12/11/2025
OBAMA OFFICIALLY OPENS $150 MILLION “PROMISE CAMPUS” ON SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO
December 6, 2025 — Barack Obama just cut the ribbon on a $150 million free education and health campus, entirely funded by his own pocket, without a single tax dollar.
On 42 acres in the middle of the South Side, “Promise Campus” includes:
– Tuition-free high school for 1,200 students
– Completely free maternal and child health center
– Paid job training institute
– Community farm, library, 5,000-seat auditorium
Standing in front of hundreds of local children, Obama said a sentence that made the whole hall pause because it was so real, so straightforward — and the next part he said made the press whisper to each other: “What is he implying?”
He ended with his signature smile:
“Promise Campus will say one thing… ‘Yes we can’ — but in a big Chicago accent.”
The campus opens in January 2026. The South Side has just changed its tune — and people are still talking about Obama’s mysterious line on stage.
