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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'>New season starts in January. The complete set of workshops will be presented at Hillsboro Public Library starting in February! Keep an eye out for details.<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'>My favorite recent testimonial is from Mike Donahue, former Anchor on our local CBS news station [6 in PDX]. He was at my Misinformation workshop in Newberg Wednesday night:<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 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>"Thanks, Donna. Your workshop was very informative. I especially appreciated the websites you included to fact check claims and ads.<br>Your examples were current and excellent. I will recommend your class to all my journalism friends."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'>Elections and Campaign Finance</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262626'>Voting as Constitutional right(?), Voter Rights, Determining Winners, Redistricting, Electoral College, Campaign Financing and Databases, Public Financing...more<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps'>Sat. Oct. 27 3:00-4:30 Oregon City Public Library </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:#222222'>606 John Adams St., Oregon City</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'>Citizen Activism 101 -Making Change Happen</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262626'>Strategies for change; examples of advocacy; choosing your battles; “Tracking” legislation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps'>Sat. Nov 10th 3:00-4:30 Oregon City Public Library </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black;mso-ligatures:standard'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#5F1F3F'>Misinformation, Fake News and Political Propaganda</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><i>Learn to distinguish truth from fiction using critical thinking strategies.</i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-ligatures:standard'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b>Sat. Nov 17th 3:00-4:30 Oregon City Public Library <o:p></o:p></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Donna</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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>