The Community Visioning Survey Report Is Now Available
– Many thanks to the 170 Jefferson County residents who responded in June and early July 2020 to the survey related to COVID-19. Given the distancing and isolation that had occurred, we wanted to hear how the crisis was affecting the people of our county, to give people the opportunity to consider and express their concerns and hopes for the future, and to capture that vision during that unusual time. The results are fascinating, with some of the top themes emerging including the economy, communities & neighbors, healthcare, environment and energy, housing, community services and resilience, attitudes, government, food, and more. (Note that we initially expected to distribute this report in the fall of 2020, but the primary author fell ill and is still recovering. We apologize for the delay, but hope the results will still be valuable to organizations and individuals throughout the county.)
COVID-19 Update on Mon, Mar 22nd *Update*
The Weekly COVID-19 update with Jefferson County Public Health Officer, Dr. Thomas Locke. To watch live or recorded videos of the entire 9 a.m. Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, including the 9:45 a.m. COVID-19 update, go to the website for videos of meetings. You can choose “Streaming Live” or, if viewing later, “Recorded.” You can also listen live to Dr. Locke on KPTZ or later in the KPTZ archives. For more information, you can go here.
Meaningful Movies Presents an Online Screening of The Condor and the Eagle -Tues, Mar 23rd *New* *Online* Four Indigenous leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Canadian Boreal forests to deep into the heart of the Amazonian jungle to unite the peoples of North and South America and deepen the meaning of “climate justice.” This film offers a glimpse into a developing spiritual renaissance as the film’s four protagonists learn from each other’s long legacy of resistance to colonialism and its extractive economy.
For the Zoom link please email Dave Isaak. See the trailer here.
Time: 7:00 pm Location: Online
May’s Vote Virtual Performance – Wed, Mar 24th *Online*
Key City Public Theatre and the Jefferson County Historical Society present a special virtual performance of May’s Vote. Prim and proper Emma Smith DeVoe and outrageous, flamboyant May Arkwright Hutton worked side by side — though seldom eye to eye — to win the vote for women in Washington State in 1910. Though they were as different as night and day, they agreed on “the one big thing” – on women’s right to vote. Now May is gone, and Emma can’t get her out of her mind! The program features a live introduction and a live post-play discussion with actors Denise Winter and Barbara Callander. Tickets are free or by donation. Reserve them ahead of time here. For more information please visit online here.
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm Location
Port Townsend Marine Science Center Benefit Auction – Wed, Mar 24th *Online*
Join the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) for their virtual live auction, title “You, Me & The Salish Sea”. It features updates on PTMSC happenings and how it has changed lives, tantalizing live auction items, music, and silent auction items. Register for the live auction by noon March 24th. Register anytime for the silent auction ((runs for a week starting March 17). View the auction items here. Questions? Contact them at (360) 385-5582, or info@ptmsc.org.
Essential Wisdom for Solving Society’s Biggest Issues – Seminar Series – Thurs, Mar 25th *Online*
This seminar helps people appreciate how we (a few of us) can facilitate all of us to face and solve our most pressing impossible-seeming issues, like global climate change or the rise of authoritarianism at national levels. Five elements of “Essential Wisdom” are considered in the seminar: 1) Facilitation: how we (just us) can spark systems to transform themselves; 2) Choice-creating; 3) Dynamic Facilitation; 4) The Wisdom Council Process; 5) Society’s Breakthrough. This free online five session seminar begins on Thursday March 18th and continues weekly for the following 4 Thursdays. Sign up at the Adult Learning site for Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. For more information see www.WiseDemocracy.org.
Time: 10:30 – 12:00 Location: Online
Volunteer Clean Up Trash Treasure Team – Sat, Mar, 27th
Woodbridge Farm is recruiting and would like to schedule collaborative time with you. They hope for creative repurposing of trash into treasures. Art works created will be included in an Art Exhibition that benefits Woodbridge Farm. A selection of valuable waste items will be sorted and organized for Farm Treasure Field Sale. Bring your own mask and gloves, and socially distance.
You can email them for more information. Or visit their website.
Time: 10 am – 12 pm and 1-3 pm
An Oral History Radio Broadcast–In Their Own Words: Mill Workers Past and Present – Tuesday, Mar 30th
The Jefferson County Historical Society and the Port Townsend Public Library are teaming up with the City of Port Townsend, the Port Townsend Paper Mill, KPTZ 91.9, the Swan School, and other partners have been presenting a suite of programming this winter all about the Mill. Tune in to this free program and join JCHS Executive Director Shelly Leavens for a one-hour broadcast featuring curated oral histories from the JCHS collection. Special thanks to interviewer Pam Clise for her support in collecting these stories.
You can explore all the upcoming Paper Mill programs on the JCHS website.
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 PM Location: KPTZ 91.9 FM
Online Farmers Market Store Opens Tues, Mar 30th *Online*
Shop with 35+ farm, food, and art vendors through the JCFM Online Store Tuesday evening through Thursday at 1pm. Nearly-contactless pickup at the Community Center entry, 10am-noon on Saturday. We’ve partnered to offer bicycle delivery, by PT Peddler, within Port Townsend. Visit our website for more details.
JCFM welcomes volunteers to assist with Market day set-up and take-down, or offering assistance to the organization in other ways. If you like to be physically active, would enjoy safely interacting with customers at the market, or just want to do some fix-it or office projects on your own time, you can visit their site here.
JCHS’s 2021 First Friday Speaker Series Presents Jewelry Making with Azure – Fri, Apr 2nd *New* *Online*
This series features makers from throughout Jefferson County and the broader peninsula. Artist, community organizer, and jewelry maker Azurite shares her history and relationship with the arts as a neurodivergent POC, as well as the significance of her art as a single mother. She’ll demonstrate creating pieces with items from her environment, using the electroforming process and will further describe electro chemistry.
Azurite has lived in Port Townsend for the better part of two decades; prior to that she lived in the projects of California and Arizona. Her experiences in predominately Black and Latinx communities has informed her understanding and definition of “the Arts”.
Suggested donation: $10. Register here via Simpletix.
Series Passes are also available
Time: 7:00 – 8:00 pm Location: Zoom online
JCHS Re-opens Jefferson Museum of Art & History with New Exhibition – Friday, April 2nd *New*
The Jefferson Museum of Art & History presents Peggy Smith-Venturi’s Unwrapped in the Ferguson Gallery as well as Karen Lené Rudd’s Port Townsend Paper as part of the Port Townsend Paper: Past, Present, and Future project. In addition, visitors can view an exhibition of submissions to the Dear 2020 Postcard project through the month of April. For more information or updates, check their website for details on related virtual programs, walking tours, and the possible re-opening of our other sites later this spring.
Register for the 2021 Virtual Beach Naturalists Training – Register by Thurs, Apr 8th *Online*
Jefferson WSU Extension is partnering with Kitsap WSU Extension and WA Sea Grant to offer a 6-week Beach Naturalist training via Zoom. You’ll learn from regional experts about Salish Sea marine habitats and species, restoration and conservation efforts, and community science opportunities. The virtual course will be offered 9:30am-12:30pm on Tuesdays and 12:30-2pm on Thursdays, April 13th – May 18th. Early bird cost: $70 ($75 after April 1st). Register here by April 8. Space is limited! Contact Monica for more information.
A Glimpse of Sxʷčkʷíyəŋ, a S’Klallam village at Washington Harbor – Thurs, Apr 8th *Online*
Learn about the ethnographic and archaeological research on sxʷčkʷíyəŋ, one of the ancestral villages of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe that stood at Washington Harbor. The presentation will feature artifacts, maps, and historical photos as well as ethnobotanical and cultural data. To access the presentation go here. For more information, call 360-681-4632 or go here.
Time: 3:00 — 4:30 pm Location: Online
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