Five for Friday

A Weekly Digest from the Bush Center

October 2, 2020

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Don't Miss Mark Cuban and Daymond John at the Annual Highland Capital Lecture

Join us live online for the next Engage at the Bush Center, presented by Highland Capital Management event at 5:30 p.m. Central time on Oct. 21, 2020. Two stars of the ABC hit show Shark Tank — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and FUBU founder Daymond John — are coming to the Bush Center to discuss issues our country is facing. Bush Center CEO Ken Hersh will moderate the discussion with a particular focus on the role entrepreneurs, innovators, and business leaders can play.

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In Focus

EDUCATION REFORM | Beyond the Scantron: Tests and Equity in Today's Schools

In this series, parents, educators, researchers, and policy makers discuss how assessments are built, how they are used, how they can be improved, and the critical role they play for students during the pandemic and beyond.
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VETERAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM | Removing Barriers for the Military Community at the Ballot Box

Stand-To Veteran Leadership Scholar Elizabeth Jamison discusses efforts underway to engage military voters as well as the barriers that the military community faces during the election process.
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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP | America’s Image in the World is Slipping

Lindsay Lloyd, the Bradford M. Freeman Director of the Bush Institute’s Human Freedom Initiative, and David Kramer, member of the Bush Institute Human Freedom Advisory Council, wrote an op-ed for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on why November’s election winner will have his hands full when it comes to foreign policy.
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CHOOSE FREEDOM | Democracy Matters for All

Chris Walsh, Senior Program Manager of the Bush Institute’s Human Freedom Initiative, talks with Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, the Kelly and David Pfeil Fellow, about her experiences discussing democracy and human rights in foreign policy with young adults — and why democracy matters for all generations.
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