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I was asked by the Director of Oregon 150 to send you this message about the opportunity for public libraries to be part of an Oregon 150 project targeting youth in many communities throughout the state. Please read the message below and see if your library is in one of the targeted communities listed in the attachment. If you would like your library to be part of this project, please contact Travis Huntington by email or phone. Thanks for your consideration. --> Jim <BR>
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Greetings, Public Library Directors<BR>
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My name is Travis Huntington <a href="http://travishuntington.com"><http://travishuntington.com></a> and I am a media mentor with the Multnomah Youth Commission's Voicebox Media <a href="http://www2.co.multnomah.or.us/OurCommissionOrg/EntryPoint?ch=c1704ac9c9668110VgnVCM1000003bc614acRCRD"><http://www2.co.multnomah.or.us/OurCommissionOrg/EntryPoint?ch=c1704ac9c9668110VgnVCM1000003bc614acRCRD></a> . VBM is a city/county partnership providing free skills-based workshops in new media literacy, grass roots outreach and media production to under served youth. I was engaged by Oregon 150 <a href="http://or150.org"><http://or150.org></a> to lead a statewide effort to facilitate the Youth Legacy Project <a href="http://www.oregon150.org/projects/youth-legacy/"><http://www.oregon150.org/projects/youth-legacy/></a> a visioning effort for the 2059 project. The existing VBM student are aiding me in engaging and empowering youth across the state to assure all of Oregon's Youth have a voice in the shaping of our future.<BR>
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We are reaching out to you in hopes that you will partner with OR150 and host a 45 minute visioning process in the next two weeks. The schedule for the most part has been determined and is attached for your perusal. We apologize for the late notice, however I believe if possible, the library is a natural environment for this state-strengthening collaboration, especially since most of the coolest things I remember about childhood came from a library.<BR>
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As for support, we are 2 people needing a 10 x 10 space at a minimum to do the following:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Set up an easel with a dry erase tablet, a camera on a tripod and a laptop (connected to the Internet) on a table with two chairs
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Provide a 15 minute jam session enabling and eliciting personal visions
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Provide aid in inputting those individual visions onto the or150 website
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Record individual visions on a video<BR>
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This effort is one of two stages. One involves myself traveling the state from town to town to engage youth in the visioning process. The second calls together 400 youth from around the state to convene in Salem for Youth Symposium June 29th-July 1st. Ideally, the youth that attend this visioning process will be encouraged to attend the symposium. At which, the collective vision will be formatted into a legacy action plan including several good works efforts and an eye towards the green jobs of tomorrow.<BR>
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To confirm this request please <B>email me!</B> <a href="mailto:findtravis@gmail.com"><mailto:findtravis@gmail.com></a> Or feel free to call me directly at 503.312.1716 with questions or suggestions.<BR>
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I am hoping to confirm all possible locations by 5/12 at the latest. Sooner if possible. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this matter. I look forward to meeting you all in person.<BR>
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Go Oregon.<BR>
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Best,<BR>
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Travis Huntington<BR>
Media Mentor<BR>
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