RESILIENT WEST PORTAL
Executive Summary
In 2018, the Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association secured a grant from Sup. Norman Yee’s office to launch the NEN’s Empowered Communities Program (ECP) in the West Portal. The ECP supports local leaders build safer, healthier and more connected communities by establishing a cross sector cohort of organizations and networks that are working every day on advancing the individual and collective resilience as well as the resilience of the residents they serve. During times of stress, this network activates and offers a platform for local, city and regional agencies to work together to ensure the health and wellbeing of community members, especially the vulnerable.
Vision: The West Portal community has a resilience action plan that was developed by the neighborhood for the neighborhood and guides its investment in connection, capacity and resources at the individual, organizational and community levels.
Mission: To assemble a steering committee of local leaders that will craft and implement a strategy for engaging local organizations and residents in a transparent and inclusive planning process that will generate outputs which will be memorialized in a Resilience Action Plan.
UPDATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Resilient West Portal Neighborfest
Resilient West Portal Neighborfest
@ the West Portal Octoberfest
West Portal Elementary School
5 Lenox Way, San Francisco
October 27th, 2019
Hub Member Development
The Resilient West Portal (RWP) Disaster Preparedness Program was launched in 2017 with support of the Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association (GWPNA) and Supervisor Yee’s participatory budget process. Resilient West Portal has partnered with the Neighborhood Empowerment Network (NEN) to leverage its expertise in supporting communities to implement the Empowered Communities Program (ECP). The NEN has supported West Portal stakeholders in developing a Resilient Action Plan that will guide our disaster preparedness trainings and activities.
Free First-Aid and Preparedness Training
Disaster can strike at any time. Being prepared gives you and your loved ones a safety net in case of a major disaster.
Community Youth Center, SF (CYC) in conjunction with the Department of Building Inspection’s Seismic Safety Outreach Program (SSOP) want to make sure you are prepared.
Personal Emergency Preparedness: Personal preparedness, earthquake mitigation, response and recovery, fire safety, and basic first aid. No need to register; just show up. Three classes at times and locations below:
March 20 1:00-4:00 Chase Bank 98 West Portal Ave especially for seniors
April 18 & 25 7:00-8:30 West Portal Clubhouse 135 Lenox two sessions
May 4 9:00-12:00 West Portal Clubhouse 135 Lenox
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Resilient West Portal NERT Training
Resilient West Portal NERT Training
Waldorf High School
470 West Portal Ave
Thursdays April 25-May 30, 6:30p-10:00p
April 25, 6:30p-10:00p: Class 1
May 2, 6:30p-10:00p: Class 2
May 9, 6:30p-10:00p: Class 3
May 16, 6:30p-10:00p: Class 4
May 23, 6:30p-10:00p: Class 5
May 30, 6:30p-10:00p: Class 6
Background
In 2018, a cohort of organizations along San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood reached out to Supervisor Norman Yee’s office for support in creating a Resilient Action Plan (RAP) for their community. The Supervisor’s Office partnered with the Neighborhood Empowerment Network (NEN) to leverage its expertise in supporting communities as they draft and implement a culturally competent RAP. By implementing its Empowered Communities Program (ECP), the NEN will support West Portal stakeholders in developing a preliminary community engagement plan. This plan will outline the need to partner with surrounding communities in order to ensure that any plans that are generated accommodate all of the stakeholders in the West Portal district.
HUB Boundaries Map
Leadership
West Portal HUB Steering Committee Members
Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association (GWPNA)
Karl Aguilar, Resilient West Portal/NERT Co-Lead
Susie Commins, Resilient West Portal/NERT
Louis Dorsey, Resilient West Portal/GWPNA
Sasha Madfes, Resilient West Portal/NERT/CERT
Ben Matranga, Resilient West Portal/GWPNA
Andrea Rosenthal, Resilient West Portal/West Portal Parents Club
Gary Rowbury, Resilient West Portal
Ken Spielman, Resilient West Portal
Eric Wildgrube, Resilient West Portal/NERT
Vision
West Portal is a community of residents, organizations, businesses and networks that serve our immediate neighbors and Southwestern San Francisco.
During times of stress, the stakeholders of West Portal come together in a collaborative, well organized manner to protect the health and well-being of the all guests, employees and residents – especially the new born, children, seniors and people living with access and functional needs.
By investing in capacities, resources and relationships essential for a disaster response, West Portal will successfully negotiate future impacts and as a result become a stronger, more cohesive and vibrant community.
Goals
Individual
Every resident has the capacity to care for themselves and their neighbors during times of stress.
Organizational
The faith-based organizations, businesses, non-profits and community organizations of the West Portal community have the capacity to support both the needs of their existing constituencies and emerging audiences during times of stress.
Community
The West Portal community has the capacity to respond collectively during times of stress in a manner that reflects the goals and priorities of its residents and stakeholder organizations.
Mission
The Resilient West Portal Steering Committee is comprised of community members who care deeply for the neighborhood and are responsible for the development and implementation of a resilient action plan.
This plan will guide the West Portal’s investments in connection, capacity and resources at the individual, organizational and community levels.
By identifying, engaging and supporting local stakeholders throughout the planning and deployment process, the Committee will embed its commitment to trustworthiness, responsiveness and compassion in the initiative’s “DNA”.
West Portal Particulate Matter Concentration
West Portal Seismic Risk Zones for Landslide & Liquefaction
West Portal Extreme Heat Concentration
West Portal Extreme Heat Concentration
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