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Twenty-fi ve <strong>years</strong><br />
and counting.<br />
(Counting now more than ever.)<br />
CLASSROOM LAW PROJECT<br />
Annual Report 2007 - 2008
According to the World Values<br />
Survey, a project by social scientists<br />
to measure the values of the world’s<br />
many different cultures, only two<br />
concepts cross almost every cultural<br />
boundary: trust and democracy.<br />
“Education either functions as an<br />
instrument used to facilitate integration<br />
of the younger generation into the logic<br />
of the present system and bring about<br />
conformity — or it becomes the practice<br />
of freedom, the means by which men and<br />
women deal critically and creatively with<br />
reality and discover how to participate in<br />
the transformation of their world.”<br />
—Paulo Freire<br />
I<br />
<strong>25</strong><br />
<strong>years</strong><br />
t’s a blip. It’s a generation. It’s a career. It’s a<br />
moment.<br />
It’s a start.<br />
Twenty-fi ve <strong>years</strong> is 13,140,000 minutes<br />
and, to quote the Beatles, even one minute is a<br />
long time. Twenty-fi ve <strong>years</strong> is time enough for<br />
a fl edgling non-profi t to become the premier<br />
organization of its kind in America. And time<br />
enough to realize how very much more there is<br />
to be done.<br />
<strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong> began its mission as<br />
a non-profi t organization a quarter-century ago,<br />
in a world that was both very different and very<br />
much the same. Then, as now, democracy here<br />
and around the world was a use-it-or-lose-it<br />
proposition. Then, as now, CLP was made up of<br />
dedicated people — educators, members of the<br />
legal community and civic leaders — who share<br />
this belief: The best way to preserve democracy<br />
is to teach democracy. And the best way to teach<br />
democracy — the best way to learn the skills of<br />
active liberty and make freedom a living thing<br />
rather than a talking point or a textbook chapter<br />
— is to effectively and continuously bring<br />
the principles, virtues, civic responsibilities and<br />
everyday mechanics of democracy into the curriculum<br />
of our schools.<br />
As we celebrate our <strong>25</strong>th anniversary, thanks<br />
to your commitment and generosity, <strong>Classroom</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong> now involves more students, more<br />
teachers and provides more programs than ever.<br />
And what we do — what you make it possible<br />
for us to do — is needed more than ever. Twenty-fi<br />
ve <strong>years</strong>, and we’re just getting started.
The Age of No Particular Reason All In the Timing<br />
T<br />
S<br />
omewhere in the late 1960s, people stopped<br />
really teaching civics in the schools. A couple<br />
weeks in social studies class, three branches of<br />
government, yada yada…it was all falling down<br />
anyway, so what was the reason to dwell on it?<br />
In an age where virtually everyone was angry at<br />
government, many people lost sight of the fact<br />
that democracy must be learned. It’s not a given,<br />
it’s an earned. Citizenship is an acquired skill,<br />
and it is something that is absolutely critical to<br />
the health and longevity of a democratic society<br />
(we know that we are preaching to the choir).<br />
By 1983, although no one probably liked<br />
government any more than before, it had<br />
become clear to a group of people in Oregon<br />
that something had to change, that citizenship<br />
and law, and the very understanding<br />
of how to live and work in a democratic society,<br />
must once again become an available and<br />
important part of school curriculum. Consumer<br />
protection and advocacy actions, Oregon’s<br />
pioneering initiative and referendum process,<br />
environmental protection efforts, civil rights, a<br />
much more litigious society — there had never<br />
been more need for powering the understanding,<br />
skills and spirit of democracy, at the same time<br />
that less and less of those traditions and tools<br />
were being taught to the students in our schools,<br />
to our children, to the citizens who will inherit<br />
this state and this nation.<br />
A core group of people, beginning, fi ttingly,<br />
with a couple of attorneys who were married<br />
to schoolteachers, got the civics education ball<br />
rolling, and <strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong> was born.<br />
he 1980s may be remembered as the Me<br />
Decade, but it was also the We the People<br />
Decade, with the bicentennial of the U.S.<br />
Constitution in 1987. Timing is everything, and<br />
the national celebration of this landmark event<br />
and document meant<br />
that there were funding<br />
and new educational<br />
curriculum resources<br />
available for all things<br />
democracy.<br />
<strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>Project</strong>, under the<br />
leadership of founding<br />
(and still) executive<br />
director Marilyn Cover,<br />
went to work, hosting<br />
curriculum workshops for teachers around<br />
Oregon, recruiting and training teachers to<br />
teach Bill of Rights lessons in the four corners<br />
of the state, from Newport to Nyssa, Medford<br />
to Wallowa. Teachers and school administrators,<br />
along with the young men and women who were<br />
students back then, still mention those early<br />
classes today.<br />
Some pre-CLP programs, including<br />
the Courthouse Experience fi eld trips to<br />
Multnomah County Courthouse and the <strong>Law</strong><br />
Day workshops for high school students were<br />
expanded and energized. The High School<br />
Mock Trial Competition<br />
went statewide, creating<br />
confi dence and fond<br />
memories for hundreds of<br />
Oregon students. The acclaimed<br />
We The People competition began, and Oregon<br />
students initiated a long run of national success<br />
in the program.<br />
Teacher by teacher, student by student,<br />
and generous supporter by generous supporter,<br />
<strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong> grew into what is today<br />
America’s leading organization committed<br />
to the care and feeding — the teaching and<br />
understanding — of civics and democracy in our<br />
schools. Again, it’s all thanks to volunteers and<br />
donors like you.
Around the Next Bend<br />
I<br />
t has taken thousands of <strong>years</strong> for democracy<br />
to become the most prevalent form of government<br />
in the world, and after some 230 <strong>years</strong><br />
even our own country must remain endlessly<br />
dedicated to promoting the vital spirit and skills<br />
that are at the heart of a democratic society. So<br />
the short <strong>25</strong> <strong>years</strong> of <strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong>’s<br />
work in Oregon are just one tick on a very large<br />
clock. With your help, we’ve accomplished<br />
much — much, much more remains.<br />
Our programs reach some 400 teachers<br />
and 12,000 students in Oregon. That is a<br />
good thing. But there are 198 school districts<br />
and 20 education service districts in<br />
our state, educating more than 551,000<br />
students. That means we are meeting<br />
2 percent of Oregon’s need for our<br />
programs and services. That is a humbling —<br />
and motivating — thing.<br />
The scale of the need is just one challenge.<br />
The understanding of the need itself is another.<br />
One of the powerful reasons that public education<br />
was created in the fi rst place was to train<br />
and prepare our children for a life of informed<br />
democratic citizenship and participation. New<br />
priorities have put that mission at risk.<br />
Mandatory high-stakes testing in reading,<br />
math and science (all vital skills) have reshaped<br />
the distribution of educational resources —<br />
meaning instruction time and money. Testing<br />
in social studies (which includes civics and the<br />
workings of democracy) is not mandatory, and<br />
almost always takes a distant back seat. Veteran<br />
civics teachers are leaving, and four of 10 new<br />
teachers don’t make it through their fi rst fi ve<br />
<strong>years</strong> in the profession.<br />
Our school systems need help<br />
in providing vital civics education, so<br />
CLP works with teachers and school administrators<br />
at every level of experience to create<br />
integrated curriculum that meets their needs.<br />
And this isn’t just about knowing history or how<br />
the courts work — CLP’s innovative programs<br />
can be used to help<br />
young people develop<br />
pro-social behavior;<br />
to develop positive attitudes<br />
and an understanding<br />
about issues of<br />
authority, justice, community,<br />
violence and<br />
the role of law and public institutions in resolving<br />
confl ict; to prepare students to think about<br />
the common good; and to take action to express<br />
their commitment through voting, volunteerism<br />
and petitioning the government for change.<br />
And, best of all, what we do together makes<br />
a difference: Recent studies show that there is a<br />
direct correlation between time spent in social<br />
studies classes and students’ civic knowledge and<br />
engagement. Open exchange is everything — a<br />
student’s individual perception of his or her classroom’s<br />
culture is strongly consistent with his or<br />
her expectations of voting, participating in<br />
politics, and being active in the community. The<br />
study concluded that, “The degree<br />
to which political and social issues<br />
are discussed openly and respectfully<br />
has a greater impact on civic profi ciency<br />
than the frequency of social studies class.”<br />
What we all must realize is that the path to<br />
a healthy democratic society is not straight or<br />
even paved, it’s a winding gravel road through<br />
the countryside. It’s as easy to get lost in the<br />
middle of the journey as it is at the beginning.<br />
With your valued support, <strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong><br />
will keep walking, keep moving toward the<br />
goal. It will take us from creating fun for a fi fthgrader<br />
in rural Oregon to expanding possibilities<br />
for an urban high-schooler — and it will take us<br />
even as far as Croatia, where the hunger of an<br />
entire country for the freedoms and responsibilities<br />
of democracy is thrilling and inspiring.<br />
We hope you will be with us for every step.
Where We Are<br />
Twenty-fi ve <strong>years</strong> in, and together we are at work throughout Oregon, bringing thoughtful, timely, practical<br />
and, of course, fun civic education programs for students in grades K-12. Here are a few examples:<br />
Courthouse Experience Program<br />
For four decades, these enriching and valuable<br />
visits to the Multnomah County Courthouse<br />
have helped the law come alive for generations<br />
of students. Today, nearly 6,000 fi fth- through<br />
twelfth-graders participate, all coordinated<br />
through CLP’s volunteer program.<br />
High School Mock Trial Competition<br />
This annual event, co-sponsored by the Oregon<br />
State Bar, brings together more than 500 attorneys<br />
acting as coaches, judges, and coordinators,<br />
with 1,500 students and teachers from nearly 60<br />
schools. In the 22 <strong>years</strong> since mock trial became<br />
a statewide program, a lot of self-confi dence and<br />
inspiration have been generated.<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Day<br />
In its 28th year, this energizing and thoughtprovoking<br />
conference at Portland State University<br />
features 18 different workshops on current<br />
topics. More than 500 high school students from<br />
Oregon and southwest Washington participate<br />
and learn.<br />
<strong>Project</strong> Citizen<br />
In this portfolio-based project for fi fth- through<br />
twelfth-graders, students identify a local public<br />
policy issue and develop an action plan to address<br />
it. And lest you think this is just an exercise, some<br />
of these projects have actually helped change the<br />
policy itself. The work culminates with a class<br />
portfolio that may be part of a state or national<br />
showcase. Some 200 students participate.<br />
We the People<br />
This acclaimed competition brings together highschool<br />
teams from around the state, ready to be<br />
grilled in a congressional hearing-type setting<br />
on constitutional issues. The program provides<br />
instruction on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of<br />
Rights, and hundreds of free sets of textbooks<br />
are provided to classes. In the 21-year history<br />
of the national competition, Oregon teams have<br />
never failed to bring home an award — placing<br />
in the national top ten every year but one and<br />
taking fi rst place in the country three times! We<br />
the People programs are also available for fi fth-<br />
and eighth-grade classes. About 3,500 students<br />
statewide use these materials, with about 360<br />
participating in the high-school competition.<br />
Street <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong> students from Lewis & Clark <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
have been teaching in local high schools for almost<br />
30 <strong>years</strong>, educating young people about the<br />
very real ways in which the law applies to their<br />
everyday lives. The materials cover a wide range<br />
of civil and criminal issues. Lessons emphasize<br />
student involvement — including small group<br />
discussion, debate, simulated trial procedure and<br />
negotiation. This practical course counts over<br />
500 alumni-lawyers and 7,200 student-citizens<br />
in its ranks.<br />
Youth Summit<br />
Invigorating summit meetings on timely issues<br />
provide unique opportunities for middle- and<br />
high-school students to question adult experts in<br />
a congressional hearing-type setting. This year’s<br />
Summit focused on the presidential election.<br />
After attending a seminar, teachers share lessons<br />
about the process with their students, then some<br />
170 students (selected from 1200 classmates)<br />
representing 40 classes met with numerous legislators,<br />
civic leaders and other experts.<br />
CIVITAS<br />
As part of an on-going international civic education<br />
exchange program co-sponsored by the<br />
Center for Civic Education, CLP has a partnership<br />
with Croatia. CLP helps Croatian teachers<br />
implement the <strong>Project</strong> Citizen and mock trial<br />
curriculum in their schools.<br />
Oregon Civics Conference for Teachers<br />
This statewide event brings Oregon teachers<br />
to the State Capitol building, convening in the<br />
Senate Chambers. Teachers share experiences<br />
and learn from the Governor, Chief Justice, legislators,<br />
policy makers and constitutional experts.<br />
Private Consultations<br />
CLP staff provide consultation and assistance to<br />
educators, attorneys and others who wish to create<br />
lessons and curriculum, ranging from civics<br />
for kindergartners to constitutional studies for<br />
advanced placement students in high school. All<br />
programs are tailored to fi t individual needs.<br />
Teacher Professional Development<br />
From one hour sessions to one-week courses,<br />
from Portland to Pendleton to Medford, CLP<br />
brings cutting-edge, best-practices training in<br />
civic education to teachers.<br />
Legal Citizen of the Year and<br />
Educator of the Year<br />
This annual event celebrates the outstanding,<br />
future-changing work of two Oregonians who<br />
are helping teach, promote and protect civics and<br />
democracy.
Donors and Volunteers 2007-2008<br />
We greatly appreciate the<br />
generosity and commitment<br />
of the following:<br />
Donors<br />
President’s Circle<br />
($10,000 and higher)<br />
Lewis & Clark <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
Schnitzer Steel Industries<br />
Jefferson Circle<br />
($5,000)<br />
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC<br />
Cosgrave Vergeer Kester<br />
LLP<br />
Davis Wright Tremaine<br />
LLP<br />
Lane Powell PC<br />
Miller Nash LLP<br />
Nike<br />
Perkins Coie LLP<br />
Portland General Electric<br />
Schwabe Williamson &<br />
Wyatt PC<br />
Stoel Rives LLP<br />
Umpqua Bank<br />
West Coast Trust<br />
Madison Circle<br />
($3,500)<br />
Ater Wynne LLP<br />
Oregon Education<br />
Association<br />
Tonkon Torp LLP<br />
Sponsors<br />
American Board of Trial<br />
Advocates<br />
A to Z Wineworks<br />
Banner Bank<br />
Brownstein, Rask, Sweeney,<br />
Kerr, Grim, DeSylvia &<br />
Hay, LLP<br />
Capital Pacifi c Bank<br />
CIGNA<br />
Dunn Carney Allen<br />
Higgins & Tongue LLP<br />
First Independent Bank<br />
Friends of Linda Flores<br />
Harrang Long Gary<br />
Rudnick PC<br />
Hoffman Hart & Wagner<br />
LLP<br />
Kiwanis Club<br />
Landye Bennett Blumstein<br />
LLP<br />
Lifewise Health Plan of<br />
Oregon<br />
Mercer Health & Benefi ts<br />
Multnomah Bar<br />
Foundation<br />
OnPoint Community<br />
Credit Union<br />
Oregon Lottery<br />
Oregon State Bar<br />
Portland Association of<br />
Teachers, Inc.<br />
Portland Opportunities<br />
Industrialization Center<br />
Sather, Byerly & Holloway,<br />
LLP<br />
Skanska USA Building<br />
Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting<br />
& Shlachter P.C.<br />
The Dieringer Research<br />
Group<br />
Wells Fargo Foundation<br />
Willamette <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
Grants<br />
Black United Fund of<br />
Oregon<br />
The Collins Foundation<br />
The Jackson Foundation<br />
The Samuel S. Johnson<br />
Foundation<br />
Charlotte Martin<br />
Foundation<br />
Multnomah Bar<br />
Foundation<br />
Oregon <strong>Law</strong> Foundation<br />
The Carol & Velma Saling<br />
Foundation<br />
State of Oregon<br />
Stimson Miller Foundation<br />
The Herbert A. Templeton<br />
Foundation<br />
Rose E. Tucker Charitable<br />
Trust<br />
Juan Young Trust<br />
<strong>25</strong>th Anniversary<br />
Jeff & Gayle Faust<br />
Foster Pepper LLP<br />
Richard George<br />
Lon & Jaye Wickham<br />
Taylor Getlin<br />
Robert Glasgow<br />
Hon. Alfred Goodwin<br />
S. Ward Greene<br />
Edwin Harnden<br />
Nathan Hoerschelmann<br />
Laurie Holmes<br />
Nancy Hungerford<br />
Roberta Hutton<br />
Grant Jones<br />
Hon. Robert Jones<br />
Hon. Henry Kantor<br />
Dorothy Knofl er<br />
Thomas Kramer<br />
Claudia Larkins<br />
Daniel Larsen<br />
Harrison Latto<br />
Leeann Leaverton<br />
Kathleen Lewis<br />
Muriel Lezak<br />
Hon. Jean Maurer<br />
Hon. Keith Meisenheimer<br />
John Merriam<br />
Sandra Mico<br />
Milo Ormseth<br />
Hon. Edwin Peterson<br />
Rappleyea Beck Helterline<br />
Spencer & Roskie<br />
Marilyn & Robert Ridgley<br />
Barbara & Terry Rost<br />
Bruce Rubin<br />
Dean Sandow<br />
Molly Smith<br />
Olivia Lee Smith<br />
Joan Snyder<br />
Al Spencer<br />
Dennis Steinbock<br />
Jim Stewart<br />
Mark Wada<br />
West Coast Trust<br />
Hon. Robert Wollheim<br />
Individuals<br />
Hon. John Acosta<br />
Hon. Donald Ashmanskas<br />
Hon. Thomas Balmer<br />
Anne Batey<br />
Melinda Becker<br />
Sara Behrman<br />
Nancy Bergeson<br />
Toni Berres-Paul<br />
Mark Bierly<br />
David Blaufus<br />
Jerry Boehm<br />
Hon. Anna Brown<br />
Paul Brown<br />
Thom & Virginia Van<br />
Vactor Brown<br />
Hon. Stephen Bushong<br />
Janis Carpenter<br />
Larry Coady<br />
Marilyn Cover<br />
John Crawford<br />
Michael Curtis<br />
Kenneth Davis II<br />
Hon. Paul De Muniz<br />
Marilyn Drichas<br />
Joan Driver<br />
Hon. Robert Durham<br />
Jerry & Lisa Newman<br />
Eckstein<br />
Edward Einowski<br />
R. Louis Elliott<br />
David Ernst<br />
Linda Eyerman<br />
Tracy Faulconer<br />
Michael Fetrow<br />
Hon. Lisa Fithian-Barret<br />
Karla Forsythe<br />
Hon. Julie Frantz<br />
B.H. Fredericks<br />
George Galloway<br />
Rep. Sara Gelser<br />
Richard George<br />
Hon. Michael Gillette<br />
Rep. Vic Gilliam<br />
Robert Glasgow<br />
Douglas Goe<br />
Hon. Alfred Goodwin<br />
Christopher Gore<br />
Susan Graber<br />
William Gross<br />
Stephen Grove<br />
Hon. Ancer Haggerty<br />
Richard Hall<br />
Peter Hamilton<br />
Edwin Harnden<br />
Ron Hitchcock<br />
Tracy Hooper<br />
Stephen Houze<br />
James Huffman<br />
Nancy Hungerford<br />
Georgene Inaba<br />
J.W. Jandacek<br />
Lynn Johnson<br />
Grant Jones<br />
Hon. Ed Jones & Jenny<br />
Cooke<br />
Wendy Kahle<br />
Stephen Kanter<br />
Hon. Henry Kantor<br />
Romona Kenady<br />
Hon. Garr & Mary Jo King<br />
Hon. Rives Kistler<br />
Carol Klingensmith<br />
John Knowles<br />
David Knox<br />
Lori Kositch<br />
Laura Kosloff<br />
Rep. Jerry Krummel<br />
Hon. Jerome LaBarre<br />
Hon. Kristena Lamar<br />
Ronald Lansing<br />
Daniel Larsen<br />
Leeann Leaverton<br />
Hon. Susan Leeson<br />
Wayne Lei<br />
Kathleen Lewis<br />
David Lokting<br />
Jack Lundeen<br />
Christopher Magana<br />
Susan Mandiberg<br />
Stan & Susie Marcus<br />
Hon. Judith Matarazzo<br />
Hon. Jean Kerr & Hon.<br />
Steven Maurer<br />
Caryn May<br />
Stephanie McBride<br />
Terry McElligott<br />
Hon. Maureen McKnight<br />
Ted Meece<br />
Hon. Keith Meisenheimer<br />
David Mesirow<br />
Chuck Michael<br />
Sandra Mico<br />
Melanie Morris<br />
Michael Newman<br />
Laura Orr<br />
William Penn<br />
Hon. Elizabeth Perris<br />
Hon. Edwin Peterson<br />
Dawn Phillips<br />
Hollie Pihl<br />
Kathy Prosser<br />
Joan Redden<br />
Allen Reel<br />
Marilyn & Robert Ridgley<br />
Barbara & Terry Rost<br />
Karen Rouse<br />
Hon. Thomas Ryan<br />
James & Diane Sager<br />
Jed Schlanger<br />
Arthur Schmidt<br />
Edward Schmitt<br />
Hon. David Schuman<br />
Mick Seidl<br />
Michael Simon<br />
Richard Sly<br />
Olivia Lee Smith<br />
Joan Snyder<br />
Sally Stadum<br />
Ronald Stroble<br />
Hon. Susan Svetkey<br />
Gail Swan<br />
Marianne Sweeney<br />
Hon. Jill Tanner<br />
Mark Teppola<br />
Thomas Tongue<br />
Christine Tracey<br />
Elizabeth Trainor<br />
Roz Tucker<br />
Tim Volpert<br />
Robin Wada<br />
Hon. Kenneth Walker<br />
Hon. Nan Waller<br />
Amy Wayson<br />
Hon. John Wittmayer<br />
Richard Yugler<br />
Elisabeth Zeller<br />
Volunteers<br />
Hon. John Acosta<br />
Mario Alba<br />
Pam Albee<br />
Ashlee Albies<br />
Robert Aldisert<br />
Mary Jean Allen<br />
Susan Alterman<br />
Steve Altishin<br />
Nick Amatuzzi<br />
Rachel Amatuzzi<br />
Ben Andersen<br />
Marcia Arganbright<br />
Rachel Arnold<br />
Gardner Ashmanskas<br />
Deirdre Atkinson<br />
Amanda Austin<br />
Robert Babcock<br />
John Bachofner<br />
Darek Ball<br />
Hon. Thomas Balmer<br />
Brent Barton<br />
Larry Baxter<br />
Sara Behrman<br />
John Belknap<br />
Linda Beloof<br />
Toni Berres-Paul<br />
Janet Billups<br />
William Birkett<br />
Susan Bischoff<br />
Roy Blaine<br />
Ryan Bledsoe<br />
Jerry Boehm<br />
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici<br />
Rod Boutin<br />
Debbie Breckner<br />
Mike Brian<br />
Gerald Brickel<br />
Alison Brink<br />
Rhonda Broadfoot<br />
Amelia Brooks<br />
Emma Brown<br />
Hon. Anna Brown<br />
Thom Brown<br />
Thomas Broz<br />
Kristin Bryant<br />
Kim Buckley<br />
Rep. Peter Buckley<br />
Shenandoah Bunn<br />
Stu Burgess<br />
Pat Burk<br />
Stefanie Burke<br />
Steven Burke<br />
Hon. Stephen Bushong<br />
Amanda Caffall<br />
Patrick Callahan<br />
Victor Calzretta<br />
Kim Campbell<br />
Rep. Ben Cannon<br />
Kimberley Capobianco<br />
Jessica Carpenter<br />
Hon. Wallace P. Carson, Jr.<br />
Jim Carter<br />
Rafael Caso<br />
Christopher Cauble<br />
Bryan Censoni<br />
Chuck Chamberlain<br />
Eric Chambers<br />
Joel Christiansen<br />
Scott Ciecko<br />
Tom Cinquini<br />
Judy Cochran<br />
Britney Colton<br />
Jenny Cooke<br />
Cheryl Coon<br />
Josh Cooper<br />
Alison Craig<br />
Hon. Patricia Crain<br />
Jim Crane<br />
John Crawford<br />
Deborah Cumming<br />
Nancy Curtin<br />
Michael Curtis<br />
Jennifer Dalglish<br />
Hon. Deanne Darling<br />
Kristen David<br />
Marni Davis<br />
Barbara DeBellis<br />
David Degner<br />
David Delsman<br />
Sen. Richard Devlin<br />
Daniel DiCicco<br />
Tonya Dickens<br />
Elizabeth Dillard<br />
Becky Dougan<br />
Kiel Dowlin<br />
Marilyn Drichas<br />
Jay Dudley<br />
Gail Duffy<br />
Hon. Robert Durham<br />
Marge Easley<br />
John Eckrem<br />
Charles Edelson<br />
Jeffrey Edelson<br />
Emilie Edling<br />
Sarah Edmonds<br />
David Edstrom<br />
Amanda Ellis<br />
Barnes Ellis<br />
Ira Erbs<br />
David Ernst<br />
Marva Fabien<br />
Angelene Falconer<br />
Lynn-Marie Fancher<br />
Tracy Faulconer<br />
Gayle Faust<br />
Jeff Faust<br />
Kendell Ferguson<br />
Dan Findley<br />
Nick Fish<br />
Joyce Fleming<br />
Rep. Linda Flores<br />
Shelley Fuller<br />
Rep. Larry Galizio<br />
Chris Garrett<br />
Rex Gay<br />
Richard George<br />
Rand Getlin<br />
Jenny-Anne Gifford<br />
Angie Gipson<br />
Steven Goldberg<br />
Alex Golubitsky<br />
Douglas Gordon<br />
Mark Gordon<br />
Larry Gorin<br />
Hon. Susan Graber<br />
Robert Graham<br />
Laura Graser<br />
Kimberly Graves<br />
Mary Green<br />
Gail Greenman<br />
Ginger Greer<br />
Lisa Greif<br />
Brad Grenham<br />
Patrick Griffi n<br />
David Groom<br />
C. David Hall<br />
Maiya Hall<br />
Peter Hamilton<br />
Stephen Hamilton<br />
Ed Harnden<br />
Stephanie Harper<br />
Suzy Harris<br />
Alisa Harvey<br />
Tilman Hasche<br />
Scott Healy<br />
Geoffrey Henderson<br />
Paul Henderson<br />
Amy Heverly<br />
Helen Hierschbiel
Mike Higgins<br />
Ron Hitchcock<br />
Lucinda Hites-Clabaugh<br />
Kathi Holmbeck<br />
Jennifer Hooper<br />
Margaret Hooten<br />
Rose Hubbard<br />
James Huffman<br />
Linda Hugle<br />
Danielle Hunsaker<br />
Kimberly Hurd<br />
Karin Immergut<br />
Kayse Jama<br />
Bronson James<br />
Dennis James<br />
Darlene Jensen<br />
Brian Johnson<br />
Craig Johnson<br />
Louise Johnston<br />
Hon. Edward Jones<br />
Hon. Robert Jones<br />
Keith Jones<br />
Hon. Henry Kantor<br />
Scott Kaplan<br />
Josh Kardon<br />
Alan Karpinski<br />
Lissa Kaufman<br />
Helen Kelley<br />
Michael Kellington<br />
Kaity Kernan<br />
Jessica Keskitalo<br />
Jayme Kimberly<br />
Hon. Garr King<br />
Bill Kirby<br />
Robert Klonoff<br />
Karen Knauerhase<br />
John Knowles<br />
Laura Kosloff<br />
Blerina Kotori<br />
Janet Kreft<br />
Brian Kulhanjian<br />
Nanette LaBerge<br />
James Lang<br />
Allison LaPlante<br />
Shelly Larkins<br />
Daniel Larsen<br />
Alan Lave<br />
Andrew Lavin<br />
J. Mark <strong>Law</strong>rence<br />
Catherine Lazuran<br />
Leeann Leaverton<br />
Angela Lee<br />
Jonathan Leiss<br />
Gregory Levinson<br />
Jack Levy<br />
Zach Light<br />
Hon. Virginia Linder<br />
Sharon Little<br />
Angel Lopez<br />
Katherine Lorenz<br />
Charles Lovell<br />
Jim Ludwick<br />
Jack Lundeen<br />
Christina Luther<br />
Matthew Lyon<br />
Todd Lyon<br />
Garrett Maass<br />
Jim Mabbott<br />
Ron Macias<br />
Marina MacMichael<br />
Jack MacNichol<br />
Stephen Madkour<br />
Christopher Magana<br />
Jim Maher<br />
Bradley Maier<br />
Joe Maier<br />
Susie & Stan Marcus<br />
Jan Margosian<br />
James Marron<br />
Stephen Marx<br />
Caryn May<br />
Jeff Mayer<br />
David McDonald<br />
Terry McElligott<br />
Doug McGeary<br />
Edward McGlone<br />
Michael McGrath<br />
Christopher McKillop<br />
Clair McKinley<br />
Ken McNeil<br />
Maggie McSwiggen<br />
Jacqueline McVey<br />
Christine Meadows<br />
Ted Meece<br />
Keith Meeuwsen<br />
Hon. Keith Meisenheimer<br />
Ricardo Menchaca<br />
Martin Meyers<br />
Chuck Michael<br />
Elijah Michalowski<br />
Sandra Mico<br />
Linda Mihata<br />
Jeff Miholer<br />
Barry Miles<br />
Hon. Eve Miller<br />
John Miller<br />
Natalie Miller<br />
Chuck Mitchell<br />
Douglas Morris<br />
Melanie Morris<br />
Naomi Morrison-Cohen<br />
Kathryn Morton<br />
James Mountain<br />
Allison Mudrick<br />
Ryan Mulkins<br />
Lynn Myrick<br />
National Charity League -<br />
Oregon Rose Chapter<br />
David Newhall<br />
Ann Nice<br />
Susan Nielson<br />
Hon. Susie Norby<br />
Chris O’Connor<br />
Melvin Oden-Orr<br />
Gordon Osaka<br />
Hon. Diarmuid<br />
O’Scannlain<br />
Scott Pakel<br />
Paul Papak<br />
Judith Parker<br />
Nat Parker<br />
David Paul<br />
Heather Pauley<br />
Ismail Pekin<br />
Kari Pekin<br />
William Penn<br />
Ramona Perrault<br />
Emily Persico<br />
Adam Peterson<br />
Rebecca Peterson<br />
Christopher Pierarski<br />
Joan Piper<br />
Keith Pitt<br />
Miranda Plummer<br />
Lisa Porter<br />
Kathy Prosser<br />
Timothy Provost<br />
Hon. William Purdy<br />
Susan Quattrocchi<br />
Robert Quintero<br />
Sunil Raju<br />
Katelyn Randall<br />
Timothy Resch<br />
Drew Rewold<br />
Rep. Arnie Roblan<br />
Megan Roche<br />
Michael Romano<br />
Michael Rose<br />
Hon. Ellen Rosenblum<br />
Rebecca Rosenstein<br />
Sue Rossiter<br />
Sandra Rowe<br />
Bruce Rubin<br />
Carolyn Rundorff<br />
James Sager<br />
Ed Sale<br />
Bruce Samson<br />
Olga Sanchez<br />
Cristina Sanz<br />
David Sarasohn<br />
Mike Schaefer<br />
Janet Schertz<br />
Janet Schroer<br />
Phil Schuster<br />
Kristen Schuttpelz<br />
Geoffrey Scrowcroft<br />
Rachele Selvig<br />
Hon. Timothy Sercombe<br />
Hon. Djuro Sessa<br />
Lenny Severs<br />
Scott Lee Sharp<br />
Bruce Shepley<br />
Gregg Silliman<br />
Emily Simon<br />
Michael H. Simon<br />
Howard Skaist<br />
Mary Skjelset<br />
Chris Smart<br />
Jefferson Smith<br />
Joe Smith<br />
<strong>Law</strong>rence Smith<br />
Molly Smith<br />
Carl Sniffen<br />
Al Spencer<br />
Christy Splitt<br />
Amanda Stanley<br />
Chad Stavley<br />
Kristin Sterling<br />
Doni Stewart<br />
Lindell Stone<br />
Geoffrey Stuckart<br />
Hon. Michael Sullivan<br />
Gail Swan<br />
Marianne Sweeney<br />
Hon. Jill Tanner<br />
Carrie Taylor<br />
Jann Taylor<br />
Matt Taylor<br />
Andrew Teitelman<br />
Rep. Kim Thatcher<br />
Diane Thelen-Sager<br />
Brandon Thompson<br />
Hon. Kirsten Thompson<br />
Dave Toler<br />
Brad Tompkins<br />
Jana Toran<br />
Camille Tourje<br />
Christine Tracey<br />
Nick Tran<br />
Kerry Tymchuk<br />
Philip Van Der Weele<br />
Virginia Van Vactor<br />
Kathryn Villa-Smith<br />
Tim Volpert<br />
Man Vu<br />
Hon. Nan Waller<br />
Debbie Walsh<br />
Andrea Walter<br />
Jay Ward<br />
Isaac Weitzhandler<br />
Hon. Elizabeth Welch<br />
Karla Wenzel<br />
Jim Westwood<br />
Bruce White<br />
Jim Wickre<br />
Peter Willcox-Jones<br />
Jennifer Williamson<br />
David Wilson<br />
Hon. Robert Wollheim<br />
Larry Workman<br />
Anna York<br />
Elle Youngblood<br />
Kelly Zusman<br />
<strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong> Statement of Financial Position<br />
June 30, 2008<br />
(with comparative totals for the year ended June 30, 2007)<br />
Assets<br />
2008 2007<br />
Cash $ 293,418 $ 341,143<br />
Contracts receivable - billed 41,367 33,903<br />
Contracts receivable - unbilled 32,893 16,639<br />
Grants and contributions receivable 18,722 14,000<br />
Prepaid expense 1,014 0<br />
Total assets $ 420,768 $ 421,884<br />
Accounts payable<br />
Liabilities and net assets<br />
13,798 42,438<br />
Accrued payroll and related taxes 11,800 6,611<br />
Deferred revenue 47,850 47,815<br />
Total liabilities 73,448 96,864<br />
Net assets<br />
Unrestricted 328,598 311,020<br />
Temporarily restricted 18,722 14,000<br />
Total net assets 347,320 3<strong>25</strong>,020<br />
Total liabilities and net assets $ 420,768 $ 421,884
<strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong> Statement of Activities<br />
Year ended June 30, 2008<br />
(with comparative totals for the year ended June 30, 2007)<br />
Temporarily Total Total<br />
Unrestricted Restricted 2008 2007<br />
Revenues and other support<br />
Program revenue $ 32,845 - $ 32,845 $ 52,407<br />
Grants and contracts - federal sources 163,188 - 163,188 224,595<br />
Grants and contracts - other sources 63,758 - 63,758 32,957<br />
Contributions 169,763 98,000 267,763 237,196<br />
In-kind contributions 16,572 - 16,572 16,572<br />
Special events 52,408 - 52,408 53,071<br />
Interest and dividends 6,032 - 6,032 7,540<br />
504,566 98,000 602,566 624,338<br />
Net assets released from restriction<br />
by satisfaction of purpose restrictions 93,278 (93,278) 0 -<br />
Total revenues and other support 597,844 4,722 602,566 624,338<br />
Expenses<br />
Program services 375,346 - 375,346 432,991<br />
Supporting services<br />
Administration and general 141,178 - 141,178 100,660<br />
Fund-raising 63,742 - 63,472 41,657<br />
Total expenses 580,266 - 580,266 575,308<br />
Change in net assets 17,578 4,722 22,300 49,030<br />
Net assets, beginning of year 311,020 14,000 3<strong>25</strong>,020 275,990<br />
Net assets, end of year 328,598 18,722 347,320 3<strong>25</strong>,020<br />
Where We’re Going<br />
W<br />
hat will be the state of the society, and<br />
the state of democracy itself, when this<br />
report is issued a quarter century hence, in 2033?<br />
At <strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong>, we fi rmly believe<br />
it will be better, stronger, more diverse, more<br />
involved. We know that there is tremendous<br />
(and tremendously rewarding) work to be done<br />
between now and then. CLP must expand<br />
the reach of our programs, continue building<br />
a committed and sustaining group of donors,<br />
volunteers and teachers, and never stop building<br />
the scope, visibility and creativity of our vision<br />
and mission.<br />
None of this can happen without you. We<br />
celebrate the strides of our fi rst <strong>25</strong> <strong>years</strong>, and we<br />
understand they are simply baby steps. Democracy,<br />
citizenship, justice, rights, respect — our<br />
children must be brought up understanding and<br />
appreciating how vital these concepts are to a life<br />
well-lived. <strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong> is committed<br />
to helping create that understanding in our<br />
schools — because that is where we all get our<br />
fi rst taste of how confl icts are resolved and a collection<br />
of individuals becomes a community.<br />
We thank each of you — volunteer, teacher,<br />
donor, friend — for <strong>25</strong> <strong>years</strong> of helping to make<br />
democracy matter for the next generations. And<br />
we need you to continue to donate, to volunteer,<br />
to believe. Imagine what we can do.<br />
How much to begin<br />
the next <strong>25</strong> <strong>years</strong>?<br />
If you are considering increasing your muchappreciated<br />
support of CLP, here is what it costs<br />
to bring additional students and teachers into<br />
some of our programs. We hope it seems as good<br />
a bargain to you as it does to us:<br />
We the People: The Citizen and We the<br />
People: The Constitution — $2000 provides<br />
assistance to a high school team participating in<br />
the congressional hearing competition. Or provide<br />
assistance to elementary or middle school<br />
teams conducting hearings for $1000.<br />
Mock Trial Competition — support a high<br />
school team in competition for $400.<br />
<strong>Project</strong> Citizen — Train one teacher in the<br />
<strong>Project</strong> Citizen curriculum for $<strong>25</strong>0.
<strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong><br />
620 SW Main St., Ste. 102<br />
Portland, OR 97205<br />
Ph: 503 224-4424<br />
Fax: 503 224-1721<br />
offi ce@classroomlaw.org<br />
www.classroomlaw.org<br />
CLP is located in the<br />
Gus Solomon Courthouse<br />
in downtown Portland.<br />
Design: Charlotte Woodward Design;<br />
Writing: Amalgamated Schwartz;<br />
Printing: Coulter Printing<br />
<strong>Classroom</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Project</strong><br />
620 S.W. Main Street, Suite 102<br />
Portland, OR 97205<br />
Board of Directors 2007-2008<br />
Hon. Thomas Balmer,<br />
Chair<br />
Jerry Boehm,<br />
Treasurer/Secretary<br />
Thom Brown<br />
Michael Callier<br />
Jim Carter<br />
Marilyn Cover<br />
Ken Davis<br />
David Ernst<br />
Richard George<br />
Douglas Goe<br />
Peter Hamilton<br />
Denise Harrington<br />
Darius Hartwell<br />
Ron Hitchcock<br />
James Huff man,<br />
Chair Elect<br />
Lynn Johnson<br />
Grant Jones<br />
Daniel Larsen<br />
Elisa Larson<br />
Leeann Leaverton<br />
Vivian Lee<br />
Kathleen Lewis<br />
Christopher Magana<br />
Hon. Keith<br />
Meisenheimer<br />
Chuck Michael<br />
Renee Newman<br />
Kathy Prosser<br />
Bruce Rubin<br />
Michael Simon<br />
Joan Snyder<br />
Al Spencer<br />
Tim Volpert<br />
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