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city departments and neighborhood groups a s ans ands they are a great resource for relationship building. the convener is based in every neighborhood and they will focused on youth and families. these 2 programs can help your organization alot in terms of relationship building and making connections. >> that alarm was our sound we have come to the end of our session. i just want to in a couple of closing remark stress that i think it's a belief of this whole neighborhood network all of us up here. i hope throughout the day it's driven home that it begins in the community. you can ou...

these 2 programs can help your organization alot in terms of relationship building and making connections. >> that alarm was our sound we have come to the end of our session. i just want to in a couple of closing remark stress that i think it's a belief of this whole neighborhood network all of us up here. i hope throughout the day it's driven home that it begins in the community. you can out reach to the organizations and city departments and get the support you need but it come back to the community. i really want you all to leave here today with the tools and strategies you need t...

>> robert's rules in brief is right here. this is the break outsession on disaster preparedness. many of you were here for the lunchtime speaker talking about the broad more district about how community building before a disaster aides in recovery. and that's a lot of what we are trying to generate through the neighborhood empowerment network. we know in san francisco it's not if we have a big disaster it's when. usgf says 62 percent of the next 25 years we will have a major disaster on the faults in the bay area. >> there was damage in san francisco because of the loma parade earthq...

>> excellent. you have to repeat the question. >> the question raised is how does neighborhood association or neighborhood group come together to support the seniors as they are aging and take care of them. >> we actually have a couple senior citizen homes in our neighborhood. and we have the same exact problem. and through neighborhood watch, on a block by block, you got to get to the block by block level. this is where safe plays a huge role. i understand how vital it could be for us. you basically find a block captain, somebody willing to organize people and get a meeting together...

unless you sign in to the clip board that should be going around. please, sign it and put your name and address and phone number or not address by neighborhood in there. >> i do want to stress that the city, through the department of children youth and families funded for every big population of neighborhoods the new convener grant where they pay someone who is holding convening meetings where tla bring city departments and neighborhood associations and residents and tenant associations together. that's a resource that people need to tap into. it's not for a set population it's for a...