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The Carter Center (video)
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Peace Programs Hear about and see the efforts to wage peace being made by The Carter Center. Peace with justice requires resolving conflict according to rules agreed to by all, beginning with the shared commitment to human rights and democratic values.   Role of Media in Liberia Civil War (2008) Listen >> 1:43:30   Palestinian Crisis: Two Palestines?  What is Risked by a West Bank First Policy? (2007) Listen >> Watch >> 1:37:07   Palestine Peace Not Apartheid (2007) Listen >> Watch >> 1:27:39   Palestinian Election Observation (2006) Listen >> Watch >> 0:04:48

Health Programs Hear all about and see the efforts being made by The Carter Center to fight disease. Global health connects us all. Global health broadens its reach to affect the prosperity and stability of whole nations - whether it is stopping a rabid outbreak of illness, preventing famine, or eliminating socially and economically devastating diseases.   Trachoma Control Program (2008) Watch >> 0:04:22 Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative (2008) Watch >> 0:04:21   Ending the Anguish of a Silent Disease (2008) Watch >>   0:03:52   Battling Disease at the Grassroots Level – A Case Study in Ethiopia  (2008) Watch >>  Listen >> 1:02:04   Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease (2006) Watch >>   0:04:25   Combatting River Blindness (2006) Watch >> 0:03:36

Special Topics Keep up with all the news and events at The Carter Center. President Carter's Address:   Nobel Peace Prize (2002) Listen >> 0:22:29   Palestinian Election Observation (2006) Listen >> Watch >> 1:27:39   Faces of Hope:  A Look at Lives Changed by the Carter Center's Work Around the World (2006) Listen >> Watch >> 0:05:30

Conversations at The Carter Center Conversations at The Carter Center is an annual series of evening programs designed to increase public awareness on issues of national and global importance as they relate to the Center's work. Distinguished panels consisting of Carter Center experts and special guests make presentations followed by question-and-answer periods with the audience. Heralding Freedom: The Gulag, American Civil Rights Movement, and Human Rights Today (2008) Listen >> Watch >> 1:36:28   Battling Disease at the Grassroots Level – A Case Study in Ethiopia  (2008) Listen >> Watch >> 1:02:04   Assessing the Prospects for Political Reform in China (2008) Listen >> Watch >> 1:26:50   Are We Safer With Secrecy? (2008) Listen >> Watch >> 1:25:24   Your Mental Health at Work (2007) Listen >> Watch >> 1:25:28   25 Years of The Carter Center (2007) Listen >> Watch >> 1:27:37   Lincoln's Melancholy:  A Conversation with Rosalynn Carter and Joshua Shenk -part 4 (2006) Listen >> 0:26:46   Lincoln's Melancholy:  A Conversation with Rosalynn Carter and Joshua Shenk - part 3 (2006) Listen >> 0:16:58   Lincoln's Melancholy:  A Conversation with Rosalynn Carter and Joshua Shenk -part 2 (2006) Listen >> 0:22:02   Lincoln's Melancholy:  A Conversation with Rosalynn Carter and Joshua Shenk - part 1 (2006) Listen >> 0:18:49