We are hopeful that our neighborhood watch groups will take advantage of the information sharing capability that this site offers. Please visit us often and become a member, start a group for your neighborhood at www.i-neighbors.org
We are hoping that this newly upgraded site will assist our neighborhoods in communicating on issues specific to each geographic area in the 98930 zip code.
The website allows us to create neighborhood groups within our 98930 zip code area on an actual map of the area. You can then invite your neighbors to the site where you have a number of ways to communicate with your neighbors.
We encourage you to visit the site and use it to manage your neighborhood block watch communication and just get to know your neighbors.
Do our students feel safe in our schools? Do they feel safe walking to and from school? Are our students healthy? Are they overweight, under-weight? Are they using drugs? These are all questions that were presented to the Grandview students.
A presentation on the school safety survey results will be presented. The Healthy Youth Survey is taken by students to find out their perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors regarding a wide range of health-related issues and is a collaborative effort between OSPI, the Department of Health, the Office of Community Development, and the Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse.
Grandview United is currently surveying the community about some of these same issues. Surveys are available online at www.grandviewunited.org. The community is invited to participate in this survey. The data will be used to develop a data bank of people interested in providing mentoring or other skills with the youth of Grandview. The surveys focus on safety and activities that youth of Grandview would like to see in our community.
Grandview United will be hosting a community meeting on May 5th at 5:00 p.m. at Compass High School/Administration Building. The results of the Healthy Youth Survey as well as look at the current responses from the survey underway by Grandview United will be presented. Parents, students, and community members are invited to attend.
The nature of this day will be to allow time for you to work with community members and school personnel from your local geographic area. Toward that end, it would be helpful if you could bring knowledge of resources currently available within your community working with youth including but not limited to church outreach efforts, mentoring programs, Boy and Girl Scouts, Camp Fire, 4-H clubs, etc. It would also be helpful to know what the local schools in your area are teaching with regard to violence prevention (e.g. Second Step programs) and responsible decision-making and at which grade levels these programs are offered. If your school has a GREAT program that would be another resource.
A very good friend and fellow community connector sent me this video. Wouldn’t it be cool to do a similar thing, LIVE at our annual march against gang violence?
Grandview United was fortunate to be connected with Tammy Fellin. the Municipal Policy Associate (social and human services, criminal justice, health care, and affordable housing) for the Association of Wahsington Cities. Tammy heard about our efforts while attending a conference in Richmond, Virginia and expressed an interest in connecting the Grandview United effort with the efforts of the AWC.
She solicited our input for an upcoming edition of the AWC Legislative Bulletin describing our efforts in October. The article has gone to print and was included in the December 12, 2008 edition of the AWC bulletin.
Grandview United would like to thank Tammy for her efforts and her contribution to our continued success. She is working hard four us on the legislative front at AWC on Juvenile Justice issues and continues to keep us informed and participating in the processes in Olympia. Thanks again Tammy!
Grandview now has a local internet news source. Grandview News is proud to be a partner with the Grandview United effort. It launched the new web based Grandviewnews.net on December 5th in response to community concerns.
GrandviewNews.net is inviting participation from the community as eNews reporters. The focus is on the Grandview Community and becoming a portal for communication within the community. The recent gang violence upsurge has spurred community action and Grandview News hopes to further facilitate that community spirit through a community based electronic news publication.
We wish them well and thank them for their support.
The vision of this forum is that attendees will receive an update on current national, regional, and local gang activity, and will review new and past successful strategies used by communities in dealing with gangs, drug activity, and other related criminal activity. The focus will be on enforcement, intervention and prevention; early signs of gang activity; the gang witness relocation program; and current Washington State law regarding gangs.
Attendees will leave the forum knowing the following information:
A legal definition for street gangs.
Recent laws pertaining to gangs in Washington State.
Street gang migration and evolution.
Signs and symptoms of community gang problems.
Keys to Success: prevention/intervention/suppression.
Understanding the gang member mindset.
Considerations in responding to gang violence: a public safety perspective.
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Location: United Christian Church, 317 South 41st Street, Terrace Heights
Fee: No Fee
Instructor: Randy Town Contact: Ashley Cook (509) 454-5304
The vision of this forum is that attendees will receive an update on current national, regional, and local gang activity, and will review new and past successful strategies used by communities in dealing with gangs, drug activity, and other related criminal activity. The focus will be on enforcement, intervention and prevention; early signs of gang activity; the gang witness relocation program; and current Washington State law regarding gangs.
Attendees will leave the forum knowing the following information:
A legal definition for street gangs.
Recent laws pertaining to gangs in Washington State.
Street gang migration and evolution.
Signs and symptoms of community gang problems.
Keys to Success: prevention/intervention/suppression.
Understanding the gang member mindset.
Considerations in responding to gang violence: a public safety perspective.
Almost 200 people marched to Sunnyview Park from Grandview and Sunnyside on a wonderful sunny Saturday afternoon. The marchers were greeted at the park with music and food.
At it’s peak, almost 300 people were in the park enjoying the free food, music and gathering resource materials from valley agencies.
Thanks to all the performers and speakers. What a wonderful group of people; they came and shared their stories and music with us.
Thanks to all the local businesses who supported this event. We couldn’t have done it without them. We will be posting a list of donors shortly.
Here are some of the links to the coverage of the event.
