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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Civics Class you wished you had paid more attention to in High School (September 15, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coordinator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Douglas Alexander&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:douglasWI1957@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;douglasWI1957@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;N/A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Required,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#EE0000"&gt;Contact Coordinator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The course objective is to start with the basic documents: &lt;em&gt;The Declaration of Independence&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Constitution of the United States&lt;/em&gt;, and get familiar with them. Then we’ll move on to the dynamics of our current government. The emphasis will be on the federal government, but we will invariably get into state and municipal government as well. Class topics will easily spawn conversions about current politics.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Additional Information&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meeting Day:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Tuesday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://platomadison.org/Oakwood-Village-University-Woods-Campus" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;Oakwood Village University Woods Campus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;- Nakoma/Westmorland Rooms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Participation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Reading and active participation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Size:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;No Limit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Civics Class you wished you had paid more attention to in High School (September 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coordinator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Douglas Alexander&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:douglasWI1957@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;douglasWI1957@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;N/A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Required,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#EE0000"&gt;Contact Coordinator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The course objective is to start with the basic documents: &lt;em&gt;The Declaration of Independence&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Constitution of the United States&lt;/em&gt;, and get familiar with them. Then we’ll move on to the dynamics of our current government. The emphasis will be on the federal government, but we will invariably get into state and municipal government as well. Class topics will easily spawn conversions about current politics.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Additional Information&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meeting Day:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Tuesday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://platomadison.org/Oakwood-Village-University-Woods-Campus" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;Oakwood Village University Woods Campus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;- Nakoma/Westmorland Rooms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Participation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Reading and active participation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Size:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;No Limit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Civics Class you wished you had paid more attention to in High School (September 29, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coordinator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Douglas Alexander&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:douglasWI1957@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;douglasWI1957@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;N/A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Required,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#EE0000"&gt;Contact Coordinator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The course objective is to start with the basic documents: &lt;em&gt;The Declaration of Independence&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Constitution of the United States&lt;/em&gt;, and get familiar with them. Then we’ll move on to the dynamics of our current government. The emphasis will be on the federal government, but we will invariably get into state and municipal government as well. Class topics will easily spawn conversions about current politics.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Additional Information&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meeting Day:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Tuesday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://platomadison.org/Oakwood-Village-University-Woods-Campus" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;Oakwood Village University Woods Campus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;- Nakoma/Westmorland Rooms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Participation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Reading and active participation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Size:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;No Limit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Civics Class you wished you had paid more attention to in High School (October 06, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coordinator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Douglas Alexander&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:douglasWI1957@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;douglasWI1957@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;N/A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Required,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#EE0000"&gt;Contact Coordinator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The course objective is to start with the basic documents: &lt;em&gt;The Declaration of Independence&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Constitution of the United States&lt;/em&gt;, and get familiar with them. Then we’ll move on to the dynamics of our current government. The emphasis will be on the federal government, but we will invariably get into state and municipal government as well. Class topics will easily spawn conversions about current politics.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Additional Information&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meeting Day:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Tuesday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://platomadison.org/Oakwood-Village-University-Woods-Campus" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;Oakwood Village University Woods Campus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;- Nakoma/Westmorland Rooms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Participation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Reading and active participation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Size:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;No Limit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Civics Class you wished you had paid more attention to in High School (October 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coordinator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Douglas Alexander&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:douglasWI1957@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;douglasWI1957@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;N/A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Required,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#EE0000"&gt;Contact Coordinator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The course objective is to start with the basic documents: &lt;em&gt;The Declaration of Independence&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Constitution of the United States&lt;/em&gt;, and get familiar with them. Then we’ll move on to the dynamics of our current government. The emphasis will be on the federal government, but we will invariably get into state and municipal government as well. Class topics will easily spawn conversions about current politics.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Additional Information&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meeting Day:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Tuesday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://platomadison.org/Oakwood-Village-University-Woods-Campus" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;Oakwood Village University Woods Campus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;- Nakoma/Westmorland Rooms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Participation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Reading and active participation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Size:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;No Limit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Civics Class you wished you had paid more attention to in High School (October 20, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coordinator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Douglas Alexander&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:douglasWI1957@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;douglasWI1957@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;N/A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Required,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#EE0000"&gt;Contact Coordinator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The course objective is to start with the basic documents: &lt;em&gt;The Declaration of Independence&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Constitution of the United States&lt;/em&gt;, and get familiar with them. Then we’ll move on to the dynamics of our current government. The emphasis will be on the federal government, but we will invariably get into state and municipal government as well. Class topics will easily spawn conversions about current politics.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meeting Day:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Tuesday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://platomadison.org/Oakwood-Village-University-Woods-Campus" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;Oakwood Village University Woods Campus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;- Nakoma/Westmorland Rooms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Participation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Reading and active participation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Size:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;No Limit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>The Civics Class you wished you had paid more attention to in High School (October 27, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coordinator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Douglas Alexander&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:douglasWI1957@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;douglasWI1957@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;N/A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Required,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#EE0000"&gt;Contact Coordinator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The course objective is to start with the basic documents: &lt;em&gt;The Declaration of Independence&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Constitution of the United States&lt;/em&gt;, and get familiar with them. Then we’ll move on to the dynamics of our current government. The emphasis will be on the federal government, but we will invariably get into state and municipal government as well. Class topics will easily spawn conversions about current politics.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meeting Day:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Tuesday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://platomadison.org/Oakwood-Village-University-Woods-Campus" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;Oakwood Village University Woods Campus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;- Nakoma/Westmorland Rooms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Participation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Reading and active participation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Size:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;No Limit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Civics Class you wished you had paid more attention to in High School (November 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coordinator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Douglas Alexander&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:douglasWI1957@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;douglasWI1957@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;N/A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Required,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#EE0000"&gt;Contact Coordinator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The course objective is to start with the basic documents: &lt;em&gt;The Declaration of Independence&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Constitution of the United States&lt;/em&gt;, and get familiar with them. Then we’ll move on to the dynamics of our current government. The emphasis will be on the federal government, but we will invariably get into state and municipal government as well. Class topics will easily spawn conversions about current politics.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meeting Day:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Tuesday&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://platomadison.org/Oakwood-Village-University-Woods-Campus" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;Oakwood Village University Woods Campus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;&lt;span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"&gt;- Nakoma/Westmorland Rooms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"&gt;Participation:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;Reading and active participation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Size:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;font color="#0070C0"&gt;No Limit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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