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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Polk Yamhill Marion County libraries are bringing Ryan Dowd to Salem for a 5 hour training about compassionately working with the homeless on Friday, May 24.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CIDFont+F2">Ryan Dowd
</span><span style="font-family:CIDFont+F1">has spent most of his career as Executive Director of a large homeless shelter outside of Chicago,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CIDFont+F1">Illinois. In addition to running the shelter, Ryan trains libraries, nonprofits, police departments, hospitals and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CIDFont+F1">other organizations how to work compassionately manage problematic behavior from troubled individuals. His<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:CIDFont+F1">book, The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness was published by the American Library Association. Ryan is a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:CIDFont+F1">licensed attorney and has a Master’s of Public Administration.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ryan will also be available for training at another location in Oregon on Saturday, May 25 (Memorial Day weekend) or Tuesday or Wednesday, May 28 or 29. Please let me know if this might be of interest to your
library organization or community and we will see what we can arrange.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Jenny<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jenny Berg<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">503-435-5550<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">“If you’re interested in truth, and reality, and thoughtfulness, guess what? Libraries do that.</span>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">Joe Janes, Associate Professor, Information School, University of Washington</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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