The summit brings together 500 of sub-Saharan Africa’s  most promising young leaders to meet with the president and leading US entrepreneurs, government officials and civil society representatives.

WASHINGTON,
DC – AUGUST 03: U.S. President Barack Obama embraces Nigerian
disability-rights activist and musician Grace Alache Jerry during the
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship
Presidential Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel August 3, 2015 in
Washington, DC. Identified as Sub-Saharan Africa’s ‘most promising young
leaders,’ 500 people were invited by the U.S. State Department for the
three-day summit where they interact with representatives from the
public, private, and non-profit sectors. AFP – See more at:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/president-obama-embraces-nigerian-disability-rights-activist-grace-alache-jerry/#sthash.2HrkfAHI.dpuf

WASHINGTON,
DC – AUGUST 03: U.S. President Barack Obama embraces Nigerian
disability-rights activist and musician Grace Alache Jerry during the
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship
Presidential Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel August 3, 2015 in
Washington, DC. Identified as Sub-Saharan Africa’s ‘most promising young
leaders,’ 500 people were invited by the U.S. State Department for the
three-day summit where they interact with representatives from the
public, private, and non-profit sectors. AFP – See more at:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/president-obama-embraces-nigerian-disability-rights-activist-grace-alache-jerry/#sthash.2HrkfAHI.dpuf

WASHINGTON,
DC – AUGUST 03: U.S. President Barack Obama embraces Nigerian
disability-rights activist and musician Grace Alache Jerry during the
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship
Presidential Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel August 3, 2015 in
Washington, DC. Identified as Sub-Saharan Africa’s ‘most promising young
leaders,’ 500 people were invited by the U.S. State Department for the
three-day summit where they interact with representatives from the
public, private, and non-profit sectors. AFP – See more at:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/president-obama-embraces-nigerian-disability-rights-activist-grace-alache-jerry/#sthash.2HrkfAHI.dpuf

WASHINGTON,
DC – AUGUST 03: U.S. President Barack Obama embraces Nigerian
disability-rights activist and musician Grace Alache Jerry during the
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship
Presidential Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel August 3, 2015 in
Washington, DC. Identified as Sub-Saharan Africa’s ‘most promising young
leaders,’ 500 people were invited by the U.S. State Department for the
three-day summit where they interact with representatives from the
public, private, and non-profit sectors. AFP – See more at:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/president-obama-embraces-nigerian-disability-rights-activist-grace-alache-jerry/#sthash.2HrkfAHI.dpuf