Resilience: Community Disaster Preparation workshop at King School, June 2nd

Posted on May 16, 2012 by King Neighborhood Association

About Resilience

Resilience PDX is an event to connect Portlanders who want to acquire or share knowledge and skills about disaster preparedness. Geologists suggest we are due for a major earthquake in this region, and better preparedness can save lives and minimize impacts of a disaster. The more we are prepared, the faster we will be able to recover and return to ‘normalcy’. At this event, we will showcase the various groups around Portland that can serve as resources for the community before, during, and after a major emergency. There will also be a number of skills workshops, where experts will share knowledge to help you prepare for and recover from a disaster. All for free! Come learn and get connected. The final schedule will be posted by the end of May.

The following workshops will be offered:

Earthquake-Proofing your Home
Preparing a Comprehensive Household Kit
Food Storage/Preservation
Clean and Potable Water
Home Energy
Managing Pee and Poop
Individual Resilience
Organizing your Neighbors
Bicycle Cargo Demonstration
Social Media and Other Technologies in Disasters
Putting Out Fires

The expected attendees include : Multnomah County Emergency Management, City of Portland Bureau of Emergency Management, Multnomah County Environmental Health, Earthquake Tech, Seismic NW, Oregon Red Cross, Oregon Food Bank, PREP, PHLUSH, Cloacina, Terra Firma, Portland Preparedness Center, Metrofiets, Portland Parks, Trackers Earth, PortlandNET, Betsy Shand, and more!

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Sharing Ideas for Community

Posted on May 16, 2012 by King Neighborhood Association

From Our United Villages:

Celebrate the positive things happening in community!

Community Outreach of Our United Villages invites you to the sixth presentation of Sharing Ideas on Thursday, May 24th, 2012 at the June Key Delta Center (5940 North Albina Street) from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. Sharing Ideas showcases the positive efforts of neighbors, groups and organizations throughout Portland.

Three projects will be invited to share the spark that ignited their idea, the tools and strategies used to turn their ideas into action and their hopes for the future of their project. Make connections, build support for positive efforts in the community and discover possibilities for creating similar projects in your neighborhood. Featured projects include:

• Founded by a group of Northeast Portland neighbors, Kitchen Commons works to support the development of “a network of community kitchens in every neighborhood.”

• Entering its second year, Village Market is a community-led, nonprofit grocery store in New Columbia providing healthy food, local jobs and education.

• Slated to open in June, Kitchen Share Southeast will be Portland’s first community kitchen tool library.

Register to attend online at www.ouvcommunityoutreach.org or call 503.546.7499. FREE and open to the community. Free food! Child care (9 and under), transportation, and interpretation provided upon request. To read about past Sharing Ideas events and for more information, visit our website at www.ouvcommunityoutreach.org.

ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH OF OUR UNITED VILLAGES
Our United Villages (OUV) is a local non-profit organization. As a program of OUV, Community Outreach serves as a free resource for those who see value in connecting with each other. Working from the roots, we bring people together to share their ideas that inspire practices to strengthen community.

REGISTER TO ATTEND

KNA Supports Portland Flea, Backpack Lunch Program–May Update

Posted on May 16, 2012 by King Neighborhood Association

At the May meeting of the King Neighborhood Association the NA voted to:

Approve a letter to Parks & Rec supporting Portland Flea’s desire to hold a flea market at the King Facility parking lot once a month through October. We will also meet with Flea and NECN to discuss educational opportunities and mini-employment opportunities that might be built into the market;

Approve a letter to PDC supporting Woody Broadnax’s desire to hold a “June 19th Voter Registration Drive” at MLK/Alberta’s empty lot, on July 21st and 22nd;

Launch the KNA backpack lunch collection drive, to collect food and money through KNA’s account at NECN, for the backpack program specifically at King School. We hope to raise enough to do a large backpack lunch packing in November-ish. Please give some thought to how we can raise money for the program;

Launch the Soil to Soul food security committee. The backpack program will be under Soil to Soul’s banner.

Also, Katy Kanfer announced that June will be her last month as part of the NA, as well as as a resident of Oregon. We will miss her terribly and to pieces.

We would love to have folks on hand at upcoming Farmers Markets this summer to let people know about KNA, our programs, and our events. Please volunteer for an hour or two on an upcoming Sunday to help us publicize and get the word out. Email us when you’ve found a free hour or two to be at the Market and schmooze, and we will get some fliers to you! Thank you very much for helping with this!

Also, please let folks know about the Clean-up next Sunday, May 19th! Let me know if you want fliers to hand out – full sheet or 1/4 sheet – or I can email you the flier.

Upcoming: we hope to have a rep for Parks & Rec to talk with us about the Sprite Spark Parks program; and Dr. Maila Davenport will continue to talk with us about the World Tree Project. We will also begin to put together the details of the Movie in the Park, on June 30th.

Other than that, we will do our best to keep summer meetings light and easy. We will also work on the by-laws, keeping an eye on the upcoming election for board positions in September.