Program
“How to Prepare”
workshops for skill building
At pop-up locations throughout Vancouver, Washington, Clark County and Portland, Oregon
January, March, May, September, and October.
Workshop style
Each one is designed using “popular education” style. Lots of interaction between participants and facilitator. And these are certified and trained emergency preparedness professionals.
Spanish and Latinx
The January workshop will be presented in Spanish. Our targeted outreach and pop-up locations will seek out folx that may be largely overlooked in emergency preparedness communication methods.
Learning activities
How to begin a communications plan
How/where to store drinking water
What to do during the earthquake and after
Safety and first-aid
How to get involved with uour neighborhood team
Door Prize Drawing
At each workshop, we hope to have a free gift drawing for all participants to receive a preparedness gift at the conclusion of the workshop. This is dependent on our available funding.
We start with awareness of potential situations.
Here in the Pacific Northwest, in the age of erratic weather events including wildfire smoke and extreme heat, we must understand the dangers that may arrive in our community.
Our workshops give you knowledge, but also confidence to begin these uncomfortable conversations with your household.
Steven Eberlein is a Northwest earthquake preparedness expert. His 2018 TEDx Portland talk encourages people to prepare for disasters, especially earthquakes.
Steven’s experience of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami left him grappling with this question: can a society adapt to a risk that it has never experienced before? He thinks so. His mission is to spark a preparedness movement in the Pacific Northwest that will save lives in the event of a Cascadia Subduction Zone 9M earthquake.
Get informed
“How To Prepare” climate & emergency preparedness workshops
We hold these semi-monthly:
January (in Spanish)
March
May or June
August
October
Your registration includes one ticket into the drawing for a free preparedness item (when our funding allows for this). We will draw the name of the lucky winner at the conclusion of the 90-minute workshop.
Registration is limited to 25 participants.
Locations of each workshop will be announced in our newsletter and social media
3-4 weeks prior to the event. Sign up for our newsletter below to stay informed!
Our facilitators
All three of our volunteer supporters come with a vast skillset and layered experiences. They all believe in the mission and vision of Cascadia Stack. We hope that you will attend one of our preparedness workshops to meet them. All three of our facilitators hablan español.
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The Washington State CERT and Citizens Corp Coordinator.
Retired from military in 2000.
Served as FEMA Incident Commander in Japan during 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami
Fluent in 11 languages
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With a background in immigration law, Amanda’s service in emergency management has been diverse. She is active in BEECN and basic preparedness training.
In 2019, Amanda envisioned and created NET camp (Neighborhood Emergency Team) for volunteer training.
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Working as a Community Engagement Liaison, Pilar has strengthened her emergency preparedness skillset with various government agencies and community-based organizations. She does this through the lens of culturally specific communities to advocate for language-justice.
Pilar met Drew during their Master’s Certificates at Portland State University in 2022. Their collaboration for the capstone project for the Social Entrepreneurship produced the research project: “Multicultural Communication in Emergency Management: Portland, Oregon”. Thier project won second place.
