Ensuring Opportunity

Education and Workforce Pipeline Tool
The Education team developed a nationwide dashboard of education and workforce metrics that showcases states making noteworthy improvements in creating access to opportunity and allows education leaders to easily compare data.

Blueprint for Opportunity
Cullum Clark, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, explores economic mobility in two reports: The Evolving Geography of Opportunity: Leading Cities of the Past, Present, and Future, and The New Geography of Opportunity: Case Studies from a Changing Economic Landscape. The papers focus on strengthening America’s cities in their vital role as engines of upward mobility.

Check-In
A resource designed to connect veterans and their families with high-quality, compassionate care for mental and brain health, Check-In became available in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. To date, over 800 people have been connected to Check-In.

Strengthening Our Democracy

Presidential Leadership Scholars
The 2022 class of Presidential Leadership Scholars completed its final program module and is now part of an alumni network of more than 400 leaders with the momentum to continue increasing their impact in the communities they serve. See their impact.

Elections – A More Perfect Union
In May, the Bush Institute hosted Elections – A More Perfect Union, focused on how free, fair, and secure elections are the cornerstone of American democracy. Speakers included former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, and historian Jon Meacham.

Advancing Free Societies

Response to the war in Ukraine
David J. Kramer, the Bradford M. Freeman Managing Director of Global Policy at the Bush Institute, has provided commentary and expertise on how the U.S. and international community should respond to Russia and help Ukraine to victory.

Additionally, the spring edition of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute dove deeper into the struggles between liberal democracies and authoritarian regimes. See the Bush Institute's updates on Ukraine.

Lessons learned from PEPFAR's sucess
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the largest commitment by a nation to combat a single disease. In the first two papers of the Bush Institute's ongoing series of reports examining lessons learned from PEPFAR, we explore how PEPFAR’s focus on data, accountability, and global collaboration have played a role in its remarkable success. Read the reports.

Forum on Leadership

The Bush Center hosted the fifth annual Forum on Leadership in April 2022. Featured conversations included a keynote with James Mattis, the 26th U.S. Secretary of Defense, as well as a discussion with Dr. Deborah Birx, Senior Fellow at the Bush Institute and former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator; and Dr. Stephen Hahn, Harbinger Health CEO, and sessions with other global leaders.

Engage at the Bush Center series presented by NexPoint

Coming Up:
Don’t miss our exciting lineup of events coming this fall! When you become a member of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, you’ll receive advance notices, early access to tickets, and discounts for events like these:

• October 4: Looking to the Future: Bold Ideas from Bold Leaders

• November 17: Merry and Bright Night: A Holiday Celebration