October 22, 2012, 3:00 pm
By The Carter Center
Former U.S. President and Carter Center Founder Jimmy Carter is answering questions from the public via Facebook, Twitter, and this blog starting Oct. 19, 2012, as part of a year-long commemoration of the Center’s 30th anniversary waging peace and fighting disease worldwide.
Click on the videos below to view his latest responses.
QUESTION: How do you respond to criticism of …
October 19, 2012, 4:15 pm
By The Carter Center
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been named the 2012 recipient of the CDC Foundation’s Hero Award. The foundation honored President Carter for three decades of visionary leadership focused on saving lives, reducing suffering, and providing hope for millions of the world’s poorest people, as well as for his commitment to achieving a more peaceful and healthy world for us …
October 18, 2012, 10:48 am
By The Carter Center
At a special ceremony at The Carter Center in Atlanta today, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former Merck CEO Dr. Roy Vagelos, former Carter Center Executive Director, Dr. Bill Foege, and other guests and dignitaries from around the world gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Merck’s Mectizan® Donation Program.
“Twenty-five years after Merck’s unprecedented ongoing donation of Mectizan, significant …
October 10, 2012, 8:48 am
By The Carter Center
and Rebecca Palpant Shimkets
Rebecca Palpant Shimkets is assistant director for the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism at The Carter Center. This blog is part of the Carter Center – PsychCentral.com World Mental Health Day Blog Party on Oct. 10, 2012.
The voices of millions will join together this month for breast cancer awareness in walks and runs …
October 8, 2012, 10:32 am
By The Carter Center
For the first time, former U.S. President and Carter Center Founder Jimmy Carter will answer questions from the public via Facebook, Twitter, and this blog, as part of a year-long commemoration of the Center’s 30th anniversary of waging peace and fighting disease worldwide.
How to Submit a Question
Questions for President Carter about the work of the Center or related …
October 1, 2012, 9:00 am
By The Carter Center
On Oct. 10, through a partnership between The Carter Center and PsychCentral.com, dozens of bloggers will participate in a blog party, publishing their thoughts about mental health in observance of World Mental Health Day.
“Mental illness affects all of us, but there are still many myths and misconceptions about these disorders,” said former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who founded the …
