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Building Leaders, Building your Board: Neighborhood Board Member Orientation
Learn skills to improve the effectiveness of your neighborhood association or community board. New and returning neighborhood association board members are invited to join us for a lively and interactive training on your board service.
Topics will include:
- An overview of Portland’s community involvement system,
- SE Uplift’s information sharing and advocacy models,
- Board roles & Responsibilities,
- Regulations,
- & Solutions to common neighborhood association challenges.
What: Building Leaders, Building your Board: Neighborhood Board Member Orientation
When: September 24th, 2020
Time: 6-8 pm
Where: on Zoom
For more info or accessibility, contact: Christina@seuplift.org
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New Board Member?
Sign up for our Leadership Academy!
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Are you a new or continuing board member?
Then you absolutely have to consider joining us for our Leadership Academy! The Leadership Academy is a month-long training series with workshops to help you become an efficient, inclusive, and successful board member. It will feature 6 awesome trainings with the first one being the New NA Board Member Orientation which you can RSVP for here!
You can choose from trainings like a: Community Advocacy training, How to facilitate meetings effectively, and how to go beyond diversifying your board!
For any questions or concerns, please contact christina@seuplift.org
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Oregon Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation:https://www.oregon.gov/oac/Documents1/HHM_2020_Proclamation.pdf
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Celebrating culture is rewarding! Hispanic Heritage Month is every year from September 15th to October 15th. It's a great time to learn about Hispanic leaders, educators, artists, traditions, cuisine, & more!
These times make building community a little challenging, but you can still celebrate no matter where you are. We hope you enjoy these quotes from Hispanic leaders!
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See Kate Brown's video reading the 2020
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Wildfire Smoke Advisory Shelters - Multnomah County
Individuals and families seeking shelter should contact 211info, reached by dialing 2-1-1 or visiting www.211info.org. 211info will be available to identify shelters and review transportation options 24/7 for Multnomah County.
Individuals and families evacuating their homes due to fires should contact the Red Cross at 1-800-RED-CROSS
Community members are asked to be vigilant watching out for their neighbors in need. Anyone who has concerns about someone they observe who appears to be unprepared for the smoky weather and does not seem to be capable of caring for themselves should call Police Non-Emergency, 503-823-3333 and request a “welfare check.” If it appears that the person’s situation is mental health-related, the Mental Health Crisis Line can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 503-988-4888. If the situation appears to present an imminent risk to the person’s health or safety, dial 911.
To receive this email alert, click here to sign-up. To receive a text alert when severe weather is called text the word "pdxshelter" to 898211.
Service providers who would like to update information about services they offer during Severe Weather Notices, please call 211info's Resource Department at 503-416-2698 or email support@211info.org.
SMOKE ADVISORY SHELTERS:
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland 97232
(Entrance off sidewalk on 1st and NE Holladay)
Intake: Call 211 to confirm shelter availability. Please do not show up at the shelter site without confirming shelter availability
Hours: 24/7 until air quality returns to healthier levels
Serves: Age 18 and older. Pets allowed.
Charles Jordan Community Center
9009 N Foss Ave, Portland 97217
Intake: Call 211 to confirm shelter availability. Please do not show up at the shelter site without confirming shelter availability
Hours: 24/7 until air quality returns to healthier levels
Serves: Age 18 and older. Pets allowed.
For YEAR-ROUND shelters and questions regarding other shelter and transportation resources please call 211. Call the Multnomah County Mental Health Crisis Line at 503-988-4888 for assistance related to behavioral health concerns. Mental health clinicians can provide direct phone assistance to individuals experiencing mental health crises, including escalated symptoms of agitation, anxiety, depression, psychosis, dangerousness to self or others, substance use, etc.
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211info
Resource Department
Email: support@211info.org
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Wildfire Safety Training
Free Online Event
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
6 PM – 7 PM
Trained Red Cross subject matter experts present basic preparedness information including how to make or build a preparedness kit, make an emergency plan with your family and more.
A wildfire can spread very quickly, giving you little time to evacuate to safety. Be prepared to evacuate at a moment’s notice. Obey evacuation orders from officials.
- Back your car into the garage or park it outside in the direction of your evacuation route.Confine pets to one room so you can find them if you need to evacuate quickly.Limit exposure to smoke and dust - keep indoor air clean by closing windows and doors to prevent outside smoke from getting in.Do not use anything that burns and adds to indoor pollution such as candles, fire places and gas stoves.
If you are trapped outdoors, crouch in a pond, river or pool.
- Do not put wet clothing or bandanas over your mouth or nose. Moist air causes more damage to airways than dry air at the same temperature.If there is no body of water, look for shelter in a cleared area or among a bed of rocks. Lie flat, face down, and cover your body with soil. Breathe the air close to the ground to avoid scorching your lungs or inhaling smoke.
Do not return home until officials say it is safe to do so.
- Inspect the roof immediately and extinguish any sparks or embers. Wildfires may have left embers that could reignite.For several hours afterward, recheck for smoke and sparks throughout the home, including the attic. Keep checking your home for embers that could cause fires.
DOWNLOAD RED CROSS APPS The Red Cross app “Emergency” can help keep you and your loved ones safe by putting vital information in your hand for more than 35 customizable severe weather and emergency alerts. The Red Cross First Aid App provides instant access to information on handling the most common first aid emergencies. Download these apps for free by searching for ‘American Red Cross’ in your app store or at redcross.org/apps.
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Whether you're new to preparedness or you've had an emergency kit since before it was cool, the Regional Water Consortium has some up to date tips! Sign up HERE to receive four emails, each with four preparedness tips, for four weeks this September! http://bit.ly/em-prep
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Reimagining Public Safety Virtual Listening Session
As part of TriMet’s efforts to reimagine public safety and security on our transit system, they are inviting the public to join a virtual listening session.
The event will begin with a brief presentation about TriMet's current security approach, which will be followed by an opportunity for people to ask questions and share thoughts.
The feedback received from these listening sessions, as well as others happening in the community including their online survey (survey can be found here), will help make the transit system better—more safe, welcoming and equitable for all.
What: Reimagining Public Safety Virtual Listening Session
When: Monday, September 21, 2020 at 5 PM – 6:30 PM
Where: Online
Event password: trimet
Submit questions: equity@trimet.org
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Help Shape the new ADA Title II Transition Plan |
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The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is updating its ADA Title II Public Right of Way Transition Plan. It will provide a framework for the continuous improvement of the public right-of-way and related PBOT programs to bring them into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). |
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ADA Transition Plan Virtual Open House
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PP&R will be distributing 1,200 free trees to Portlanders this fall! 20 species will be offered, and trees can be picked up at no-contact locations. Delivery is offered for Portlanders in Mill Park and Hazelwood neighborhoods.
Our Yard Tree Giveaway program aims to increase tree canopy across the city. Trees provide essential services by cleaning our air, cooling temperatures, buffering noise, and improving our health.
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Goodbyes Are Never Easy!
Mireaya has been serving SE Uplift communities for almost 5 years and will miss showing up to the SEUL building that she refers to as the "terra-cotta plant pot".
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Mireaya is moving on to the next leg of her journey!
Mireaya managed the Neighborhood Cleanup Program, the Small Grants Program, acted as a neighborhood liaison for 6 neighborhoods, and managed communications and community engagement for SEUL. She also served on the Portland United Against Hate Executive and Steering Committees, the SE Uplift DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility) Working Group, and a Community Safety Workgroup with Civic Life's Community Safety, Black & Beyond the Binary Collective, and Umoja Kijana Shujaa Youth project.
And now the big news!
Mireaya Medina is moving on to serve as the new Grants & Data Manager with Portland African American Leadership Forum (PAALF) https://www.paalf.org/
Please join us in wishing her luck and success in her new role starting in October!
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Did you miss the "We Keep Us Safe: e: A community Safety Book Talk"?
No worries, here's a recording!
Black & Beyond the Binary Collective Host:
"We Keep Us Safe: A community Safety Book Talk"
Panelist:
Tana Barnett, Umoja Kijana Shujaa Organizer
Meg Juarez, of Community Safety Supervisor Civic Life
City of Portland Commissioner Chloe Eudaly
Zach Norris, author of "We Keep Us Safe: Building Safe, Just and Inclusive Communities and Executive Director of Ella Baker Center
Denajia Preston, Umoja Kijana Shujaa Organizer
Moderator:
Babatunde Azubuike, Executive Director of Black & Beyond the Binary Collective and founder of Umoja Kijana Shujaa
This event was sponsored by the Office of Civic Life Community Safety in Portland, Oregon.
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