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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'>Hi everyone, <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'>Hope you’re staying cool!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Quite a full schedule this fall including several workshops in Washington State. Interesting differences in election systems between Oregon and Washington!<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><a name="_Hlk521072280"><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'>Elections and Campaign Finance</span></b></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Tues. Sept. 18 6:00-7:30 West Linn Public Library </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>1595 Burns Street, West Linn<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Thurs. Sept. 20 7:00-8:30 St Helens Public Library </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>375 S.18<sup>th</sup> St, St Helens, Or<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Weds. Sept. 26 6:30-8:00 Battleground Community Lib. </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>1207 SE 8th Way, Battle Ground, WA<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Weds. Oct 3 7:00—-8:30 West Slope / Garden Home Comm. Libs. </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>7306 SW Oleson Rd. PDX</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Sat. Oct. 6 10:00-11:30 Three Creeks Community Lib. 800-C NE Tenny Road, Vancouver<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Sat. Oct. 27 3:00-4:30 Oregon City Public Library 606 John Adams St., Oregon City<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Covers numerous topics related to our electoral systems and presenting specific ideas for bi-partisan civic/political engagement. Topics</span>:<b> </b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262626'>Voting as Constitutional right(?), Voter Rights, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration, Voter Turnout, Felon voting, Alternative Methods of Determining Winners, Redistricting, Electoral College, Campaign Financing, Dark Money, more…<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'>The Influence of the Constitution on Civic and Political Conversation</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>By looking back at the creation of the Constitution and tracing major changes to its interpretation we puncture some myths and develop a broader perspective that helps us evaluate current politics more thoughtfully</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Fri. Oct 19 4:00-5:30 Three Creeks Community Lib. 800-C NE Tenny Road, Vancouver </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'>Misinformation, Fake News and Political Propaganda </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft YaHei",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Sat. Sept. 15 10:00-11:30 Three Creeks Community Lib. 800-C NE Tenny Road, Vancouver</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Sat. Oct. 24 6:30-8:00 Newberg Public Library </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'> </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>503 E. Hancock St., Newberg<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Sat. Nov. 17 3:00-4:30 Oregon City Public Library 606 John Adams St., Oregon City<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We are overwhelmed with information. Learn to distinguish truth from fiction using critical thinking strategies with political ads, news headlines, graphs / charts, language choice in messaging, statistical data and other types of information. Become your own “factchecker”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'>Citizen Activism 101 -Making Change Happen<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Fri. Sept. 28 4:00-5:30 Three Creeks Community Lib. 800-C NE Tenny Road, Vancouver WA</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps'>Sat. Nov. 10 3:00-4:30 Oregon City Public Library 606 John Adams St., Oregon City<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Improve life for yourself and your neighbors? Learn about strategies for change, and more: Brief historical perspective; Examples of successful advocacy—local-national; Choosing your battles; Who makes the rules?; Getting heard: tools for change; “Tracking” state and federal legislation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk521072280'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>"The most important political office is that of the private citizen." Justice Louis Brandeis<o:p></o:p></i></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><i><span style='color:#9E0000'>Civics for Adults Workshops: To Enhance Civic Knowledge and Inspire Political Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#9E0000'>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/"><span style='color:#0563C1;font-style:normal'>https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/</span></a> or contact to be on Civics email list.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>“My philosophy is very simple. When you see something that is not fair, not right, not just - stand up, say something, speak up!” Rep. John Lewis. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6lzPpqc2WY"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6lzPpqc2WY</span></a> <o:p></o:p></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>