Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2009

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Title 3--
The President

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 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.