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 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.
See the book list  

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 online for both the permanent exhibit and the special exhibit, Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants, and plan to explore the Native Texas Park and eat lunch at Café 43 while you’re here.
Visit us Tuesday through Saturday  

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.
Read the op-ed  

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.
Register for the Q&A