--- title: Michelle Obama: Final First Lady Speech Livestream Online description: Michelle Obama is set to deliver her final remarks as First Lady of the United States on Friday morning. canonical: https://time.com/4625695/michelle-obama-final-first-lady-speech-livestream/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-06T14:15:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:12:43.883Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Michelle Obama's Final Speech as First Lady og:description: Michelle Obama is set to deliver her final remarks as First Lady of the United States on Friday morning. og:url: https://time.com/4625695/michelle-obama-final-first-lady-speech-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c22a160f2c24500/6988b2ba8fd2ee401b35528f/michelle-obama-west-virginia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks At Event Celebrating 20th Century Art og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Michelle Obama's Final Speech as First Lady twitter:description: Michelle Obama is set to deliver her final remarks as First Lady of the United States on Friday morning. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c22a160f2c24500/6988b2ba8fd2ee401b35528f/michelle-obama-west-virginia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Michelle Obama's Final Speech as First Lady > Sponsored content. 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The First Lady gave her final address at the White House_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 6, 2017 2:15 PM UTC The First Lady gave her final address at the White House  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 6, 2017 2:15 PM UTC [Michelle Obama](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/michelle-obama/) is set to deliver [her final remarks](http://time.com/4624004/michelle-obama-final-remarks-school-counselor/) as [First Lady of the United States](http://time.com/4573554/michelle-obama-racism-first-lady/) on Friday morning. Speaking from the White House, Obama will honor the 2017 school counselor of the year, an annual tradition she began in 2015\. This year the recipient is Terri Tchorzynski, a counselor at the Calhoun Area Career Center in Battle Creek, Mich. “I just do my job to the best of my ability, so to be honored at a national level like this is just awe-inspiring,” Tchorzynski [told TIME](http://time.com/4624004/michelle-obama-final-remarks-school-counselor/?xid=tcoshare). “This whole experience is just shocking to me because I do what I love.” The event is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. E.T. You can watch it live above. ## Transcript [ APPLAUSE ] What's going on? Thank you all so much. Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise. Lead by example with hope, never fear. And know that I will be with you. [ LAUGH ] ... rooting for you and working to support you for the rest of my life and that is true I know for every person who is here today. And for educators and advocates all across this nation who get up every day and work their hearts out to lift up our young people. And I am so grateful to all of you. For your passion and your dedication and all the hard work on behalf of our next generation. And I can think of no better way to end my time as first lady than celebrating with all of you. So I wanna close today by simply saying thank you. Thank you for everything you do for our kids and for our country. Being your first lady had been the greatest honor of my life. 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