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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hello all. These will be the only workshops in the Summer. We’ll pick up again in the fall. Several are already scheduled.<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><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F1F3F'>Citizen Advocacy 101 - Making Change Happen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#680000'>Want to improve life for yourself and your neighbors or have a concern about local, state or federal laws? </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Learn about strategies for change, and more: Brief historical perspective; Examples of successful advocacy; Choosing your battles - What matters to <i>you</i>?; Who makes the rules?; Getting heard: tools for change; “Tracking” civic/political issues and tracking legislation.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>State legislature is in session. What is going on and how to make your mark. </span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>[Session ends July.]</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Sun. June 4 1:30-3:00 Hillsboro PL [Brookwood] 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy Hillsboro</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Sat. June 17 1:00-2:30 Wilsonville PL 8200 SW Wilsonville Rd Wilsonville<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Sun. June 18 1:00-2:30 Hillsdale Branch MCL 1525 SW Sunset Blvd PDX</span></b> <span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:118%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:118%;font-variant:small-caps'>Sun. August 6 2:00-3:30 McMinnville PL 225 NW Adams St McMinnville<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F1F3F'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F1F3F'>Misinformation, Fake News and Political Propaganda <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#480000'>We are overwhelmed with messages from politicians, news sources and other media. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Learn to distinguish truth from fiction using critical thinking strategies. The workshop uses real world examples of political ads, news headlines, logical fallacies, graphs / charts, the effect of word choice in messaging, statistical data and other types of information in a “what do you see here? / what is missing?” type of format. <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The last part is about finding accurate information. The goal is to help people become their own “factchecker”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:118%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:118%;font-variant:small-caps'>Sat. June 10 12:30 </span> </b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:118%;font-variant:small-caps'>Corvallis-Benton County Library 645 NW Monroe Ave Corvallis</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:118%;mso-ligatures:standard'><o:p></o:p></span></b></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>Donna L Cohen, MEd, MLIS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Portland, Oregon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>503-737-1425<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>citizen@civicthinker.net<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#9E0000'>Civics for Adults Workshops: To Enhance Civic Knowledge and Inspire Political Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'>Keep up-to-date: </span></i><b><i><span style='color:#9E0000'>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/"><span style='font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/</span></a> and/or let me know if you want to be on the Civics email list.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>