Former President Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaObama warns of a 'decade of unfair, partisan gerrymandering' in call to look at down-ballot races Quinnipiac polls show Trump leading Biden in Texas, deadlocked race in Ohio Poll: Trump opens up 6-point lead over Biden in Iowa MORE released a video Wednesday of him meeting with high school students on Chicago's Southwest side earlier this week.

“Yesterday I met with high school students on Chicago’s Southwest side who spent the summer learning to code some pretty cool apps,” Obama said in a tweet alongside the video. “Michelle and I are proud to support programs that invest in local youth and we’re proud of these young people.”

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In the video, Obama is met with applause as shakes hands with a room full of high school students.

Obama then takes a seat among students as one student gives a presentation about a local coding program.

Yesterday I met with high school students on Chicago’s Southwest side who spent the summer learning to code some pretty cool apps. Michelle and I are proud to support programs that invest in local youth and we’re proud of these young people. pic.twitter.com/dQnDgswCj5 — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 29, 2018

“This program specifically helped me because I’m not that afraid of going up [to speak publicly] anymore,” one student said. “I might stutter but I have a little bit more confidence now.”

“You were smooth up there,” Obama says in the video.

“I think it’s a useful lesson for all of you is don’t be afraid to try stuff because we hold ourselves back a lot by thinking I don’t know if I can pull this off,” Obama said addressing all of the students in the video, “I don’t want to be embarrassed, I don’t want to seem foolish, you know I don’t want somebody laughing at me, or saying I don’t belong.

"You can pull it off," he added.

The visit appeared to be part of the One Summer Chicago jobs program launched earlier this summer by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was also present during Obama’s visit.

According to a press release, the six-week program provides Chicago youth with “valuable work experience while keeping them safe and engaged during the summer months.”