President Obama is very passionate about creating mentoring programs for young people, especially young men, of color. His newest promotional video called “The Mentorship” – a feature for his My Brother’s Keeper initiative – features one of the most well-known faces in professional sports today: Steph Curry of the record-breaking Golden State Warriors. What is best about the short clip is the comedic relationship between Obama and Curry even when the President tries to improve Curry’s jump shot.

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In the video, we see Obama and Curry doing mundane things like playing Connect Four and improving Curry’s resume. The duo even takes a moment to create a volcano which Curry makes ‘explode’ using chemicals. Obama then says, “that’s science right there!”

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It is no question that the video’s main focus is on the My Brother’s Keeper campaign. As the video progresses, the viewer is encouraged to “support My Brother’s Keeper” and “become a mentor” since, as they say, you don’t have to have all the time in the world, be the President, or an NBA star to be a hero in your community.

Watch the video below:

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  • Jenn M. Jackson was born and raised in East Oakland, California, a fact which motivates her writing and academic ambitions. She is a scholar, educator, and writer whose writing addresses Black Politics and civil and public life for young Black people with a focus on policing and surveillance. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of Water Cooler Convos, a culture platform for Black millennials. Her writing has been featured in Washington Post, BITCH Magazine, Marie Claire, EBONY, The Root, Daily Dot, The Independent, and many others. Jackson is a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago studying American Politics with a focus on political participation and engagement, public opinion and social movements. For more about her, tweet her at @JennMJack or visit her website at jennmjackson.com.