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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, this time I’m including my full Update, which I email to folks about once or twice/month. It includes workshop announcements but also lots of goodies – non-partisan high-quality information I post on the Civics Facebook page. Let me know if you’d like to be on the email list.<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'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Please note: Librarians, library staff, Friends of Libraries</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'> - anyone who may attend the joint Oregon Library Association / Washington Library Association Conference in April... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>I will be giving a three-hour pre-conference session on Wednesday on Advocacy. it's a workshop for yourself as well as for helping your patrons! We'll cover a lot of material, including learning about the legislative and campaign finance tools for both Oregon and Washington. There will be a hands-on component. <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'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Coming up this week!<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Citizen Activism 101 — Making Change Happen<br>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. State legislature has begun! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>SUN. MAR. 3 2:00-3:30 ST JOHNS PUBLIC LIBRARY 7510 N CHARLESTON AVE. PDX<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>THURS. MAR. 7 6:00-7:30 HILLSBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY 2850 NE BROOKWOOD PKWY, HILLSBORO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Facebook posts:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Great group at <b>Hillsboro</b> PL in February for Misinformation, Fake News and Political Propaganda. About 35 folks, including a City Councilor and the former head of Metro. Love having the pols come! <br></span><span style='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;color:#1D2129'>This appears to me a pretty unbiased assessment of how we should consider the contents of a report created by <b>Mueller</b>, the Special Prosecutor. Hopefully, the report will be released in full to the public.</span><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'><a href="https://www.lawfareblog.com/four-principles-reading-mueller-report?fbclid=IwAR3EZ1rTAxPDNFhv8hy6IYltSnLXVadiDhHwzivpDb_fOCMNkV-mTOGQ038">https://www.lawfareblog.com/four-principles-reading-mueller-report?fbclid=IwAR3EZ1rTAxPDNFhv8hy6IYltSnLXVadiDhHwzivpDb_fOCMNkV-mTOGQ038</a> <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;color:#1D2129'>Here is an example of the "incorporation" [application] of the <b>Bill of Rights</b> to the states. The Bill of Rights originally only applied to federal laws. In the second half of the 19th Century they began to be applied to the states, but that process still continues. Come learn more at my Constitution workshop in Hillsboro on April 4.</span><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;color:#1D2129'><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/unanimous-supreme-court-decision-limits-states-ability-to-seize-personal-property?fbclid=IwAR3Tf0qtOWgOLzKyknsl57ctMfjTrLwYG3Ek3MVW26KzEiX40HCIFq6kv2U">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/unanimous-supreme-court-decision-limits-states-ability-to-seize-personal-property?fbclid=IwAR3Tf0qtOWgOLzKyknsl57ctMfjTrLwYG3Ek3MVW26KzEiX40HCIFq6kv2U</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=uficommentbody><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Here is a good article discussing the “incorporation” of the <b>Bill of Rights</b> to the states. Rights in the Modern Era: Applying the Bill of Rights to the States Wermiel. 1992</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://l.facebook.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1554&context=wmborj&fbclid=IwAR3NVBv5_Q8RsJrOGbZ_g8D62fNioITEcC4jQ3xgfQOhcH6PFxidqN3TkiM">https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://l.facebook.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1554&context=wmborj&fbclid=IwAR3NVBv5_Q8RsJrOGbZ_g8D62fNioITEcC4jQ3xgfQOhcH6PFxidqN3TkiM</a> <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;color:#1D2129'>To help in preparation for my pre-conference session at Oregon Library Association / Washington Library Association in April I spent last Thursday at the Washington State Legislature. I participated in <b>three workshops</b> about the legislature and how to use legislative tools. A long day but was fascinating.</span><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;color:#1D2129'>***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Here is the bill number relating to referring a measure to the citizens of Oregon that would set up an <b>independent redistricting commission</b>. SJR11 Right now, it's sitting in Rules. </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="%0dhttps:/olis.leg.state.or.us/…/2019…/Measures/Overview/SJR11">https://olis.leg.state.or.us/…/2019…/Measures/Overview/SJR11</a></span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>The <b>League of Women Voters </b>has been interested in this - advocating for this. And, holding forums this year. Here is their page about it. <a href="%0dhttp:/lwvor.org/redistricting-in-oregon/">http://lwvor.org/redistricting-in-oregon/</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <span style='color:#1D2129'><o:p></o:p></span></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:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Partisan redistricting</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'> [gerrymandering] is a big issue right now and the Supreme Court is taking up two cases next month - one of Democratic partisan redistricting and one of Republican partisan redistricting. Here are two articles I put into one document that gives lots of background.</span><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'><a href="http://www.civicthinker.net/2ArticlesSC-RedistrictingCases.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3C6-GLKYCkfGpSnEt-YzNESHeGL-hERHRytm7BCwYa14-oyVU-dY-rT9A">http://www.civicthinker.net/2ArticlesSC-RedistrictingCases.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3C6-GLKYCkfGpSnEt-YzNESHeGL-hERHRytm7BCwYa14-oyVU-dY-rT9A</a><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-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>An excellent example of where the <b>press</b> [our <b>Oregonian</b> press, unfortunately] <b>got it very wrong</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>There is an article about the effort by the Commerce Secretary to include a citizenship question in Census 2020 [which hasn't been the case for 70 years]. It apparently is only in print or in the e-edition if you have a subscription. But, I'll attach it here. I'll post a link to the Globe article below this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>The <b>Boston Globe</b> published the same article - in full! THIS is what the Or<span class=textexposedshow>egonian edited out. I sent a letter to the editor at the O. for this major editorial mistake.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>“As New York, the lead challenger, said in its brief to the court: ‘The enumeration affects the apportionment of representatives to Congress among the states, the allocation of electors to the electoral college, the division of congressional districts within each state, the apportionment of state and local legislative seats, and the distribution of hundreds of billions of dollars of federal funding.’”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=703 height=319 style='width:7.3194in;height:3.3194in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4CF59.200E8B10" alt="Image may contain: text"></span><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'>FULL article: <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/02/15/justices-decide-census-can-ask-about-citizenship/cMG5208ELojNTcW8XUqsWJ/story.html?s_campaign=8315&fbclid=IwAR1UeuZyOQX9k_JvfPc9w9GYuLlJNjZpbifhE9KhfHN1ck5VfI6K7PKnscI">https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/02/15/justices-decide-census-can-ask-about-citizenship/cMG5208ELojNTcW8XUqsWJ/story.html?s_campaign=8315&fbclid=IwAR1UeuZyOQX9k_JvfPc9w9GYuLlJNjZpbifhE9KhfHN1ck5VfI6K7PKnscI</a> <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;color:#1D2129'>In the category of <b>life-is-stranger-than-fiction</b>: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, founding fathers and lifelong debaters on a vision for this country, died on the same day, July 4, exactly 50 years from the publication of the Declaration of Independence!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>I have dubbed <b>Oregon’s new state Senator, Shemia Fagan, our “legislator educator</b>”. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>😊</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>She has been publishing short videos on how the legislature works. I love them! Here is an example. If you’re on Facebook, “like” her page and you’ll get updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>“Floor session starts at 11:00, I think. You can watch online.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SenShemiaFagan/videos/395218171242535/?fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARB8zlNyqCCbFAyj_xNoMFPY8yr9-ra0a63PYsRt_cuQUNVZMEs5wNL2Qo76XkWi8dzaPkX4ZhVoGtI8w6gwEcfBgtke0lRi72sZW3vJl4sxwoeW52_tucWurgGPiVxfr9CJMpQGaIxCTP1tn9iU0eejviFU-E0h4Npk2xJNGb7RkCYExjJ7Vw0BSne5A4aiGWEhR6YHYYlcGsOgRi2Nr9SazSFLDMov_cHpTA967B3Lo5YvR7cjDCjQtvFZMPDNnLqc23Z9JeMmH0yadZcCJ_zgotMTWLeJzUCA8Fl7mz3wYHY_cvYH8YYdF9Io-KwDtfZAlcZcASB3kC0KJWuMgYsvL9EYrq37oZbPqCl-94W2lUM72muhOpfTk5blkWrJN-xBKrsDn-u2-nTRaU2OQ_Pr6LjXlwN_0GPiSGqIIJaTtwktUnEw3oyrMQm8YBmhtTv9Gr-t4lh1s1yeNdTKC_udwGM-i4VxvCV1ZqMls9Us2XTR8Q5tELnJAyPp8FwMRLwacg&__tn__=K-R"><span style='color:#365899;text-decoration:none'>https://www.facebook.com/SenShemiaFagan/videos/395218171242535/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARBNAe9y4miKG3eXv4ks4no9DxWqKSWYb5Ku03t08XAu_ddl8NxSkR2qBVoBUq5Tsux-YZh9VmtCHDGM&hc_ref=ARTcGx9D1OcJpA5Zv7pNYi9EgZNCaG4lulYtaJisJvIy6x0_VaZ0zd92FQq-8uK2SFI&__xts__[0]=68.ARAEQDZ2B_umxx_iD8jdwaFwcGSuRFjDRrnx72_4d4VNsSo0PVNwFy53rxqgBNkQqoewTVC10yvh4Al1l4gWakrPPzVs1iCuYJuhEznKfHRKZ7VuVLccgCjF8QPrLV9wAsY25jYYBYDbdsBs0yAjCMwR65SAmcrqjH_ZrMGotrhEe5r1dMPbZJeGaYwk4eLbI7z9uEgHKZF_RvmEEhMldxO40gARm8iEymGYAvqfW37plgRPpNZdej0Jo_-q8JXUk3joYcqhc5bitsbQtbZm9SaXr4WJL-1D9UhYkJ672oMJdFqod-fp1jKnjz6b6bxT64rfBPFGdk2QUhpvP4XOa6yLg7GafGghsINrTMIC1wbZO_k8BY1xMPYp-wT-_XAzs_Q</span></a> “<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><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Donna L Cohen, MLIS, MEd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Portland, Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>503-737-1425<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:dcohen@hevanet.com">dcohen@hevanet.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Civics for Adults – and Others – Workshops: To Enhance Civic Knowledge and Inspire Politcal Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/">https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>“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">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6lzPpqc2WY</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>