George W. Bush Presidential Center
Five for Friday
A Weekly Digest from the George W. Bush Presidential Center
October 14, 2022
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School library grant applications open
 
The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries is accepting applications for grants to support school libraries, with the goal of encouraging all students to develop a love of reading and learning. Public, private, parochial, magnet, and charter schools that have a library are welcome to apply. Applications close Nov. 30. You can also help us spread that love of reading by sharing this opportunity with the school librarians in your community.
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Education is power for peace and security in Afghanistan
New report by Natalie Gonnella-Platts, Director of Women’s Advancement at the Bush Institute, and the Bush Institute’s Afghan Education Working Group
Gender policy is foreign policy, too
For International Day of the Girl on Oct. 11, Robert McDonald, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Natalie Gonnella-Platts, Director of Women's Advancement at the Bush Institute, wrote in Foreign Policy  that supporting women and girls internationally is in the best interest of the United States.
Dr. Ben Bernanke recognized for world-changing economic insights with Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Article by Cullum Clark, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative Director
Laura W. Bush Native Texas Park tours now available
Explore the 15-acre park and it's native Texas landscape, which includes 53 wildflower species, 37 grass species, and 974 trees of different species, with a tour guide
In Case You Missed It
Further News, Analysis, and more from the Bush Center
How to recognize International Day of the Girl |GMA3 interview
Metra Mehran, a member of the Bush Institute’s Afghan Education Working Group, discusses the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan under Taliban rule and how people can help
Kleptocracy: an invincible (and invisible) enemy | Forum 2000 podcast
Interview with Jessica Ludwig, Director of Freedom and Democracy at the Bush Institute
Read about an event with Jim Towey on his book on Mother Teresa
Holly Kuzmich, Executive Director of the Bush Institute, interviewed the former advisor to President Bush about his book, To Love and Be Loved
Future of DACA program is uncertain
Article by Laura Collins, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative
Q&A with Naheed A. Ahmadi, member of the Bush Institute's Afghan Education Working Group
Ahmadi shares her hope for Afghanistan and her experience as a member of the Afghanistan parliament
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