Map Your Neighborhood (MYN) & More! (WU-599)

In this second episode of our 7-part series about Bainbridge Prepares, we explore the process of ‘Map Your Neighborhood’ to teach neighbors how to prepare for a disaster. We also explore the importance of faith-based organizations and the important and pivotal roles they always play following disasters.

Anne LeSage, Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Bainbridge Island and Laura Samant, a leader in the Ready Congregations part of the Bainbridge Prepares organization tell us about these important aspects.

For more about Bainbridge Prepares, how to organize to Map Your Neighborhood and more information about Ready Congregations, go to: https://bainbridgeprepares.org

Be sure to look for this important series every other Thursday.

Credits: BCB host, Bob Ross; audio editor, Keith Doughty; publisher, Bob Ross

Abby Wyatt2022-06-16T20:52:10-07:00June 16, 2022|

Land Acknowledgment

“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.” – Chief Seattle 1854

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suq̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suq̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors.