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Saturday, September 26, 2015
Instructor Training. Critical Incident Stress. November 2015.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Essence Poll: Black Women (and Men) Where Does Your Resilience Come From?
http://www.essence.com/2015/09/23/essence-poll-where-does-your-resilience-come
Essence
Essence
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | 2:14 PM
ESSENCE Poll: Where Does Your Resilience Come From?
The notion that Black women are strong and able to cope with many things isn't a new one, yet a new study reveals that this idea does have merit.
A study in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities found that Black women reported the highest number of stressful life events while White men reported the least exposure to stress, reports theHuffington Post. The study shows that although Black women face the most stress, White men are the most susceptible to depression.
What sets Black women a part when it comes to stress is the ability to cope.
"You start developing a type of resistance to it," said lead study author Dr. Shervin Assari. "After some types of very severe stressors, people transform."
When a person shows resilience or emerges from a traumatic experience stronger, this is known as post-traumatic growth and Black women seem to have mastered it.
Whether it's your belief in a higher power, your support system or an innate sense of strength, what do you believe makes you resilient?
Let us know below.
QUESTION:
Where does your resilience come from?
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Training Programs for our future leaders that work. The Coalition for Public Safety Training in Schools.
CPSTS a local model for national
consideration & international
implementation for our cities, and
vulnerable communities.
http://www.cpsts.org/
consideration & international
implementation for our cities, and
vulnerable communities.
http://www.cpsts.org/
High School Fire Science Cadet Program - Introduction of Junior Class
Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) and the Prince George's County Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department officially introduced the second class of students of the High School Fire Science Cadet Program. The 18 Junior (11thgrade) year students will join the 19 Seniors 12th grade) in this 2-year program that involves training for the next generation of firefighters and emergency medical personnel. This morning’s event was held at the St. Josephs Community Fire/EMS Station in Springdale that serves as the base of operations for the cadet program.
In addition to cadet introductions the instructors and staff of the cadet program were introduced as well.
This two-year program will allow students to take fire and emergency medical services classes, while providing 17 college credits to those who successfully complete the curriculum. Additionally, students will graduate from the program with all necessary training to be nationally certified as firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians.
Prince George’s County Council Chair Andrea C. Harrison, Fire Chief Marc S. Bashoor, PGCPS CEO Dr. Kevin M. Maxwell, Flowers HS Principal Gorman Brown, Community Advisory Council President Orlando Bego and Chair of the Program Advisory Committee Darrell Odom all spoke of the advantages of the Cadet Program and each referenced the “opportunity” that cadets have earned by being accepted into the program.
Charles Flowers High School was selected partly because of its close proximity to the Department’s St. Josephs Fire/EMS Station #806. The station, which is adjacent the school, has both a training tower and classroom. Students can walk the 200 or so yards to the station where they will receive instruction in fire and emergency medical services.
High School Cadets will report to the Fire/EMS station at about 11:30 am each school day and will remain until the end of the regular school day at around 2:00 pm.
Sunday, September 20, 2015
$100 PMP Online Training for U.S. Vets (value $1895)
Veterans
Day
Appreciation PMP Course
Appreciation PMP Course
Project Management Academy honors and appreciates our military service members. We are therefore pleased to offer a Veterans Day Appreciation PMP Course for only $100 to the first 100 eligible veterans (form DD214 or DDForm2 required). Our primary mission is to help veterans gain a project management education and earn their PMP certification so they can better compete in the job market. All proceeds collected will be given to charities that support military veterans.
As a general rule all military service members are already qualified as project managers. Military service is project management. Every service member has planned and executed a wide array of missions (projects) and used knowledge, skills, tools and resources to achieve the stated objectives (project management).
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Situation Awareness. Dominica, Gambia, Tanzania. PreventionWeb.
Dominica:
Disaster
Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) funds to be redirected
Source: Dominica - government
Themes: Critical Infrastructure; Economics of DRR;
Recovery
Hazards: Storm
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=45706
CCRIF pays government of Dominica EC$6.5 million under
its excess
rainfall programme following Tropical Storm Erika
Source: Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility,
the (CCRIF SPC)
Themes: Economics of DRR; Insurance & Risk Transfer;
Recovery
Hazards: Storm
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=45752Gambia:
NBR communities urged to be proactive in disaster prevention, preparedness
Source: Daily Observer, the; Daily Observer Ltd., the
Themes: Community-based DRR; Critical Infrastructure;
Governance; Water
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=45683
Tanzania:
As drought hits maize, Tanzania cooks up a sweet potato
fix
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org (TRF)
Date: 8 September 2015
Themes: Climate Change; Economics of DRR; Food Security
& Agriculture
Hazards: Drought
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=45680