BlogTalkRadio. Wealthy Sistas interview of Millicent West on 9/11

Interview of Ms. Millicent West, President of West and Associates on BlogTalkRadio.com's Wealthy Sistas program September 10, 2012 at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wealthysistas/2012/09/10/wealthy-sistas-homeland-security-expert-millicent-d-west, as she discusses remembrances of September 11, 2001,

Training Opportunity: Functional needs individuals. Autistic Individuals Fire Safety

ATTENTION:  Non-members of BEMA:

 

The following information is so vital for the protection of children with functional needs that I am compelled to forward this information to individuals and organizations as an unsolicited email.  Sorry for any interruption or sending unsolicited.

 

Thanks to David Ofwono for the contact and resource information from my initial inquiry.

 

Here is the URL directly to the site:     http://www.woodsidefire.org/when-words-are-not-enough/

 

Please pass this information on to parents, and for those that need it in education, and first responder (Fire\EMS, Law Enforcement) circles.   All children are our future and need our protection.

 

BEMA is your association for networking and other opportunities.

 

Charles  D. Sharp 

Charles D. Sharp
Chief Executive
Black Emergency Managers Association   
bEMA
 
"I Care...."

-----Original Message-----
From: David Ofwono [mailto:dofwono@firstoncompliance.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 10:44 AM
To: BEMA@BlackEmergManagersAssociation.org
Subject: RE: Assistance.....Functional needs individuals. Autistic Individuals Fire Safety.

Hi Charles,

I hope you are enjoying the weekend and not working like me. I have been pursuing this request because the subject matter is of interest to me. I realize that this request may be long resolved BUT just in case or for future reference this is what I have so far.

Hi Dave...Selena and I would be happy to help you in any way we can.  I am a retired Occupational Therapist (married to a retired fire chief) and Selena is the Pub. Ed person for Woodside Fire Protection District.  Woodside has a good website that has our program in it.  The program is called, When Words Are Not Enough and consists of a video, manual, poster and other materials.  There is also a good website that had an excellent Feb. newsletter with lots of experts on the topic of help for kids on the Autism Spectrum with regards to emergency situations.  It is called OAR (organization for Autism Research).  You can google it then get into their back issues of newsletters and see all the great ideas and programs existing.  Selena and I have one article in that issue that is part of the list.  Please contact either Selena or me if we can help you further.  Hope this is helpful. Glenda Fuge

Regards,

Dave Ofwono

From: BEMA [mailto:bema@blackemergmanagersassociation.org]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 4:10 PM
To: BEMA
Subject: Assistance.....Functional needs individuals. Autistic Individuals Fire Safety.

BEMA Network members (All):

Request to BEMA members before I send an inquiry outside of our network to the DHS\FEMA National Preparedness Forum.

One of our members in the Washington, D.C. area would like information or assistance as to whether the following is available:

      Subject:       Functional Needs Individuals.  Autistic children

          Need:       Fire Safety instructional material, drills, exercises, etc

  Audience:    

1.        Autistic children to be instructed by parent in what to do if there is a fire

2.        Parents, teachers, adult supervision.

-Methods of teaching fire safety procedures to autistic children

-Use of drill, exercises, etc.

Type of Instruction:

1.        Games

2.        Drills

3.        Exercise

4.        Individual instruction

5.        Group instruction

Thanks.

Charles

Charles D. Sharp

Chief Executive

Black Emergency Managers Association   

bEMA

"I Care...."

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Sept. 7, 2012

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Sept. 7, 2012

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Sept. 6, 2012 — Man arrested for transporting teen girl for prostitution
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested a Guatemalan who transported and prostituted a teen girl from Maryland. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. Full Story

Sept. 6, 2012 — Mexican national pleads guilty to illegally re-entering the US
A Mexican national, who had been deported from the United States three times, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally re-entering the United States after deportation. ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) is investigating this case. Full Story

Sept. 5, 2012 — 21 individuals charged in "Operation Knot So Fast 2012"
Multiple indictments charging 21 individuals with conspiracy and/or immigration benefit fraud (marriage fraud) were unsealed Wednesday. If convicted the maximum penalty for each violation is five years in federal prison. Full Story

Sept. 5, 2012 — ICE's national search for 'Jane Doe' child pornographer nets 2 in Oregon
HSI's nationwide search for a "Jane Doe" suspected child pornographer ended Tuesday with the arrest of two Salem, Ore., residents. The pair is accused of producing child pornography videos featuring them engaging in sexual contact with two child victims. Full Story

Sept. 5, 2012 — Los Angeles manufacturing company, its owner criminally charged for hiring violations
Following an HSI probe, federal criminal charges were filed against a Van Nuys manufacturing company and one of its owners for hiring unauthorized alien workers and repeatedly taking steps to cover up the illegal activity. Full Story

September 2012. DC's 2nd Annual Forum on Emergency Planning for Access & Functional Needs Populations

Register Today for Serve DC's 2nd Annual Forum on Emergency Planning for Access & Functional Needs Populations On Monday, September 24th, Serve DC hosts its 2nd annual Access & Functional Needs Emergency Preparedness Forum. This free event convenes access-and-functional-needs experts and advocates and emergency-management professionals for a discussion on how to ensure all District residents' needs are understood and accommodated in times of crisis.     Speakers and panelists include local and national experts from the access-and-functional-needs, disability, and emergency-management communities, including Marcy Roth, FEMA's Senior Advisor on Disability Issues, and Richard Devylder, U.S. Department of Transportation's Senior Advisor for Accessible Transportation. Registration is free, and breakfast and lunch are included. Register online or contact Jason Williamson for more information.

YES Magazine. Make the Connections: Poverty, Obesity, and Diabetes

How to fight diabetes with better policy—and cut your own diabetes risk by 93 percent.

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by Doug Pibel

posted Sep 04, 2012

How to fight diabetes with better policy:

1. Combat poverty

   People who make $15,000 or less are three times more likely to have diabetes than people who make $50,000 or more, regardless of race.

2. End junk food subsidies

   Between 1985 and 2010 the price of beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup dropped 24%, while the price  of fresh fruits and vegetables rose 39%.

Do 4 things to cut your risk of diabetes by 93%:

1. Eat healthy

   The lowest rates of Type 2 diabetes in the world occur in populations consuming a whole foods, plant-based diet.

2. Lose weight

3. Exercise

   Overweight people walking 150 minutes a week can reduce the risk of developing diabetes by nearly 60%.

4. Stop smoking

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Click here for more articles from It's Your Body, the Fall 2012 issue of YES! Magazine.

• The Good Food Cure
  What happens when the Motor City transforms itself into the capital of grow-your-own food?
• Your Body, of Water
  A storyteller asks what you'd do if you knew your body was part of the water web.
• Why Your Health Is Bigger Than Your Body
  The new science that explains how politics, economics, and ecology can help or hurt our bodies, and how we can fix an unhealthy world.

Sources

• Spending on weight loss products.
• Graph of obesity rates.
• CDC diabetes graph.
• 1 in 10 adults have diabetes...
• Poverty and diabetes correlation.
• Price of high-fructose corn syrup vs. fruits and vegetables.
• 93% reduction in risk of diabetes.
  
  
  
  
  http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/its-your-body/make-the-connections-poverty-obesity-and-diabetes?utm_source=sep12&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mrConnectionsPovertyObesityDiabetes