Cascadia Stack

Cascadia Stack is Building Resilience Now so that the Next Generation is Prepared.

Stack offers peer support gatherings and workshops designed to inform and uplift with wo programs: Climate Resilience Circle and “How to Prepare for Emergencies” in Spanish and English.

Stack addresses eco-anxiety and language access, focusing on people in the climate movement and our Latinx neighbors and friends. Uniting all based on the shared love of the land, our 90-minute gatherings are building resilience and STACK-ing resources to improve self-sufficiency and strengthen tolerance to emergencies, chaotic weather events and the Cascadia megaquake.

This project is an emotional support beacon within the community infrastructure in Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon. We hold our events in “pop-up” locations. Climate Resilience Circle is monthly (except December) and Preparedness Workshops are held every-other month. Get on our mailing list for the next gathering announcement!

By increasing access to emergency preparedness and climate adaptation knowledge tools, people deepen their personal resilience.

Upcoming Events

Project Mission

To engage with our community in a way that inspires resilient action to adapt and prepare for the changing climate and the threat of disasters.

Project Vision

To inspire community resilience hubs throughout the Cascadia bioregion, uniting all based on the shared love of the Northwest lands.

Project Values

Towards the ideals listed as our JEDI Values, we strive to:

• Incorporate these ideals in all that we do including campaigns, hiring practices, volunteer onboarding, advisory board vetting, partnerships and our programs.

• Build honest and transparent relationships with those working towards climate justice and on-the-groundwork to reduce inequalities.

• Work in alliance with Tribal Nations to achieve common environmental goals while also recognizing that our work may receive privileges and to shift perspectives as we approach the business community.

• Pursue conversations that show respect to Tribal Nations and Native People about out attempts to make real social change.

• Nurture an inclusive work environment that enriches a mentorship mentality for staff, volunteers, board members, donors, contractors, and partners showing support and patience.

• Further our goals of climate justice by providing internal education opportunities on JEDI issues

• Implement these ideas into strategic planning and re-visit the ideals yearly.

• Accept criticism and acknowledge our mistakes.

• Value ancestral culture and knowledge.

• Invite Latinx/e and Indigenous knowledge-givers to facilitate our workshops.

• We envision a living economy. We must hold the goal of self-determination high amongst our values as we organize ourselves to be bold, visionary, and oppositional to systems that extract resources and exploit the work of individuals.

Cascadia Stack’s motto is #StriveToThrive Our Project Leader and four core volunteers believe in these values. This project is working towards three Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations). We support others doing this work too!

#3 Good Health and Well-Being
#11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
#13 Climate Action

Contact us to let us know if you would like to volunteer directly with this project. All gifts are tax deductible.

Cascadia Stack Project Leader

Drew Alcoser (they/them)

Personal LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/drew-alcoser-social-innovation

As a ‘mature student’, Drew G. Alcoser received their undergrad degree in 2021 from Colorado State University in Organizational Leadership with a fundraising focus; in April ‘23, Drew completed a grad certificate from Portland State University in Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Drew’s capstone research was for Multicultural Communication in Emergency Management in the Portland Metro. Drew’s college path has focused on climate change and social justice, at the intersection of social change theory.