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We are pleased to invite you to our first VanWATL (Vancouver Washington Tool Library) in-person meeting of 2026! We have been working hard since our last meeting in the park back in fall of 2025 and are so excited to see you again face to face.

DATE: Sunday, April 26th, 2026

TIME: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

LOCATION: Bagley Community Park - 4607 Plomondon St, Vancouver, WA 98661

PARKING: Please park at the Jim Parsley Community Center just to the SW.

We have three primary objectives for this meeting:

- To give everyone a chance to learn about VanWATL, where we are, and where we are aiming to be next.

- To give everyone an opportunity to weigh in on the values and principles that will guide VanWATL forward into our next phases and beyond.

- To give everyone an option to sign up for volunteering and planning opportunities as we move towards opening our doors!

We invite you to bring a chair (and perhaps a spare, if you have one!) and to keep an eye on the ever-changing PNW spring weather. We have planned some discussion, some activities, and a whole lot of community. We are so excited to update you on all the work we did over the winter, and to hear from you all directly on how VanWATL’s community values should be shaped for years to come.

Thank you for being part of this incredible process.

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u/LocalLinksPNW — 1 month ago
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Hey all,

It's been a minute since you've heard from us working towards a Vancouver Makerspace. Before we get too far down the road, we want to make sure we're building something people will actually use.

We put together a short survey covering a few basics: locations, what days and times work for you, and what you'd want to do there: 3D printing, woodworking, electronics, crafting, etc — we want to know what matters to your community.

Please take a moment to respond to our survey if you could

👉 https://tally.so/r/pbK6eZ

If you know someone who might be interested, pass it along. The more responses we get, the better we can plan!

EDIT: We heard you, and made the name and email fields optional

u/LocalLinksPNW — 2 months ago
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The Vancouver Washington Tool Library (VanWATL.org) has our first meeting in the park of 2026 on April 26 from 1-3 pm at a park to be named later.

We’re building a community-powered tool library, and all are welcome to be as closely or loosely connected as you like. Save the date and sign up for our newsletter for more information as we get closer.

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u/LocalLinksPNW — 2 months ago
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50501 Clark County WA is looking for groups, organizations, or passionate individuals to table at No Kings 3 to spread the word about any kind of mutual aid adjacent work they're doing in our community. We've been reaching to all kinds of folks and still have room for more tablers at The Waterfront on March 28th!

Below are some ideas for what constitutes Mutual Aid but there are lots more in the slides. If any of this sounds like you please reach out on any of our socials or email us at

50501ccwa@proton.me

To get signed up to be there with us for No Kings 3.

“Mutual aid is collective coordination to meet each other’s needs, usually from an awareness that the systems we have in place are not going to meet them… This survival work, when done in conjunction with social movements demanding transformative change, is called mutual aid.”

📚Dean Spade, author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

✨Ideally Mutual Aid Is✨
🔸"Nimble, adaptable, and responsive to what’s happening on the ground.
🔸Rooted in autonomy, dignity, and trust. Instead of dictating what people will receive, mutual aid allows for people to dictate what they need most without shame or judgment.
🔸Aware of, and sensitive to, historical and cultural context and complexities on the ground.
🔸Accountable to the people with whom they’re in relationship, not corporate interests.
🔸Active long before and long after disaster strikes.
🔸Intended to redistribute resources in order to mitigate, rather than reinforce, inequality.
🔸For everyone- nobody is excluded on the basis of citizenship, insurance status, zip code, disability, illiteracy, race, class, sexuality, gender, etc.
🔸Free of complicated paperwork that few people have the time, bandwidth, or experience to navigate, particularly during/after a crisis.
🔸Focused not just on meeting immediate needs, but also on organizing to change the root conditions that caused or amplified disaster in the first place."

Source:https://climateresilienceproject.org/strategies/mutual-aid/)

🚫👑 NO KINGS 3
🗓️ Saturday, March 28th
⏰ 12:00-4:00pm
📍Vancouver Waterfront
(695 Waterfront Way, Vancouver, WA 98660)

u/50501ClarkCountyWA — 2 months ago