C4C: NEW SUMMER OPPORTUNITY 4 YOUTH at YESLER TERRACE!!!

JOIN US!!! VIDEO PRODUCTION! CITY TOURS! STIPEND! BUILDING COMMUNITY!!

Yesler Terrace is in the early stages of a historic redevelopment. The community is in the process of facing the most major changes since Yesler was built in 1939-1941. To prepare for these changes SHA and its community partners have committed to develop training, education, and career path opportunities for its youth and young adult residents.

The Yesler2014 Project is a hands-on youth planning engagement project connecting teens and young-adults to civics, urban planning, design, and pre-professional experiences using the current Yesler Terrace Redevelopment as a way to examine how personal, family, and community changes affect our lives and the City at-large.

The Yesler2014 Project provides stipend positions to 12 Yesler community youth aged 14-19 years old and uses “Pop Culture”, news headlines, social and economic issues, and social networking to spark ideas, commentary, and engagement around the redevelopment process.

The program focus is on direct teaching, hands-on activities, and discussions around issues concerning urban planning, urban design, public health, and city government and civics as they impact or affect Yesler Terrace and the surrounding community.

Yesler 2014 in its 3^rd Year!

This year the program is focusing on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), a critical part of any planning process and important to development or building projects. This summer youth will be visiting City Departments and talking to specialists, getting to know the workings of the EIS process, touring parks, streets, open spaces, high-rise buildings, construction sites, and design studios.

Yesler2014 is in its 3^rd year of operation and the project goals to provide youth employment as well as job development training, is continuing to focus on life-skills improvement, professional and vocational career exposure, and a face-to-face with leaders in civics and community-capacity building.

 “See - Think - Engage - Plan -Talk - Act”

Everyone participating in Yesler2014; staff, interns, and contractors, prepare themselves for a future of engaged citizenship, productive employment and academic opportunities, increased personal integrity, and an environmental awareness to tackle the challenges that lay ahead as we help build an equitable, healthy neighborhood for the residents, the City of Seattle and beyond.

Please Attend!! Rainier Beach Community Input & Suggestions Needed!

Community Outreach & Information Meeting    

 

Thursday, March 18, 2010

 Location: Rainier Beach Community Center

8825 Rainier Avenue South

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Come & Learn About this Special Commuinity Effort!

 
What is the RB Urban Farm & Wetlands Project?
 

The Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands Project is a community led and community bred effort to establish an Urban Farm in the heart of the Rainier Beach Community at the former Atlantic City Nursery site located at 5513 South Cloverdale Street in Southeast Seattle.  The Atlantic City Nursery is a former nursery ran by the City of Seattle's Parks & Recreation Department.   The closing and relocation of the Park's operations, has created an opportunity for the neighborhood to help shape the future use of this park property.

 

The Friends of Atlantic City Nursery formed out of community interest to create a local source for fresh produce, community gardening, economic development and training opportunities for area residents and youth.  The RB Urban Farm & Wetlands Project will serve as an innovative effort to build community pride and preservation of the area wetlands and the environment.

 

"Healthy food grown right here in Rainier Beach is now a real possiblity -- and you can be a part of making it happen."   Come out on Thursday, March 18th to learn more about the current efforts underway, ask questions and provide your input. Invite your neighbors and friends and be a part of the growth that you want to see!

 

Sponsored by

Friends of Atlantic City Nursery

 

Hosted by

Rainier Beach Empowerment Coalition 

 

Please forward this information to your contacts and community groups!  

For more information, contact: Yalonda Gill Masundire, Community Outreach, Chair at 206 371-8202 or email: info@rbufw.org

Got GREEN Celebration - March 17th in Columbia City!!!

Got Green Celebration & Kickoff EventWednesday, March 17  6-8 PM

Dinner, multi-media presentation, live music, children's activities
South Side Commons Building in Columbia City

3518 S Edmunds St  Seattle

 

RSVP to this email - call 206-290-5136 - or go to Evite through link above

YOUTH SUMMIT PLANNING: March 8th @ Youngstown!!

Youth Summit Planning Meeting: March 8

Just a reminder that the next youth summit meeting is on Monday, March 8th from 3:30-5:30 at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center.

Again any adults who plan to attend this meeting please bring some youth because they are the ones who will be making all of the decisions for this upcoming summit. We also encourage youth who are attending to bring a friend or two to make this process worthwhile.

This time at the meeting we are splitting into different committees so you can choose from planning the workshops to planning the food and entertainment or even both! For more information download the flyer attached to this message (Youth Summit Planning Meeting flyer). If you have any questions please email estevan@youthmediaseattle.org. Hoping to see you there!

http://www.rbcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/YouthSummitPlanningMeeting.pdf

New York Releases their Food Blueprint

Dear friends,

Below is information about the outline for a proposed New York City food policy that may be of interest in Seattle’s planning process.
Best wishes,

~Mark Musick

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New York City Food System Blueprint Released

http://mbpo.org/release_details.asp?id=1496

On Wednesday, February 17, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer released a detailed report outlining a set of municipal food policy recommendations. Below is a link to the full report and an outline of primary recommendations:

Food NYC: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System (pdf)

www.libertycontrol.net/uploads/mbp/foodnyc.pdf



Recommendations:

· The city should facilitate the development of rooftop gardens and create an NYC Urban Agriculture Program, which would provide access, resources and information to promote community gardening.

· Redevelop the Hunts Point Produce Market to modernize the food delivery hub and ensure that the 8,500 jobs the facility maintains remain in the city.

· Dedicate city-owned spaces for farmer's markets around the five boroughs.

· Pass legislation that would require 20% of all food purchased by city agencies to come from local producers.

· Educate New York City's children to become healthy and environmentally aware eaters. Students should have access to some type of agricultural production, be it a community garden or urban farm.

· Create a large-scale municipal composting facility, as well as support small-scale composting through education, decentralized composting bins and more pickup locations.

· Ban the sale of bottled water in all city facilities and on municipal property, and increase the use of water fountains and canteens. Plastic water bottles waste an enormous amount of energy to produce, with only a small portion recycled.

· Create an Office of Food and Markets to coordinate and lead systemic reform of the city's food and agricultural policies and programs. Also, amend PlaNYC to include a comprehensive overhaul of the city's food system.

Non-Profit Assistance Center Seattle RFI Alert!

FYI

From: Barbara Fane
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:06 AM
Subject: FW: capacity building opportunity for small faith and community based organizations


Greetings:

Great news for capacity building for small faith and community-based organizations!

Please read below for information about Project Empower. A Request for Investment will be coming out in the next week or two. This is a great opportunity for small faith and community based organizations who have time to invest in capacity building. The RFI will be available through NAC and WCCDA and on their websites. This is all the information we have right now but NAC and WCCDA want to share information so folks will be prepared to respond to a RFI soon.

Please read carefully below to see if your organization is eligible and forward to those that may be.

Request for Investment (RFI) to Strengthen the Organizational Capacity of Small Grassroots Faith and Community based Nonprofits

Through Project Empower, the Nonprofit Assistance Center (NAC) in partnership with the National Community Development Institute and the White Center Community Development Association will be releasing a Request for Investment (RFI) targeting grassroots faith and community based organizations:

• With budgets of $500,000 or less

• Based and serving targeted low income communities in and bordering SE and SW Seattle (including White Center, Boulevard Park, Skyway, Renton, SeaTac, Tukwila, and Burien.)

• that provide services to assist:

a. Low income individuals gain greater access to state and federal benefits and tax credits.

b. Low income individuals find and retain employment, earn higher wages, and better quality jobs.

c. Low income individuals in need of financial assistance or credit counseling and help them access Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and other asset building strategies.

d. The Homeless

e. Elders in need

f. At risk youth including Native American Youth; and/or

g. Families in transition from welfare to work.

The Request for Investment (RFI) will have more detail and specifics regarding eligibility and minimum requirements to participate.

Project Empower is a 12 month collaborative project designed to strengthen the infrastructure and program delivery capacity of 15 faith and community based organizations selected through a competitive process. Organizational selected will receive a package of on-site, individualized, culturally competent capacity building support that builds on existing assets while addressing the four core areas of 1) Leadership Development; 2) Organizational Development; 3) Program Development; and 4) Community Engagement.

NAC is planning to release the RFI between December 1 and 15, 2009. Fifteen faith and community based organizations selected through the RFI will receive an array of capacity building support and a grant of $10,000 - $15,000 to address specific capacity building needs. Each organization must designate staff and board members to participate in individual technical assistance as well as group training and peer-learning activities. The RFI will be posted on the NAC website at www.nacseattle.org. For an electronic copy, please email info@nacseattle.org and write in Project Empower RFI in the subject line.

Project Empower is funded by a Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) grant award from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Children and Families’ Office of Community Services.

GREEN EXPO in Georgetown!!! October 9th!!

Save the Date!!!

Green Expo at Georgetown Campus
Friday, October 9

Greetings PSIEC Coalition Members -

Join OSPI Superintendent Randy Dorn, electric car owners, biofuel
experts, Cool Schools and your colleagues at the second annual Green
Industrial Business and Career Expo, Friday October 9, at South Seattle
Community College's Georgetown Campus.

To Register Click
Here<http://cmpgnr.com/r.html?c=1525202&r=1523861&t=1777315801&l=1&d=91206989&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eregonline%2ecom%2fCheckin%2easp%3fEventId%3d760139&g=0&f=-1>

Learn more: go to the Expo web site at www.greenexpo-wa.com

I look forward to seeing you at the event.

Joe Hauth
Director, Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center

Georgetown Campus, South Seattle Community College
6737 Corson Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 764-5838
http://georgetown.southseattle.edu/