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On Aug 27, 2022, at 11:19 AM, Rachel Humpert via Libs-Or <libs-or@omls.oregon.gov> wrote:<br>

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On Aug 25, 2022, at 12:37 PM, Donna Cohen via Libs-Or <libs-or@omls.oregon.gov> wrote:<br>

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016"><b>Civics for Adults Update, August 25, 2022

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016"><b>Upcoming Tuesday, Sept 20. 1:00-2:30 In-person.</b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016"><b>Citizen Activism 101 / Elections [combination workshop with elements of both].</b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A">Sponsor: Salem Public Library, 585 Liberty St, SE, Oregon

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A">Register: </font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000D3E"><b> </b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">Not required</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black"><b> 

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</font><font face="Symbol" size="+1" color="black">¨</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"> </font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">Engaging with government / lobbying for influence</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016"><b>The Constitution: Fulfilling Democracy’s Promise?</b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016"><b>Democracy, the Constitution and Representation in Congress</b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A">Sponsor: Hillsboro Public Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, Oregon

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A">Register: </font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000D3E"><b> </b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">Not required</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black"><b> 

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">        •       Status of democracy</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">        •       Forming a country</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">        •       Bill of Rights</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">        •       Interpreting the Constitution</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">        •       Structural issues / representation</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

<font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">        •       Changes needed?

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016"><b>Selected Civics for Adults Facebook posts:</b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">Nicked from Tom Jones at Poynter [Poynter, along with Columbia Journalism Review, are websites that cover the media]: "…Today is the

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707"><b>15th anniversary of PolitiFact</b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">, the fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others. It was launched by the

 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) in 2007, and won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage of the 2008 election. It moved under Poynter’s umbrella in 2018. Today, founding editor Bill Adair, who is now the Knight Professor

 of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University, has a column about PolitiFact.</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">Adair wrote, “There’s still a substantial audience for facts. This can be forgotten in our hyper-partisan age, when so many people seek validation of their beliefs. But there still are plenty of people who

 want to consider all sides and know the facts.”</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#084FD1"><u><a href="https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/aug/22/fifteen-years-later-we-havent-given-facts-neither-/?fbclid=IwAR0jCp1kdARgsmt_FJVOz9jYw_sZaYIYesrCmNmfTT0xXwu3nUqoEfh6aPY">https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/aug/22/fifteen-years-later-we-havent-given-facts-neither-/?fbclid=IwAR0jCp1kdARgsmt_FJVOz9jYw_sZaYIYesrCmNmfTT0xXwu3nUqoEfh6aPY</a></u></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016">

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016"><b>**</b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">Because the </font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707"><b>potential changes to the government of the City of Portland</b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707"> are so significant there

 will be a number of postings related to that over the next couple of months. That said, I

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707"><b>welcome similar information about any government entity in the country</b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">. Structural changes to government, wherever they are being considered/happen,

 teach us a great deal. I often make the point that the changes we want/need may go well beyond the simple act of electing a different public official. Sometimes we need structural changes to our political system. We can learn a lot by watching what is going

 on in Portland. </font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016"> </font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">This is a PowerPoint </font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707"><b>presentation by one of the members of the City of Portland Charter Review Commission</b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">

 about the committee's recommendations for changing Portland's government structure. They will be on the ballot in November.</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707"><i>Even if you don't live in Portland, the plans are quite interesting and you may find some/all of what's in them appealing to your location.</i></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#084FD1"><u><a href="https://static.s123-cdn-static-d.com/uploads/2516289/normal_6302eb1054cfe.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0bIIvq_y4WYd5vj52Y7VRgRrSZRp1EQ9KaSUqYk8cBYsxz_8rjppH-KoE">https://static.s123-cdn-static-d.com/uploads/2516289/normal_6302eb1054cfe.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0bIIvq_y4WYd5vj52Y7VRgRrSZRp1EQ9KaSUqYk8cBYsxz_8rjppH-KoE</a></u></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016">

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">The big changes on tap for the City of Portland when voters fill out their ballot in November require a major

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707"><b>voter education campaign</b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707"> since several would be brand new approaches in Portland.</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

<font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">Here is a comic strip that was created to educate the public about the ballot initiative.

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#084FD1"><u><a href="https://www.portland.gov/.../2022/publiceducation_comic.pdf">https://www.portland.gov/.../2022/publiceducation_comic.pdf</a></u></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707"><b>New Multnomah County campaign finance rules</b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707"> are now in effect. Here is a short video explaining them:</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#084FD1"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNPj72cdX9g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNPj72cdX9g</a></u></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016"><b>**</b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

<font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">Synthetic Media: How deepfakes could soon change our world.

<font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">I encourage everyone to watch this 60 Minutes segment on deepfakes. Very eye-opening. Something we need to be well aware of!!

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#084FD1"><u><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deepfake-artificial-intelligence-60-minutes-2022-07-31/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deepfake-artificial-intelligence-60-minutes-2022-07-31/</a></u></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

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<font face="Arial" size="+1" color="black">Congress Takes Historic Step to Tax Stock Buybacks.

</b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">This is a very positive feature of the Inflation Reduction Act.</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#084FD1"><u><a href="https://inequality.org/research/congress-takes-historic-step-to-tax-stock-buybacks/?fbclid=IwAR2xQi4hKQFB5819L_BMmTqRoOKEMcPvUXHshuszcKOJWJeI1dh7dFgzd0g">https://inequality.org/research/congress-takes-historic-step-to-tax-stock-buybacks/?fbclid=IwAR2xQi4hKQFB5819L_BMmTqRoOKEMcPvUXHshuszcKOJWJeI1dh7dFgzd0g</a></u></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#2E0016">

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<font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">In July I presented <font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">a workshop on Misinformation, Fake News and Political Propaganda at the Oregon Library Association Support Staff Division annual conference<font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#070707">.

 As always, I love speaking to folks in the library community about these important topics. Libraries are a key pivot point in helping the public deal with misinformation!</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A"><i>More</i></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A"> at

</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#084FD1"><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036">https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036</a></u></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A">

</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

<font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A">Ask your local library or community group to sponsor a workshop! Thanks.

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</font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A"><b><i>Flyer</i></b></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A"><i> describing workshops:

</i></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#084FD1"><i><u><a href="https://static.s123-cdn.com/uploads/2516289/normal_5fe8c854352d5.pdf">https://static.s123-cdn.com/uploads/2516289/normal_5fe8c854352d5.pdf</a></u></i></font><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#0A0A0A"><i>

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Donna L Cohen, MLIS, MEd<br>

</font><font face="Helvetica" color="black">Portland, Oregon</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Helvetica" color="black">503-737-1425</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Helvetica" color="#0C35A5"><u>dcohen@hevanet.com</u></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Helvetica" color="black">Civics for Adults – and Others – Workshops: To Enhance Civic Knowledge and Inspire Political Engagement</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Helvetica" color="black">Webpage </font><font face="Helvetica" color="#084FD1"><u><a href="http://www.civicthinker.info">www.civicthinker.info</a></u></font><font face="Helvetica" color="black">

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</font><font face="Helvetica" color="black">Facebook </font><font face="Helvetica" color="#084FD1"><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/">https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/</a></u></font><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="black"><br>

</font><font face="Helvetica" color="black">“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

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