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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">For attendees of the ACRL Portland conference later this month who are interested in the work of the Freedom to Read Foundation, the FTRF Portland Meet Up event will be very close
to the convention center ( a little over a mile south of the Oregon Convention Center, or less than 15 minutes by public transport).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Portland meet-up with the Freedom to Read Foundation!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Thursday, March 26, join friends of the Freedom to Read Foundation as we gather at the
<b><a href="http://luckylab.com/hawthorne-brew-pub/" target="_blank">Lucky Lab Hawthorne Brew Pub</a></b> in Portland, OR from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
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<p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><b>LEARN</b> about FTRF’s litigation, education, and grantmaking efforts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><b>DISCOVER</b> how you can get more involved in supporting the First Amendment in libraries and beyond<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><b>CONSIDER</b> becoming a card-carrying member of the Foundation and/or making a donation to support our work<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b>SOCIALIZE </b>with other supporters of the freedom to read<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><b>ENJOY</b> some eats!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> This meet-up is part of #FTRF45 – a series of events celebrating the 45<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Freedom to Read Foundation. For more information, visit
<a href="http://www.ftrf.org/?FTRF45" target="_blank">www.ftrf.org/?FTRF45</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i> The Freedom to Read Foundation, an affiliate of the American Library Association, is the only organization whose primary focus is the legal defense of the right of people to
access information in libraries. </i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">__________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Uta Hussong-Christian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Instruction & Science Librarian | Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon State University Libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
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