George W. Bush Presidential Center
Five for Friday
A Weekly Digest from the George W. Bush Presidential Center
March 25, 2022
President Bush and President Clinton place sunflowers – the Ukrainian national flower – outside Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Helping Ukrainians

President Bush and President Clinton recently visited a Ukrainian church in Chicago to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine. We join Welcome.US in urging Americans to help the 100,000 Ukrainian refugees heading for the United States.

Learn how you can support newly arriving Ukrainians
Secretary Madeleine Albright `lived out the American dream and helped others realize it’
Statement by President George W. Bush on Secretary Madeleine Albright
The real book battle is making sure kids can read them
Tulsa World op-ed by Anne Wicks, the Ann Kimball Johnson Director of the Education Reform Initiative
The United States determined Burma’s military committed genocide and crimes against humanity
Bush Institute Liberty and Leadership Program Scholar Wai Wai Nu reacts in a Q&A
Florida becomes first state to move away from singular year-end test
Two-minute take with Anne Wicks, the Ann Kimball Johnson Director of the Education Reform Initiative
In Case You Missed It
Further News, Analysis, and more from the Bush Center
The United States has a role to play in mitigating the Ukrainian refugee crisis | The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Op-ed by Laura Collins, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, and David J. Kramer, the Bradford M. Freeman Managing Director of Global Policy at the Bush Institute
Democracy Talks: Preserving Freedom of Expression
Seventh installment in the series explores how democracies around the world are affected by the lack of free expression
Is democracy in decline globally? | KERA Think Podcast
Interview with Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, the Kelly and David Pfeil Fellow at the Bush Institute
Strong local newspapers are key to strengthening democracy |Real Clear Policy 
Op-ed by Bill McKenzie, Senior Editorial Advisor at the Bush Institute
Don't miss acclaimed children’s book author Roda Ahmed at the Laura Bush Book Club | May 15 at 3 p.m. CT
Ahmed’s books include Good Night, Wiggly Toes and Mae Among the Stars

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