George W. Bush Presidential Center
Five for Friday
A Weekly Digest from the George W. Bush Presidential Center
September 29, 2023
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Ring in the holidays with our 2023 ornament

The 2023 George W. Bush Presidential Center ornament, titled Sky Over Prairie Chapel Ranch, is now available to preorder. The ornament reproduces one of President Bush’s paintings done in oil on canvas. Also available is the holiday ornament bundle of all Bush Center ornaments from 2013 to 2023. Bush Center members receive a 10% discount on all Museum Store purchases by logging in when ordering online.

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A Zimbabwean democracy advocate and his struggle for freedom
Article by Ellen Bork, Fellow at the Bush Institute
Webinar: How governments around the world have solved supposedly impossible problems
Jonathan Tepperman, Editor-in-Chief of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute, will moderate a virtual Engage at the Bush Center conversation presented by NexPoint with Bush Institute's Anne Wicks, the Ann Kimball Johnson Director of Education and Opportunity, and Albert Torres, Associate of Freedom and Democracy
Kick off fall with a free guided tour of the Laura W. Bush Native Texas Park
Explore native Texas environments such as Blackland Prairie, Post Oak Savannah, and Cross Timbers Forest with Master Naturalists on Saturdays at 10 a.m. through Nov. 18
Get tickets for the Engage NexPoint Lecture: Win, Lose, or Draw? Democracy and the Accelerating Pace of Technological Change
The 2023 NexPoint Lecture edition of Engage at the Bush Center brings together Garry Kasparov, the Russian pro-democracy leader and world chess champion, and Shane Tews, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies in relation to our democracy
In Case You Missed It
Further News, Analysis, and more from the Bush Center
How one state almost solved America’s homelessness problem | The Catalyst
Essay by Alap Davé, Associate of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative
NASCO’s annual meeting highlights the spirit of North American collaboration
Article by Jenny Villatoro, Program Manager for the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative
Increase access to technical training for K–12 students
Article by Anne Wicks, the Ann Kimball Johnson Director of Education and Opportunity at the Bush Institute
Courageous in a Dangerous World: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Fight for Human Rights | Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. CT at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Join the Bush Center's friends and learn how the former first lady worked to advance human rights around the globe
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About the George W. Bush Presidential Center

Located on the SMU campus in Dallas, Texas, the George W. Bush Presidential Center is a nonpartisan institution advancing the timeless values of freedom, opportunity, accountability, and compassion. The Bush Center comprises the George W. Bush Presidential Museum and the George W. Bush Institute, a solution-oriented policy organization focused on ensuring opportunity for all, strengthening democracy, and advancing free societies through policy solutions and public engagement. The Bush Center also houses the George W. Bush Presidential Library, operated by the National Archives and Records Administration, which provides access to official documents and artifacts from the George W. Bush Administration.

 

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2943 SMU Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75205

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