projects
neighborhood
DIA news
Dimond CORE Project
During the year 2000 the Dimond Improvement Association will be scheduling CORE classes with the goal of having block teams in all areas of Dimond.
We started our Dimond CORE Project on January 10th when 16 Dimond neighbors representing 6 blocks met at Dimond Library to attend a CORE 1 class taught by Elizabeth Callaway. We thank Elizabeth Callaway for teaching this class on a cold and rainy weekday evening.
If your block already has a CORE team please send an email to core@dimondnews.org We want to know who has taken the classes, and also want your assistance as we prepare our neighborhood for the big earthquake.
If you would like to schedule a class at the Library or in a home on your block, send an email to core@dimondnews.org and tell us the time, date and number of neighbors who will be attending.
The Dimond Improvement Association will be displaying a neighborhood map in Dimond Library on which we will be coloring all the blocks in Dimond that have a trained CORE team. We hope to have a colorful and prepared neighborhood by the end of the year.
To view/download a Microsoft Word leaflet about the Dimond CORE project
Click here Please print this leaflet and give it to your neighbors who aren't on the Web.
To visit the CORE page on Oakland's web site:
Click here
From an October 13
Chronicle article:
``People should expect to spend at least 72 hours -- if not more -- on their own, taking care of themselves with very little help from emergency responders, who will be either overwhelmed or unable to get to a lot of places,'' says Sarah Nathe, a disaster planner who recently moved from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services to University of California at Berkeley's Disaster-Resistant University project. "From an October 14
Chronicle article:
"Meanwhile, a decade of cost-cutting at Bay Area hospitals has caused a substantial drop in the number of available hospital beds, according to state statistics. Together, base closings and new health care economics have vastly altered the medical landscape in the Bay Area, raising serious questions about just how prepared the region will be when the next major earthquake strikes."