<div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">The Ferndale Library will be hosting a virtual (ZOOM) discussion of the PBS documentary American Creed on Saturday, October 3, moderated by history professor and humanities scholar Gregory Sumner, Ph.D., of U-D Mercy.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">Please watch the 1-hour film before attending: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fvideo%2Famerican-creed-ikwuqf%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2Fh7W05kd5RGaoemGAgMhMtGJ-FCeMOWXPb5h8-hxHkEhJ8VJvuqDXl68&h=AT0pASUjkaUMn3ySazWkMB2ATpE7zh1Mjwuf3gxUR0DmMKiAK-dMdLIr7LyDhsIj7JMjMo_M1j16eiob15dZ2-wwhJMNA-mlkeMoGNH2sDhuKiUGwwk7r2YsYff5_LQayg" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;list-style:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;padding:0px;margin:0px;background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;display:inline;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit" target="_blank">https://www.pbs.org/video/american-creed-ikwuqf/</a></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">The film explores questions like: Who are we? Is there a useful “Unum” to be salvaged from our increasingly fractious “Pluribus?" Where are we headed as individual citizens and as a people?</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">Sumner will talk about ways in which we can constructively explore America’s ideals and identity. In American Creed, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy come together from different points of view for a spirited investigation of the idea of a unifying American creed. Their inquiry frames stories of citizen-activists seeking to realize their own visions of America’s promise across divides.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">View the film HERE: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/video/american-creed-ikwuqf/?fbclid=IwAR09_xc0YHIMM411I-A-b2tClNeQV8kcCc6bgQlB4mi7zBexI1UIWF-d7yM" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;list-style:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;padding:0px;margin:0px;background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;display:inline;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit" target="_blank">https://www.pbs.org/video/american-creed-ikwuqf/</a></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">You can reserve your spot for the discussion (and get a reminder email the day before) HERE: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2Ffadlcreed%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR230qoafobK0tWPvGe7cMB0Vln-bH3v_HjVRWbDxCqlyXcJO1zJ1vKDgYk&h=AT026VLKtY5S0wxCl02UF7F6tq2cMzhTbEgRAIh8eBlSCbzEi-Dk1Jw-EvkCdj_0H_31XhX1zloeFFMyt5YgCCWObegKqpzmTQstNYt_GcoKNue3lkobuzH-8edqcdaqwA" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;list-style:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;padding:0px;margin:0px;background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;display:inline;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/fadlcreed</a></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">Sumner's virtual presentation on American Creed will be Saturday, October 3, at 2pm.</div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px">You can join the meeting instantly, once it begins, HERE: <a href="http://tiny.cc/filmchat?fbclid=IwAR2qLNvxNOJzxZKzD-sGtm3-Gu9FEkFZxVG027QHMjp5COmC6RV2I2aDLDQ" rel="nofollow noopener" style="text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;list-style:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;padding:0px;margin:0px;background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;display:inline;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/filmchat</a></div></div>