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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I’m forwarding this along in case it of interest to libraries and your high school patrons:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I am contacting you as possible resource for disseminating information about this year’s Ninth Circuit Civics Contest. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">The contest is open to
high school students in states and territories within the Ninth Circuit’s jurisdiction (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, the United States Territory of Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">District courts within each state and territory will select local contest winners who will then be entered in the circuit-wide
contest. </span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">I am the contest coordinator for the District of Oregon.
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This year’s contest theme is, <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The First Amendment and the Schoolhouse Gate: Students’ Free Speech Rights.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">Students can enter the contest by submitting an essay or a video (or one of each). Essays are to be 500-1,000 words. Videos are
to be three to five minutes and can be submitted by individuals or teams of up to three students. The rules are attached to this e-mail, along with resources on the contest theme. Participants are encouraged to check the Ninth Circuit’s contest website periodically
for additional resources: </span></strong><a href="https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest/" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest/</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">.
The deadline for submissions is March 18, 2022. Prizes will be awarded to local winners who will then have a chance to compete for additional prizes at the circuit level.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Esther<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Esther Dunn-Fellows<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Attorney Advisor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">U.S. District Court – Portland, OR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="mailto:esther_dunn-fellows@ord.uscourts.gov">esther_dunn-fellows@ord.uscourts.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">503-326-8041<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Darci Hanning, MLIS (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Public Library Consultant / CE Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">State Library of Oregon <b>|</b> Library Support and Development Services
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">971-375-3491 <b>|</b> <a href="mailto:darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov">
<span style="color:#0563C1">darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov</span></a> <b>|</b> <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library">
<span style="color:#0563C1">www.oregon.gov/library</span></a> <u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Continuing Education Resources: </b><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted</a><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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