On May 16th, Shirley Dean spoke to us about the Carter Center, a topic she became interested in after the February Rotarian featured a cover photo of Jimmy Carter, a five-page interview with him, and associated three page interview with Mary Ann Peters, the new chief executive of the Carter Center. The Carter Center’s motto is WAGING PEACE, FIGHTING DISEASE, BUILDING HOPE. The center was organized to direct the Carters’ philanthropic work after he was president (77-81), and was established with and continues as a cooperative effort in partnership with Emory Univ. since its inception in 1982. It is a NGO that is addressing some of the most pressing and complex issues of our time in the areas of democracy building, conflict resolution, human rights, mental health, and neglected tropical diseases in countries disproportionately associated with poverty. In the area of ‘Waging Peace” the Center is monitoring elections around the world, working to strengthen rule of law and access to justice, thwart corruption and improve access to information, strengthen voices of Human Rights, support rights of women and children, and cooperate with UN establish standards for and methods of monitoring electronic elections. In the area of “Fighting Disease”, the Center is taking action by focusing on elimination of six endemic diseases BY SIMPLE, LOW-COSTMETHODS -- river blindness, which is a parasitic infection spread by the bites of infected black flies that breed in rapidly flowing rivers, guinea worm, schistosomiasis, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and malaria. In the area of “Building Hope”, the Center is emphasizing mental health and women’s rights. For more information about the Carter Center, you can visit its website at https://www.cartercenter.org.