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Oprah Winfrey to help Lady GaGa launch Born This Way Foundation
Published Tuesday, Feb 14 2012, 21:49 GMT | By Leah Simpson | 2 comments
Lady GaGa will be joined by Oprah Winfrey when her Born This Way Foundation launches this month.
The singer - who named the organisation after her single and album release of 2011 - is expecting the former chat show host and philanthropist to attend the opening event held at Harvard's Graduate School of Education on February 29.
The non-profit group announced that as well as the television personality, US Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra and Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree are also scheduled to attend.
Lady GaGa's new project aims to help with confidence, career and bullying issues through research, education and sponsorship.
Also supporting the 25-year-old, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, will be her mother Cynthia.
Last November she said: "My daughter's foundation was born out of her passion to create a better world where people are kinder and nicer to one another and are accepted for who they are, regardless of how different they may be.
"She has experienced many of the struggles that our youth encounter today, and identifies with the lasting effects they can have without proper support. Together, we look forward to creating a new movement that will engage and empower youth and accept them as valuable members of our society."
The get together will be filmed for a forthcoming episode of Oprah's Next Chapter to be aired on OWN.
GaGa said in a statement last year: "My mother and I have initiated a passion project. We call it the Born This Way Foundation.
"Together we hope to establish a standard of bravery and kindness, as well as a community worldwide that protects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment."
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Watch the video for Lady GaGa's 'Born This Way' below:
The singer - who named the organisation after her single and album release of 2011 - is expecting the former chat show host and philanthropist to attend the opening event held at Harvard's Graduate School of Education on February 29.
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The non-profit group announced that as well as the television personality, US Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra and Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree are also scheduled to attend.
Lady GaGa's new project aims to help with confidence, career and bullying issues through research, education and sponsorship.
Also supporting the 25-year-old, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, will be her mother Cynthia.
Last November she said: "My daughter's foundation was born out of her passion to create a better world where people are kinder and nicer to one another and are accepted for who they are, regardless of how different they may be.
"She has experienced many of the struggles that our youth encounter today, and identifies with the lasting effects they can have without proper support. Together, we look forward to creating a new movement that will engage and empower youth and accept them as valuable members of our society."
The get together will be filmed for a forthcoming episode of Oprah's Next Chapter to be aired on OWN.
GaGa said in a statement last year: "My mother and I have initiated a passion project. We call it the Born This Way Foundation.
"Together we hope to establish a standard of bravery and kindness, as well as a community worldwide that protects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment."
> Lady GaGa: 'Adele deserved every Grammy she won'
> Lady GaGa on bulimia struggle: "I used to throw up all the time"
Watch the video for Lady GaGa's 'Born This Way' below:
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