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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Forwarded on behalf of Donna Cohen and by request of people at the OYAN meeting last Friday. While the title includes “for adults,” Donna thinks it would be appropriate for older teens. If you’re interested,
be sure to have a conversation with her about making sure it’s developmentally appropriate for your group. This is not an endorsement.—Katie
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#8C0000">Civics for Adults Community Workshops:
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#8C0000">Enhancing Civic Knowledge / Inspiring Political Engagement</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#8C0000"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">"The most important political office is that of the private citizen." Justice Louis Brandeis<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The goal of all workshops is to provide information typically hidden behind the headline-grabbing, background noise of our lives. Our democracy is strengthened when citizens have accurate knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">“Donna brought a balanced, informed set of discussion points and fact-checking sources on voting, taxes, citizenship, and other topics that sometime turn politics
from polite conversation to heated argument. Sarah Jesudason, Tualatin PL [while at Tigard PL]
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#660033">Citizen Activism 101—Making Change in Your Community
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Want to improve life for yourself and your neighbors or have a concern about local, state or federal laws? Learn about strategies for change, and more: Information and misinformation,
Examples of successful advocacy, Choosing your battles What matters to <i>you</i>?, Who makes the rules?, Getting heard: tools for change, “Tracking” civic/political issues<span style="color:black">
</span><b><i>State legislature is in session. What is going on and how to make your mark.</i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thanks so much for hosting this!! I think that this sort of event is perfectly in line with the spirit of public libraries, and I think we need ya’ll
now more than ever.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">We would love more talks like this one about citizen advocacy.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Donna was fabulous. Engaging speaker and shared some really useful knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">I loved this presentation! Donna had a lot of information and provided a lot of resources.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Especially appreciated the information on tracking [legislation]<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#660033">Misinformation and Political Propaganda</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#660033"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We are overwhelmed with messages from politicians, news sources and other media. Learn to distinguish truth from fiction using critical thinking strategies. The workshop uses real
world examples of political ads, news headlines, logical fallacies, graphs / charts, the effect of word choice in messaging, statistical data and other types of information in a “what do you see here? / what is missing?” type of format.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The last part is about finding accurate information. The goal is to help people become their own “factchecker”.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">“It’s good to question assertions of any kind, especially timely in this election year. I liked Donna’s
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">examples of real ads and how we need to be mentally vigilant.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#660033">The Influence of the Constitution on Political Conversation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">By looking back at the creation</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> of the Constitution we puncture some myths and develop a broader perspective on its significance – perspective that helps us evaluate
current political events more thoughtfully. At times a person’s [especially a politician’s] explanation about the Constitution may be manipulative rather than truly informative.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">“Amazing what was done [the creation of the Constitution] and what issues still remain.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">“Good level of history and contemporary political ideas, their evolution and relevance to today.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#660033">Beyond Voting: Elections and Campaign Financing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This is a unique workshop covering 20 topics related to our electoral systems and presenting specific ideas for bi-partisan civic/political engagement. Topics:<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#262626">Voting as Constitutional right(?), Voter Rights, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration, Voter Turnout, Felon voting, Instant Runoff Elections, Redistricting, Superdelegates, Electoral College,
National Popular Vote, Campaign Financing, SuperPACS and 501(c)4s, Contribution Limits, Dark Money, Disclosure, Elected Officials Time Spent Fundraising, Public attitudes about Money in Politics, Oregon’s Campaign Finance Database, Public Financing of Elections<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">“Thanks for all the great information… It was empowering.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">““This talk was very informational and gave me some ideas of how to make a difference starting locally.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“<i><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks so much for this interesting and engaging workshop on civics.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Donna L. Cohen, M.L.I.S, M.Ed. Teacher and Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#990000">503-737-1425 <a href="mailto:citizen@civicthinker.net">
citizen@civicthinker.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#990000">Civics For Adults</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-variant:small-caps"> -
</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#990000">Enhancing Civic Knowledge / Inspiring Political Engagement</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/">https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/</a>
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