Quarter Four 2021
Bush Institute Briefing
The Bush Institute is focused on developing leaders, advancing policy, and taking action to solve today’s most pressing challenges.
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“If you’re anything like me, you may feel discouraged when you open the news apps on your phone or turn on the television in the morning to check the latest headlines. Through the work we do at the Bush Institute, we are tackling many of these daunting issues each and every day. The projects we’re working on and the discussions we are cultivating offer hope for the future of our great Nation and the world.”
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Policy In focus
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Work on gender-based violence
Violence against women and girls in Central America and Afghanistan has a direct relationship to migration issues in our own country. Read two recent reports by Bush Institute experts on these important issues.
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* No Justice: Gender-Based Violence and Migration in Central America <[link removed]> * As an International Community, We Cannot Turn Our Backs on the Women and Children of Afghanistan <[link removed]>
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The Texas Story <[link removed]>
The Education Reform Initiative team released The Texas Story , a four-part series produced by The 74 and the Bush Institute. The reports examine how well Texas students are being prepared for the workforce as the country recovers from the pandemic.
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USMCA and workforce development: Building a competitive North America <[link removed]>
The Bush Institute hosted a conference on workforce development in North America in December that brought together representatives of the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States as well as business and education leaders engaged in workforce development.
Presidential Leadership Scholars update
We selected our seventh cohort of 60 PLS Scholars (Class of 2022), who met virtually for the first time in January. PLS alumni are continuing to have impact in their fields:
* Chequan Lewis (Class of 2017) was named <[link removed]> Chief Operations Officer at Pizza Hut.
* Chequan Lewis (Class of 2017) was named <[link removed]> Chief Operations Officer at Pizza Hut. * Roya Mahboob (Class of 2019) joined the Laura Bush Book Club for a timely and thought-provoking conversation <[link removed]> on Afghanistan.
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