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Conversations at The Carter Center
Conversations at The Carter Center brings you up close with Carter Center experts and special guests to discuss the issues that shape your world. Following their discussion, panelists also take questions from the audience. All Conversations are webcast live and archived for future viewing. The events are held at the Carter Center's Ivan Allen Pavilion. Tickets and RSVPs are available online only. Please note RSVP start-dates below.
The 2009-2010 series includes: A Conversation with the Carters
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, 7-8:30 p.m.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, will discuss current peace and health initiatives at The Carter Center and the Oct. 1 reopening of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, which is also President Carter's 85th birthday. This event will be moderated by Carter Center CEO Dr. John Hardman.
The Carter Presidency Revisited
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, 7-8:30 p.m.
A panel of distinguished presidential scholars reassesses the relevance for today of key policies and events of the administration of the 39th U.S. President. Speakers include Kevin Mattson, author of "What the Heck Are You Up To Mr. President?" Jimmy Carter, America's 'Malaise,' and the Speech That Should Have Changed the Country (2009), Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Director Jay Hakes, author of "A Declaration of Energy Independence" (2008), and Steven Hochman, Carter Center director of research and faculty assistant to President Carter.
China – U.S. Relations
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, 7-8:30 p.m.
Watch the archived webcast > Normalizing relations with China was one of the most important decisions for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during his administration 30 years ago. Making the decision was difficult and it is equally difficult to maintain this complex and multi-faceted relationship. Both nations are now facing new challenges. Managing this important bilateral relationship has a huge impact on world peace, stability, and prosperity. This discussion on the history, present, and future of the relationship between these two great nations is moderated by Carter Center Vice President for Peace Programs John Stremlau. Panelists include former U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries Madam Li Xiaolin; Emory University distinguished visiting professor of China studies Mary Brown Bullock; and Carter Center China Program Director Yawei Liu. The Mental Health Crisis in Georgia
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, 7-8:30 p.m.
Watch the archived webcast > More than 130 patients have died under suspicious circumstances in Georgia's public psychiatric hospitals over the past seven years, according to an exposé by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Carter Center has been a leading voice for change in Georgia's mental health system since this crisis came to light, and has worked to identify strategies to transform Georgia's shame into a model for the nation.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against the state of Georgia, the status of which was discussed during the Feb. 16 Conversations at The Carter Center. Former First Lady and Carter Center Mental Health Program founder Rosalynn Carter provides opening remarks. Carter Center Mental Health Program Director Dr. Thom Bornemann moderates a panel of key stakeholders who discuss the challenges facing the state mental health system and explore potential solutions. Panelists include Charles Willis of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network; Dr. John Gates, board member, The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, Georgia Southwestern University; and Andrew Penn of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
Africa: Elections Aren't Enough
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 7-8:30 p.m.
Join us for a Conversation led by Paul Collier, award-winning author of books such as "The Bottom Billion" and "War, Guns, and Votes." Collier is also professor of economics and director of the Center for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University. He researches the causes and consequences of civil war, the effects of aid, and the problems of democracy in low-income and natural resource-rich societies. Collier will be joined on a panel by David Carroll, director of the Carter Center's Democracy Program; Tom Crick, associate director of the Center's Conflict Resolution Program; and Jennifer McCoy, director of the Center's Americas Program for a closer look at the impact of elections in Africa and what is needed to make democracy hold in developing countries. Carter Center Vice President for Peace Programs John Stremlau will moderate. Following their discussion, the panel will take audience questions.
Copies of Collier's recent books will be available for purchase at the event and he will sign copies afterward.
Improving the Lives of Women Through Public Health Initiatives
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Webcast only
This Conversation will explore what life is like for women in rural Africa and how health education and other initiatives can dramatically improve their lives on many social, economic, and personal levels. Speakers will include Carter Center health experts and field staff who will talk about women they have come to know whose lives have been changed, and the broader implications that public health has on women's rights, public health, and economic development. Panelists to be announced.
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