Dec

16 2015

Preserving Lives And Our Jewish Communities When Disaster Hits

6:30PM - 9:00PM  

Mittleman Jewish Community Center 6651 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR

Contact Jewish Federation
503-245-6219
info@jewishportland.org

The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Presents
Preserving Lives & Our Jewish Communities When Disaster Hits

Open to the Jewish Community with Emphasis On Planning for Lay and Professional Leaders

Featuring Guest Speakers:

Alice Busch, Operations Division Chief Multnomah County Emergency Management
Carmen MerloDirector of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management

Joined by:

Marc Blattner, President and CEO, Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
Felicia Heaton, Senior Community Outreach & Information Representative Portland Bureau of Emergency Management
Stephen Sirkin, Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Representative on ORVOAD

The presentations will:

►  Outline the basics of some of Oregon's hazards, with an emphasis on the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

►  Help us understand how such disasters can impact Jewish communal institutions and the communities they serve.

►  Discuss measures these institutions and individuals within their communities need to be taking now.
 
►  Examine how Christchurch, New Zealand, a city with similarities to Portland, is recovering from an earthquake in 2011 of 7.1 magnitude  (1/100th the magnitude of the earthquakes that Oregon has been experiencing every 300-500 years over the past 10,000 years).