The Carter Center does not monitor U.S. elections, but it recently conducted a state-by-state research project to determine just how possible it is to observe U.S. elections. Can nonpartisan U.S. or international groups observe elections? What groups will be watching the polls in November? Find out how regulations in various states stack up against international standards and hear what Carter Center experts and others have learned. Panelists include: Jason Carter, former state senator and chairman of the Carter Center’s Board of Trustees; Avery Davis-Roberts, associate director of the Carter Center’s Democracy Program; Wendy Underhill, director of the National Conference of State Legislatures’ elections and redistricting team; and Ambassador Audrey Glover, head of the 2016 U.S. election observation mission organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter discuss recent Carter Center peace and health initiatives around the world, and take your questions about issues big and small.

One simple way we can help people dealing with mental illness is by choosing our words with care. How we speak and write about mental illness can help either reinforce or break down stereotypes. The Carter Center has long worked to reduce stigma by providing fellowships to journalists covering mental health. Learn more about their work and discover ways to talk about mental health sensitively. Panelists include: Dr. Glenda Wrenn, Clinical psychologist, Morehouse School of Medicine; director of Satcher Health Leadership Institute; Misty Williams, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter and 2015/15 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Fellow; and Hank Klibanoff, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, member of the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships Advisory Board. Rebecca Palpant Shimkets, associate director of The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, moderates. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter introduces the program.

Without information, it is almost impossible to ensure your rights are protected, improve your economic situation, or make your voice heard. The Carter Center is helping empower a group who often has a hard time getting information: women. Learn about the obstacles women in Liberia, Guatemala, and Bangladesh face and what the Center is doing to help. Panelists include: Laura Neuman, director of the Carter Center's Global Access to Information Program; María Machicado Terán, representative, U.N. Women, Guatemala; Paul Prettitore, senior public sector specialist, The World Bank.

In 2015, The Carter Center conducted its 100th election observation mission. Over the years, our staff have watched jubilant voters cast their first ballots; met with dictators who were sure they would be re-elected, but lost; and watched election officials stay up all night counting ballots. Hear humorous and moving tales from the front lines of emerging democracies.

Panelists include: David Carroll, director of the Carter Center's Democracy Program, who has participated in nearly half of the Center's election missions, including the recent 101st in Myanmar; Jennie Lincoln, director of the Center's Americas Program, who was part of the Center's first and second missions in Panama and Nicaragua, and also served as a short-term observer in the 100th election mission in Guyana; Sarah Johnson, an associate director in the Center's Democracy Program, who has overseen numerous election observation missions, including in Sudan and Tunisia; Brett Lacy, an associate director in the Center's Democracy Program, who has managed or participated in election observation missions in Mozambique, Liberia, East Timor, and Guyana, among others; Avery Davis-Roberts, an associate director in the Center's Democracy Program who oversees the Democratic Election Standards Project and a project to improve the quality of U.S. elections. She has also taken part in observation missions in the Philippines and in the Cherokee Nation, among others.

Syria's civil war has been raging for four-plus years, killing over 200,000. Hear what The Carter Center is doing to help Syria, from holding consultations with key players to discussing a possible political transition to operating an innovative social media project that provides up-to-date analysis of the war. Panelists include: Hrair Balian, director of the Carter Center's Conflict Resolution Program; Roxaneh Bazergan, a team leader in the mediation unit of the U.N.'s Department of Political Affairs; Sara Hellmüller, senior researcher and program officer in the mediation program at swisspeace; Chris McNaboe, manager of the Carter Center's Syria Mapping Project

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter discuss current events and the Carter Center's peace and health initiatives around the world.

Watch a conversation about the Carter Center's groundbreaking work to eliminate blinding trachoma from countries across Africa. Kelly Callahan, director of the Center's Trachoma Control Program, is joined by Jim Ervin, past international president of the Lions Clubs International Association, a key supporter of the Center's efforts to prevent disease for more than two decades.

This conversation includes exclusive footage from a new documentary showing how the Center works with local communities and partners in the field to fight the disease.

This event explores Liberia's progress and setbacks toward a sustainable peace after its 14-year civil war, including the impact of the Ebola crisis on recovery. The Carter Center has worked in Liberia for more than two decades, observing elections and partnering with government and civil society to strengthen democratic institutions, access to information, administration of justice, and mental health services. WABE reporter Jim Burress moderates the event.

The panelists include Dr. Pamela Scully, an Emory professor whose research and writing focuses on comparative gender history with an emphasis on biography and on sexual violence in war and post-conflict, especially in Liberia; Elwood Dunn, a scholar, diplomat, and educator who has served in several high-level capacities in the Liberian government, including as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, and director of the Foreign Service Institute; and Tom Crick, associate director of the Carter Center's Conflict Resolution Program, whose most recent work has focused on peace-building and conflict prevention in Liberia, where he manages the Center's innovative Access to Justice project.

Combating Violence Against Women and Girls and Advancing Peace: Three of the participants in the Human Rights Defenders Forum join President Carter for a discussion about protecting the rights of women and girls, with a special emphasis on women and peacemaking and on the role religious leaders can play in this effort.

In addition to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, the panelists are Ayisha Osori, lawyer and the CEO of the Nigerian Women's Trust Fund, a nonprofit focused on increasing the quality and quantity of women in government; Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, co-founder of the International Civil Society Action Network, and one of the civil society drafters of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security; and Alaa Murabit, Canadian-Libyan doctor who founded The Voice of Libyan Women project, which pushes for inclusive peace processes and conflict mediation.

The event is moderated by Karin Ryan, senior project adviser to The Carter Center's Human Rights Program.