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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, everyone. Hope you are managing to stay relatively cool!<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'>This summer, apart from fostering kittens [I have a Facebook page for them if ya’ll want to check it out], woodworking, and continuing advocacy on community issues, I am gearing up for a busy new “season” of civics workshops. Whether it’s misinformation, the Constitution, elections/campaign finance or citizen advocacy, I find that my interest and my research skills result in constant efforts to learn more, and to refine my workshops.<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'>The fall will be particularly challenging for all of us to track election developments. And, the new, “long” state legislative session in 2019 should be very interesting.<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'>The Constitution workshop now discusses not only the creation of the Constitution but the application of the Bill of Rights to the states over time [they only applied to federal laws for most of our history] and some considerations of who actually interprets the Constitution for us. <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'>The workshops are non-partisan. The knowledge and tools I provide to people can be used by anyone for any reason.<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'>Several workshops are scheduled for the fall; I’ll have a flyer sometime next month. <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'>Feedback is welcome about: would libraries/library systems like some type of professional development 1/2 -day workshop? It could be geared to the type of knowledge covered in all the workshops. This could help libraries decide if they want to develop some in-house talent around any of the topics.<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'>One more thing: I’ve postponed a trip to the coast ‘til the spring. Please let me know - especially libraries from north to mid-Coast, if you are interested. <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'>PS A heads-up - for 2019, the cost of the workshops will be $350. Between ongoing development and customization to locations, I spend far more time on them than may be obvious. I’m sure I could earn more if I was a traditional librarian but this undertaking is one I have devoted myself to, for a number of reasons.<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>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='color:#0563C1;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>