Panel. I will introduce the moderator and she will introduce the panelist. I will introduce to you monica, monica is currently with a nationally known expert on Immigration Law and policy. I know monica from her time on the judiciary committee, the House Judiciary Committee. She focused on immigration and refugee issues. Also, i know monica for another reason. Her father was a refugee from uganda, resettled to new orleans by my organization. Without, monica thank you so much for being here. Thank you for putting on this wonderful event. As you said my father was resettled in 1972 so i have a personal connection. I worked very closely on refugee policy and i have been an immigrant space for a while it is wonderful to be here. Today we want to acknowledge our standup panel and get more into this conversation about the lead up to the refugee act. I really want to take a look at how the refugee act is and take a step back at where we are today and see if there are any lessons we can learn
Rosalynn carter do you remember when you and president carter started having conversations about him running for president . I do. What was that like . What was that conversation . It was very interesting. We had a friend that wrote and told jimmy that he thought he ought to run for president. Well, we couldnt even say the word. Thats like my husband is running for. Well, i didnt tell anybody because we kept it very quiet. Um, and. But then once he decided that he would do it, um, that was when i couldnt. I mean, he could hardly say im going to be president. It was just something that was, you know, wed never, ever dreamed would happen. And, um, but it was exciting. I was excited about it. I had campaigned the whole last year before the governors race for him and it was hard and amy was a baby, and i didnt like to leave her all the time. Um, but i enjoyed it. I mean, i learned so much about our state. We have 159 candidates. I knew the capital of every, uh, county. I knew, i mean, and,
Watch book tv every sunday on cspan2 and find a full schedule on your Program Guide or wch online anytime at booktv. Org. Rosalynn carter, do you remember when you and president carter started having conversations about him running for president . Ideal. What was thatve like . What was our conversation . It was very interesting. [laughter] we hadug a friend, he thought he ought toan run for president. Well, we could not even say the word. I did not tell anybody because we kept it very quiet. But then, once he decided that he would do it, that was when i could not, he could hardly say i was going to be president. It was just something that we never ever dreamed would happen. And, itxc was exciting. I was excited about it. I had campaigned the whole last year before the governors race. It was hard. Amy was a baby. I did not like to leave her all the time. But i enjoyed it. I knew the capital of every county. In fact, that is how i got involved in Mental Health issues campaigning for jimm
20 years ago, yesterday day, president George W Bush addressed the nation after the Space Shuttle columbia disaster. And its in a moment like following other moments in his presidency, the horrors of 911, the global war on terror, the invasion of iraq, but also high points in the presidency. President bush was trying to bring the together in a moment of grief, but also to try to provide a vision of hope and common. And its in moments like this that the extraordinary resources, the Miller Center and these scholars that you have with you here today provide for us. We have, as you all know, because we released the George W Bush oral history in the fall of 2019, right before pandemic Russell Riley and Barbara Perry with a number of colleagues have brought the oral history of this presidency. And today were here to celebrate one of the first fruits of that project. That is what we call basic research. And from that basic, our scholars take and produce books of scholarship where. They learn
20 years ago, yesterday day, president George W Bush addressed the nation after the Space Shuttle columbia disaster. And its in a moment like following other moments in his presidency, the horrors of 911, the global war on terror, the invasion of iraq, but also high points in the presidency. President bush was trying to bring the together in a moment of grief, but also to try to provide a vision of hope and common. And its in moments like this that the extraordinary resources, the Miller Center and these scholars that you have with you here today provide for us. We have, as you all know, because we released the George W Bush oral history in the fall of 2019, right before pandemic Russell Riley and Barbara Perry with a number of colleagues have brought the oral history of this presidency. And today were here to celebrate one of the first fruits of that project. That is what we call basic research. And from that basic, our scholars take and produce books of scholarship where. They learn