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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#602040'>The Constitution and the Governments We Live With<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#602040'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Our Constitution is </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>misunderstood in so many ways. This workshop will help you puncture some myths and develop a broader perspective on its creation – perspective that will help you also evaluate current political events more thoughtfully. Presentation, discussion, small group activities, and a 20-minute video will be shown. We will also briefly review our primary local government entities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#602040'>Part of Civics for Adults Workshop Series: To Enhance Civic Knowledge and Inspire Political Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#602040'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Presented by: Donna L Cohen</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, MEd, MLIS, <i>Teacher and Librarian </i><span style='color:#602040'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For more information, </span><a href="mailto:citizen@civicthinker.net"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>citizen@civicthinker.net</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>St Johns Library</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>, 7510 N Charleston Ave. APRIL 25, 2016, 6:30– 7:45<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>North Portland Library, 512 N Killingsworth St. May 9, 2016, 6:30-7:45</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Donna<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Donna Cohen, MEd, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Portland, Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>503-737-1425<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:dcohen@dcoheninfo.com">dcohen@dcoheninfo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“The joy of making things is the joy of self-expression, the joy of problem solving, the joy of challenge, and most importantly, the joy of manifesting your visions and offering them to others.”</span></i><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>