Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground to Recieve Greg Berlanti Social Impact Award
Higher Ground, the media company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama, will receive the second annual Greg Berlanti Social Impact Award, the Center for…
Variety reports: Higher Ground, the media company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama, will receive the second annual Greg Berlanti Social Impact Award, the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA announced Thursday.
Berlanti will present the award during the sixth annual Teens & Screens Summit on Oct. 22 at UCLA’s Luskin Center.
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