Singer Lady Gaga stops by Harvard Yard before launching her Born This Way Foundation on a snowy day on February 29, 2012 in Cambridge, MA. (FameFlynet Pictures)
Lady Gaga has designed a career on standing out in all her weird glory and regularly uses her fame to show fans to like who they're and embrace their individuality. Now, the pop star is reworking her message of encouragement into one thing additional official and arranged.
Gaga braved the New England snow as she found out Harvard to launch her new Born this manner Foundation, geared toward empowering children. The singer was joined by some powerful friends, as she was flanked by Oprah Winfrey, Deepak Chopra, and Kathleen Sebelius to assist usher within the non-profit foundation.
As their mission statement reads, the Born this manner Foundation is "dedicated to making a secure community that helps connect children with the talents and opportunities they have to make a braver, kinder world. we tend to believe that everybody has the proper to feel safe, to be empowered and to create a distinction within the world. Together, we'll move towards acceptance, bravery, and love."
Gaga is not only the face of the new foundation; she's donated over $1.2 million of her own cash to the cause. As she spoke to the gang gathered at the celebrated university, Gaga touched on the responsibility she feels when it involves outreach: "I believe that if you have got revolutionary potential, you need to create the planet a much better place and use it."
Gaga additionally thanked her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, who impressed her to start out the muse and who can facilitate run it. “She is that the sole reason that i'm here nowadays. She has forever believed in me. She has forever been my support, and she or he makes me wish to inject that sense of family and support into the planet,” Gaga said.