--- description: Former President Barack Obama is coming out of hiding to deliver his first public address since leaving office at the University of Chicago. title: Watch Live: Barack Obama's First Public Speech Since Leaving Office image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Presidents](/tag/presidents/) ## Presidents Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Barack Obama's First Public Speech Since Leaving Office by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 24, 2017 1:07 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 24, 2017 1:07 PM CUT Former President [Barack Obama](http://time.com/4748731/france-election-emmanuel-macron-barack-obama/ "undefined") is coming out of hiding to deliver his [first public address](http://time.com/4750637/barack-obama-chicago-speech/ "undefined") since leaving office at the [University of Chicago](https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/04/22/uchicago-webcast-april-24-event-featuring-former-president-obama "undefined") on Monday. Obama will be joining young leaders for a conversation on community organizing and civic engagement. While the event is hosted at the University of Chicago, where the former president once taught, students from other Chicago-area schools were invited to attend. The event aligns with Obama’s [post-presidency goal](http://time.com/4631089/barack-obama-farewell-speech-analysis/ "undefined") of encouraging young people to get and stay involved in their communities and the political process. The event is scheduled to start at 12 p.m. E.T. You can watch it live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4752253/barack-obama-speech-watch-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4752253/barack-obama-speech-watch-online/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Barack Obama's First Public Speech Since Leaving Office","datePublished":"2017-04-24T13:07:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:34:05.094Z","description":"Obama will be joining young leaders for a conversation on community organizing and civic engagement","url":"https://time.com/4752253/barack-obama-speech-watch-online/","keywords":["Presidents","Barack Obama","White House","livestream","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/presidents/","name":"Presidents"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4752253/barack-obama-speech-watch-online/","name":"Watch Live: Barack Obama's First Public Speech Since Leaving Office"}}]}] ```