[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 123, 111th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
PROCLAMATION 8357--APR. 3, 2009

Proclamation 8357 of April 3, 2009
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2009
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

The education we provide our children must prepare them to succeed in a
global economy and to contribute to their communities. Commemorating
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., we underscore our commitment to a
competitive and complete education.
The professional demands of today's workplace require a renewed
commitment to education. Our youngest children need a strong early
foundation. Standards must be raised, curricula must be enhanced, and
teachers must be supported. Families, communities, and educators must
collaborate to ensure that students are working hard and receiving the
best instruction possible.
Yet knowledge alone will not bring the future our children deserve. Our
schools and community institutions must also help each child develop a
moral compass. Education must blend basic American values such as
honesty, personal responsibility, and service. These indispensable
elements will not only help children succeed in challenging work
environments, they will also help our youth engage in and contribute to
their communities.
Few have better understood or more successfully promoted these ideas
than Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who
emphasized the importance of education and good character. Through the
establishment of educational and social service institutions across the
country and the world, Rabbi Schneerson sought to

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empower young people and inspire individuals of all ages. On this day,
we raise his call anew.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 5, 2009, as
``Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2009.'' I call upon all the people
of the United States to look to the future with a renewed sense of civic
engagement and common purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of April,
in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
BARACK OBAMA