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A Weekly Digest from the Bush Center

May 21, 2021

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Purchase Tickets for the Highland Capital
Lecture: Understanding the Border

Join us in person for a special Highland Capital Lecture, Understanding the Border: A Conversation on Life, Culture and Commerce on June 14 at 6:30 p.m. CT – part of the Engage at the Bush Center series. In a companion event to the Bush Center’s special exhibit on immigration and President Bush’s new book, Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants <[link removed]>, experts including former U.S. Representative Will Hurd will examine the incredible biodiversity, agricultural strength, and beauty of our southern border.
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In Focus


MRS. BUSH | 2021 Summer Reading List
This week, Mrs. Bush joined Kelly Clarkson on The Kelly Clarkson Show to announce that the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries awarded more than $ 1 million in library grants <[link removed]> to 205 school libraries across the country. Mrs. Bush also revealed her 2021 summer reading list, which includes recommendations for young readers through middle schoolers.
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PLAN YOUR VISIT | Permanent Exhibit Reopens on May 25
The permanent exhibit on the 43rd President of the United States – including steel from the World Trade Center, a full-scale replica of the Oval Office, and a newly updated interactive exhibit on protecting the environment – reopens to the public on May 25, 2021. Buy your tickets <[link removed]> online for both the permanent exhibit and the special exhibit, Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants <[link removed]>, and plan to explore the Native Texas Park and eat lunch at Café 43 while you’re here.
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IN THE NEWS | Supporting Democracy Shouldn’t Stop at Our Borders
After Major League Baseball moved its 2021 All-Star game from Atlanta to protest against Georgia’s new election law, Chris Walsh, the Bush Institute Senior Program Manager for the Human Freedom and Women’s Initiatives, argued in an op-ed in Inside Sources that U.S. companies should demonstrate a similar commitment to democratic values and individual rights abroad.
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LIVE Q&A | Why are Central Americans Fleeing Their Homes?
In a conversation and live Q&A on May 25 at 11:30 a.m. CT, Matthew Rooney, the Bush Institute – SMU Economic Growth Initiative Managing Director, will be joined by panelists from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to discuss why there is an increase in Central Americans making the dangerous trek to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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