{"id":16250,"date":"2025-09-04T18:10:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattdems.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=16250"},"modified":"2025-09-09T21:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T21:18:20","slug":"16250","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"http:\/\/mattdems.org\/index.php\/event\/16250\/","title":{"rendered":"November Meeting : Empower Yourself to Take Control of the News and Information You Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Mattapoisett, MA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 The Mattapoisett Democratic Town Committee will hold its November monthly meeting on <\/span><b>Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 6:00 PM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Mattapoisett Library Meeting Room. The meeting will feature a special workshop led by <\/span><b>Laura Gardner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a National Board Certified Teacher in Library Media and Teacher Librarian at Dartmouth Middle School.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gardner\u2019s presentation, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEmpower Yourself to Take Control of the News and Information You Encounter,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will explore the challenges of misinformation and disinformation in today\u2019s digital landscape. Participants will learn practical strategies for:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identifying AI-generated and misleading content<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fact-checking and evaluating sources<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthening personal media literacy skills<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talking with friends and family members who may have been influenced by misinformation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gardner brings over 15 years of experience as a Teacher Librarian, recently serving on the prestigious <\/span><b>2024 Newbery Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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