<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="http://www.heritageemergency.org/initiatives/alliance-for-response/networks/portland/" style="color:blue">Portland
Alliance for Response</a></span></span><strong><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-weight:normal">, a local network of arts and culture institutions, including</span></strong> <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://www.ohs.org/" style="color:blue">Oregon Historical Society</a></span>,
<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://www.orsymphony.org/" style="color:blue">Oregon Symphony</a></span>,
<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://www.portland5.com/" style="color:blue">P5 Centers for
the Arts</a></span>, <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://portlandartmuseum.org/" style="color:blue">Portland Art Museum</a></span>, <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://college.lclark.edu/library/" style="color:blue">Lewis and
Clark College</a></span>, <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://library.pdx.edu/" style="color:blue">Portland State University</a></span>, and <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/" style="color:blue">Portland
Bureau of Emergency Management</a></span>, is pleased to announce that we have
received a grant from <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://performingartsreadiness.org/" style="color:blue">Performing Arts Readiness</a><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><a name="OLE_LINK8"></a></span>, funded by the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation. Portland Alliance for Response <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">works
with local cultural institutions, first responders, and emergency managers in
the Portland, Oregon, metro area to develop relationships that foster mutual
understanding. </span>The grant will allow the Alliance to expand its reach to
include performing arts organizations<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> in a
cooperative network to safeguard our cultural heritage and artistic legacy
through effective communication and coordination of disaster preparedness and
emergency response efforts.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif">Over
the next several months, we will work with a consultant to create an
organizational structure and strategic goals. Our planning process will
culminate in a networking event in 2019 to build membership from a broad array
of performing arts organizations, libraries, archives, museums, emergency
management agencies, and first response services.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif">Shawna Gandy & Kris Kern, co-chairs</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif">Shawna Gandy</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif">Library Director</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif">Oregon Historical Society</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:shawna.gandy@ohs.org">shawna.gandy@ohs.org</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova",sans-serif"> </p></div>