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A Weekly Digest from the Bush Center

August 21, 2020

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The Bush Institute's Global Experts Weigh in on Foreign Policy Solutions

In the second installment of The Dallas Morning News' "What’s At Stake," a multipart series on important issues for voters to consider in the fall, the Bush Institute's Human Freedom and Women's Initiative teams contributed three articles on foreign policy solutions.
* Lindsay Lloyd, the Bradford M. Freeman Director of the Human Freedom Initiative, discusses the importance of U.S. support for human rights and democracy abroad <[link removed]>.
* Natalie Gonnella-Platts, Director of the Women’s Initiative, writes how gender equality correlates with the spread and sustainability of freedom and peace <[link removed]>.
* Joseph Kim, Expert-in-Residence of the Human Freedom Initiative, argues that speaking up on human rights abuses in North Korea <[link removed]> is not only the right thing to do, but will also make America stronger.

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In Focus


IN THE NEWS | Keeping Lebanon in Our Thoughts
The massive Aug. 4 explosion in Beirut — home to several Bush Institute WE Lead Scholars — killed more than 170 people, injured thousands, and destroyed a significant portion of the city center. Farhat Popal, Senior Program Manager of the Women's Initiative, reflects on this tragedy.
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MENTAL HEALTH | Access to Mental Health Care Essential to Recovery Package
There’s an undertone of anxiety, grief for the “normal” once known, and fear as states reopen while COVID-19 resurges. Kacie Kelly, Deputy Director of the Bush Institute Military Service Initiative, writes in the San Antonio Express-News that Congress must make it easier for patients to receive telemental health care in any upcoming COVID recovery package.
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WHAT TO WATCH | Films that Celebrate the Contributions of Women
As Americans commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing (some) women the right to vote in the United States, the Bush Center's Women's Initiative curated a list of films celebrating this important milestone and the incredible contributions of women and girls to our world.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY | Birthday Interview with Holly Kuzmich
On Aug. 18, Politico featured Bush Institute Executive Director Holly Kuzmich in its "Birthday of the Day" interview. Kuzmich discusses her first jobs in our nation's capital, how teaching and learning might be changed forever by the pandemic, and what podcast she's been listening to.
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