Friends of the LBJ Library | Dec, 16 2025 6:30PM - 8:00PM
2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the high tide of the Great Society, which saw transformational change in America through the landmark laws President Lyndon Johnson saw to fruition: Voting Rights, immigration reform, federal aid to education, the creation of Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, Pell Grants, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Endowment of the Arts and the Humanities, and more.
On December 16, please join us as we examine the state of Medicare and voting rights—and the nation at large—today. The program will be organized into two 40-minute conversations.
Speakers include:
- Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Senior fellow at The Century Foundation, Director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2021 to 2025
- Jonathan Capehart, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, co-host of the morning edition of “The Weekend”on MSNBC, political analyst on PBS “News Hour”
- Dr. Michael Hole, Executive Director, The Impact Factory, Professor at Dell Medical School and LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin
- Celina Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, League of Women Voters
- Mark K. Updegrove, President and CEO of the LBJ Foundation
This program is hosted by the Friends of the LBJ Library.
About the speakers
Book sales
The Store at LBJ will be selling copies of Jonathan Capehart’s book Yet Here I Am: Lessons From a Black Man’s Search for Home onsite in the upper lobby of the LBJ Auditorium from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and again immediately following the program. Jonathan Capehart will sign books from 5:45-6:15 p.m. in the upper Auditorium lobby.
By purchasing through the Store at LBJ, you support a local cultural institution. All proceeds from sales support our programming, exhibits, and educational initiatives at the LBJ Presidential Library.
Location and Parking
The LBJ Auditorium is located on the lower level of the LBJ complex at 2313 Red River St. Access to the auditorium will be through the lobby of the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Parking information will be shared with registered attendees.
To RSVP:
Please register using the form below. This event is open to members of the Friends of the LBJ Library (at the Individual level and above).