<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-1abf2b10-7fff-188e-7bf7-61cd92f2c1b0"><br><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:179px;height:65px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/e_2_LXu5oo5lvks2lrsgvTHM21H5c4my2Gc7xN2qGyZ4dC8M193NQNVFMBWkcyzqC4ZJSR2ztGufofjZjDGE8hnS-MTJmfGnbVoem4kzZSZTSZNxorwdxNcO-vQKZ74BVyP2TnbM" width="179" height="65" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions    </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  Intellectual Freedom News - AUGUST 2020</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">First Amendment:  Protests</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://www.icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">U.S. Protest Law Tracker</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - International Center for Not-for-Profit Law</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://ncac.org/news/free-expression-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-timeline" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Free Expression During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Timeline</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - National Coalition Against Censorship</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://ncac.org/news/george-floyd-protests-free-expression-timeline" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The George Floyd Protests: A Free Expression Timeline</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - National Coalition Against Censorship</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/17/portland-crackdown-freedom-of-assembly-supreme-court-397191" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How the Supreme Court Dropped the Ball on the Right to Protest</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Politico</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-congress/u-s-congress-pushing-homeland-security-for-details-on-protest-surveillance-idUSKCN24T28Y" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">U.S. Congress pushing Homeland Security for details on protest surveillance</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Reuters</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censorship, Banned Books & Free Speech</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/ld.php?content_id=56483445" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2020 Annual Report on Challenges to Intellectual Freedom in Oregon Libraries & Schools </span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://sierranevadaally.org/2020/08/25/douglas-county-library-board-of-trustees-will-investigate-library-director-staff-over-support-for-blm-movement/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Douglas County Library Board of Trustees will investigate library director, staff over support for BLM movement</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - The Sierra Nevada Ally</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article245201370.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TX Gov. Abbott wants Wylie ISD teacher fired over assignment</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Fort Worth Star Telegram</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://patch.com/virginia/burke/library-trustee-faces-backlash-remarks-diverse-titles" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Remarks On LGBTQ+, BLM Books Bring Calls To Oust Library Trustee</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Patch Media </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/free-speech-fights-target-progressives" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Free Speech Fights Have Historically Targeted the Left</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Teen Vogue</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=21420" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An Invitation to Danger: Perspectives on Intellectual Freedom and Information War</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-tighter-online-censorship-military-control-of-internet/30810346.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Iran Proposes Bill For Tighter Online Censorship, 'Military Control' Of Internet</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/censorship-social-media-conservative-liberal-cbsn-originals/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censorship on social media? It's not what you think</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - CBS News</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.thehofstrachronicle.com/category/arts-and-entertainment/2020/8/23/shutting-down-political-entertainment-signifies-a-shift-toward-authoritarianism-and-censorship" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Opinion:  Shutting down political entertainment signifies a shift toward authoritarianism and censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Hofstra Chronicle </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Privacy </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/sen-merkley-leads-biometric-privacy" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sen. Merkley Leads on Biometric Privacy</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Electronic Frontier Foundation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/insight-facial-recognition-is-a-threat-to-people-of-color" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">INSIGHT: Facial Recognition Is a Threat to People of Color</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Bloomberg Law</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sensors-apps-police-patrols-colleges-are-trying-to-track-students-to-contain-covid-19-cases-students-are-pushing-back/ar-BB18mxS7" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sensors, apps, police patrols: Colleges are trying to track students to contain COVID-19 cases. Students are pushing back.</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Detroit Free Press</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/star-witness-your-smart-speaker/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Police Want Your Smart Speaker—Here's Why</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Wired</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/colleges-universities/college-board-is-sharing-student-data-once-again/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The College Board Is Sharing Student Data Once Again</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Consumer Reports</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/9-apps-smartphone-security/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">9 Apps to Boost Your Phone's Security and Privacy</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wired</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Diversity, Access & Net Neutrality</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.29474;margin-top:15pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/a-national-crisis-as-coronavirus-forces-many-schools-online-this-fall-millions-of-disconnected-students-are-being-left-behind/2020/08/16/458b04e6-d7f8-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">‘A national crisis’: As coronavirus forces many schools online this fall, millions of disconnected students are being left behind</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Washington Post</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=pods-for-the-people-libraries-host-learning-pods-to-serve-students-in-need-pandemic-covid-19-equity" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Pods” for the People: Libraries Host Learning Pods to Serve Students in Need</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(67,67,67);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp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tyle="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0b5394">Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde</font></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, the </span><a href="http://ctsi.nsn.us/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0b5394">Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians</font></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, as well as the </span><a href="http://www.chinooknation.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0b5394">Chinook Nation</font></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://www.cowlitz.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0b5394">Cowlitz Nation</font></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in Washington State.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Land acknowledgements recognize and honor the enduring relationship that Indigenous People have with their traditional homelands. The effects of settler colonization are still felt today and land acknowledgements are a small step down the path towards repair, reconciliation, and cultural revitalization. </span></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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