A Celebration of Human Freedom
Featuring remarks by President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush, and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi
Event
May 15, 2012
10:00 am
1777 F St. NW, Washington, D.C.
Symposium
On Tuesday, May 15, the George W. Bush Presidential Center held a special event to celebrate the brave efforts of dissidents and activists around the world in their fight to be free. Joined by leading voices of liberty, President Bush delivered major remarks on the fight for freedom being waged across the globe.
The event also highlighted the newly unveiled Freedom Collection – a living repository containing inspirational stories from the most important freedom movements of the 20th and 21st centuries, told by the brave men and women who fought, and continue to fight, against repressive regimes.
Schedule
Sessions
- May 15, 2012
Welcome and Introduction by James K. Glassman, Founding Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute
- May 15, 2012
Video: Why I Became a Dissident
- May 15, 2012
Introduction of President George W. Bush by Ammar Abdulhamid, Founder, The Tharwa Foundatio
- May 15, 2012
Introduction of Mrs. Laura W. Bush by Xiqiu “Bob” Fu, Founder, China Aid Association
- May 15, 2012
Remarks by Aung San Suu Kyi via Video Teleconference
- May 15, 2012
A Conversation with Michael Gerson, Columnist, The Washington Post and Aung San Suu Kyi
- May 15, 2012
Presentation of Items for the Freedom Collection’s Physical Archive, facilitated by Amanda Schnetzer, Director, Human Freedom, George W. Bush Institute
- May 15, 2012
A special message by Normando Hernandez, Former Prisoner of Conscience, Group of 75, Cuba