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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5496">Please pardon the cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5496">Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I just learned about two online events that you may be interested in participating in or sharing about.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Infórmate en 2024 / Be Informed in 2024</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
 (2/22 at 4:00 pm Pacific)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The News Literacy Project (NLP) and
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-ligatures:none">Factchequeado are
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">hosting a panel of journalists and experts to address misinformation in elections. The Infórmate en 2024/Be Informed in 2024 discussion
 will be in Spanish with live translation to English. <b><u><a href="https://newslitproject.zoom.us/webinar/register/2317071561003/WN_Eihdwcy9SuqL-Jpd5E-OrA#/registration"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Registration</span></a></u></b>
 is free, and the event will be on Thursday, 2/22, at 4:00 pm Pacific. This is one in a series of events NLP is offering related to the election.  <br>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">“Panelists include Tamoa Calzadilla, editor in chief of Factchequeado;
 Jesús García, managing editor of politics at La Opinión; Elián Zidán, Univision journalist and anchor of
<i>Edición Nocturna</i>; and Cristina Tardáguila, research consultant for the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas. NLP ambassador Alba Mendiola – a veteran journalist and teacher – will moderate the discussion.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-ligatures:none">If you haven’t explored the
<b><u><a href="https://newslit.org/"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">News Literacy Project website</span></a></u></b>, educators may be interested in
<b><u><a href="https://get.checkology.org/"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Checkology</span></a></u></b>, an online learning platform with news literacy lessons for middle and high school
 students that requires free registration, while those who serve the public may want to share about
<b><u><a href="https://www.rumorguard.org/"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">RumorGuard</span></a></u></b>, a website and email alert system that helps fight misinformation. That’s just a
 starter; there are additional resources for each of the target audiences. It was through the Be Informed webinar write-up that I learned about
<b><u><a href="https://factchequeado.com/"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Factchequeado</span></a></u></b>, “an initiative created to counter mis and disinformation within the Hispanic
 and Latino communities in the United States.” The site is in Spanish, and there’s an
<u><a href="https://factchequeado.com/english/"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">English version of the About Us page</span></a></u>.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Advocating for Books, Children and Imagination in a Time of Division: A Conversation with Meg Medina</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
 (2/27 at 2:00 pm Pacific)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://megmedina.com/"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Author
 Meg Medina</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">, who is the
<u><a href="https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/meg-medina-named-new-national-ambassador-for-young-people-s-literature/s/544803eb-3aad-4853-8b5b-d5ab957546fa"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">National
 Ambassador for Young People’s Literature</span></a></u>, will be the featured speaker for
<u><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/events/macleod-lecture-advocating-for-books-children-and-imagination-in-a-time-of-division-a-conversation-with-meg-medina/"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">this
 year’s MacLeod Lecture</span></a></u> at the University of Maryland. The free lecture has a freedom to read focus, and there’s an option to watch online. Those who
<b><u><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiS_6MjtikSlKFdTytAM2V689bSuEvuLaDOat3d4GsNUfb6A/viewform"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">register</span></a></u></b> will receive
 the session link the morning of the event, which is scheduled for Tuesday, 2/27, at 2:00 pm Pacific.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5496;mso-ligatures:none">Cheers,<br>
Jen<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Jen Maurer, MLS</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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School Library Consultant, State Library of Oregon<br>
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