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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=642140015-06012009><STRONG><FONT
size=2>Oregon 150 Youth Legacy Symposium--Project 2059: The Future is Ours to
Create</FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> Next month Oregon
will celebrate her 150<FONT size=1><SUP>th</SUP></FONT><FONT size=2> birthday.
The Governor’s planning committee has created a very unique Youth Legacy Project
designed specifically to involve Oregon’s high school students in Oregon’s
future. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Below is a message
from Henry Balensifer, who is the youngest member of the Oregon 150 Board and
Chair of its Youth Legacy Projects.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2>Dear Educators:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2>I’d like to bring to your attention
a Sesquicentennial Project that is geared toward high school students. It’s
called <I>Project 2059: The Future is Ours to Create</I>. Its’ ambitious mission
is to “Actively engage today’s youth to envision Oregon’s next 50 years and
create a blueprint for realizing that vision.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2>This is a great way for students to
demonstrate that they are not just young people still learning. Rather, that
they are a powerful force, a generation of people who want to help reshape
politics and policy to make Oregon a safer, sustainable and livable
place.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2><I>Project 2059</I> empowers high
school students to create a collaborative vision of what Oregon should look like
in the year of our bicentennial. They will consider issues that will shape
our state over the next 50 years. They will use innovative technology to
present their ideas and identify the best thinking of their peers.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2>In the summer of 2009, a select
group of participants from around the state will gather at Willamette University
to craft this input into a visionary platform for Oregon's future.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT size=2>To get more information and to find
out how to participate go to:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif" size=2><A
title=blocked::http://www.oregon150.org/projects/youth-legacy/
href="http://www.oregon150.org/projects/youth-legacy/"><FONT
title=blocked::http://www.oregon150.org/projects/youth-legacy/ color=#0000ff><U
title=blocked::http://www.oregon150.org/projects/youth-legacy/>http://www.oregon150.org/projects/youth-legacy/</U></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks for involving your students in a process they will
never forget and our state will be forever grateful. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Henry A. Balensifer III</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Chair, Youth Legacy Projects</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Oregon 150 Commission</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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