Planning for the Disaster Needs of Special Populations: January 12th, National Satellite Broadcast (and Webcast), Featuring CARD (January 10th, 2006)
Oakland, CA – 1/10/2006: Planning for the disaster needs of vulnerable populations will be the subject of the January 12th national satellite broadcast sponsored by UC Berkeley Center for Infections Disease Preparedness and University at Albany, School of Public Health. Ana-Marie Jones, Executive Director, CARD - Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (based in Oakland) will present: information about populations with “special needs” related to emergency preparedness and disaster response; why people with special needs remain underserved and unprepared; and alternate approaches to reaching and serving the preparedness, response and recovery needs of our most vulnerable populations. The presentation will also be webcast for those without access to satellite transmission.
Satellite broadcast to air Thursday, January 12th from 10-11 a.m. EST (7-10 a.m. PST). This program will be rebroadcast 4-5 p.m. EST (1-2 p.m. PST).
To register your facility for showing the satellite broadcast (requires a satellite dish), visit: http://tinyurl.com/c8dum
To register yourself for a live or delayed webcast, viewable on your personal computer, visit: http://tinyurl.com/b4kyv
For more information on CARD, please visit http://www.FirstVictims.org/webcast
CARD (a nonprofit organization) was created after the October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake to address the concerns of vulnerable residents whose preparedness, response and recovery needs cannot not be fully addressed by traditional disaster response agencies (FEMA, Red Cross, Offices of Emergency Services, etc.). CARD offers a diverse, "no fear, no threat messages" empowerment-based curriculum designed to address the cultural, social and financial needs and learning styles of community agencies serving our increasingly diverse, global society.
United Way of the Bay Area, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the California Earthquake Authority, Alameda County Operations Area, City of San Leandro, City of Dublin, and private donors make CARD’s work in the community possible. CARD’s mailing address is 1736 Franklin Street, Suite 450, Oakland CA, 94612. Their phone number is 510-451-3140.
Ana-Marie Jones
CARD- Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters
www.firstvictims.org
info@firstvictims.org
CARD- Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters
www.firstvictims.org
info@firstvictims.org