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A week before the election, former first lady Michelle Obama headlined a star-studded voting event for her nonpartisan civic organization When We All Vote in Atlanta.

Obama did not deliver the same speech on Saturday as he did during his meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan. Instead of focusing on reproductive rights, she warned about the dangers of being an apathetic voter.

“In this country, change takes not days, but decades, everyone. This can be frustrating. Therefore, it is natural to wonder if someone can hear you or if anyone can see you. It’s healthy to push your leaders to be better and even to question the entire system,” Obama told the audience.

Obama insisted that these voters show the same interest in this election as the most powerful people in the world.

“I have sat at tables with some of the most powerful people in the world. And let me tell you, many people sitting at these tables have no idea what your lives are like,” Obama said. “They didn’t care about your apathy. In fact, they welcome it. They welcome it. They are happy to have full control of this match. Therefore, every person who has real power in this world is fully engaged in the political process.”

She told viewers they couldn’t “afford” to be apathetic.

“So you all have a choice. You can listen to them. You can fold your hands and stay at home. Or you can listen to me. And if you want to listen to me, here’s a warning. Only a handful of very rich people in the world can afford to be indifferent to our politics.

She continued: “You can’t afford the luxury of being indifferent to who has the power and who makes the rules. And for young people, as the years go by, you will all be the ones who have to clean up the mess. That’s good, because I won’t be here forever. And I don’t, I don’t want you, all our young people, to one day look at yourselves and realize that you don’t even recognize the world you live in.

Obama pressed the audience to make sure those in power actually “care” about voters.

“How are you going to make sure the powers that be actually care about you? And won’t we get help by sitting idly by? It’s not because of sitting. Is it because of you? It’s with the tools you have to make sure those in power actually see you.

The event featured performances by Marsai Martin, Kerry Washington, Kelly Rowland, Shonda Rhimes, Ciara, Liza Koshy, Rita Wilson and Ari Lennox.

– ABC News’ Gabriella Abdul-Hakim