Critical Incident Stress Training Opportunity. ICISF Faculty & Staff invite you to attend the Albany, NY Regional Training November 9-13, 2016

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The ICISF Faculty & Staff
invite you to attend the
Albany, NY Regional Training
November 9-13, 2016

For more information, click here

New to ICISF and CISM Training?  
Get 27 contact hours of training in 3 days with this course:
Assisting Individuals in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention - Just released 5th edition curriculum

Pursuing a specialty?
Behavioral Emergencies: Survival Strategies for Emergency Services and Counselors
 CISM Application with Children
Corporate Crisis Response
Critical Incidents in Places of Worship
From Trauma to Addictions
Pastoral Crisis Intervention I & II
Resilience in Healthcare: Performance, Meaning and Connection

Hot off the presses!  Interested in Our Newest Course?
Understanding Suicide: Effective Tools for Prevention, Intervention and Survivor Support

Want to Teach an ICISF Course?
The Approved Instructor Programs are not open for registration at this time. Please wait for an email from our office regarding registration for the Approved Instructor Programs.

For more information and to register click here
Classes not filled to minimum capacity by October 16, 2016 will be cancelled.

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 Can't make it to a Regional Training?
Have ICISF Faculty come to you through our Speakers Bureau Program

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International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
3290 Pine Orchard La, Suite 106
Ellicott City, MD 21042
Tel (410)750-9600
Fax (410) 750-9601
www.icisf.org

For more information, click here

New to ICISF and CISM Training?  
Get 27 contact hours of training in 3 days with this course:
Assisting Individuals in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention - Just released 5th edition curriculum

Pursuing a specialty?
Behavioral Emergencies: Survival Strategies for Emergency Services and Counselors
 CISM Application with Children
Corporate Crisis Response
Critical Incidents in Places of Worship
From Trauma to Addictions
Pastoral Crisis Intervention I & II
Resilience in Healthcare: Performance, Meaning and Connection

Hot off the presses!  Interested in Our Newest Course?
Understanding Suicide: Effective Tools for Prevention, Intervention and Survivor Support

Want to Teach an ICISF Course?
The Approved Instructor Programs are not open for registration at this time. Please wait for an email from our office regarding registration for the Approved Instructor Programs.

For more information and to register click here
Classes not filled to minimum capacity by October 16, 2016 will be cancelled.

_____________________________________________

 Can't make it to a Regional Training?
Have ICISF Faculty come to you through our Speakers Bureau Program

_____________________________________________

International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
3290 Pine Orchard La, Suite 106
Ellicott City, MD 21042
Tel (410)750-9600
Fax (410) 750-9601
www.icisf.org

Situational Awareness, Then and Now. Community Engagement.

Significant Agreements with FEMA that Affect our Communities

Please check Operation Hope, the NAACP, and IBW21 websites for community engagement information on emergency\disaster management preparedness, response, and recovery.

2011

Operation HOPE and FEMA Sign MOA To Enhance Financial Counseling to Disaster Survivors

-https://www.operationhope.org/news/nid/1161

2013

      NAACP signs MOA with FEMA

-http://www.naacp.org/pages/emergency-management

-http://www.fema.gov/news-release/2013/07/12/fema-announces-memorandum-agreement-naacp

2014

      The Institute of the Black World (IBW) and FEMA to Sign Historic Agreement

-http://ibw21.org/news/the-institute-of-the-black-world-ibw-and-fema-to-sign-historic-agreement/

Black Emergency Managers Association
1231  Good Hope Road  S.E.
Washington, D.C.  20020
Office:   202-618-9097
bEMA

     

"It is my belief that the best results in business come from a creative process, from the ability to see things differently from everyone else, and from finding answers to problems that are not bound by the phrase 'we have always done it this way.' "  Wayne Rogers

A 501 (c) 3 organization.  All membership dues and contributions are tax deductible.

Wednesday June 22, 2016. 7PM. Washington, D.C. IBW 21st Century. Town Hall Meeting at the historic Metropolitan AME Church

www.ibw21.org

June 20, 2016

Press Release

Contact: Leonard Dunston - 919.765.5710

info@ibw21.org 

"We Charge Genocide"

Black Leaders to Discuss Flint and 

Poisoning of Black Communities

 

On Wednesday, June 22nd, residents from Flint, Michigan will travel to Washington, D.C. to share their horrific experiences of suffering under the threat of lead poison in the water system at a Town Hall Meeting at the historic Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. at 7 pm. (Doors to open at 6:30). The public is welcomed.

The meeting - to be broadcasted live on WPFW - is being convened by the Black Family Summit (BFS) of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), an umbrella formation of socially conscious national Black Professional Organizations committed to building and sustaining safe, just and humane Black communities. The goal of the gathering is to shine a spotlight on the continuing crisis in Flint and draw attention to what the organizers believe is a disturbing pattern of lead poison in the water systems of predominately Black neighborhoods and cities across the country. 

Recent reports indicate that Newark, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. have problems with lead poison in sections of their water systems. Speakers at the Town Hall Meeting will site data documenting an alarming number of Black communities affected by poisoned water. 

Organizers are drawing comparisons to environmental racism in terms of the disproportionate impact of lead poison in the water of Black communities. In addition to negative health effects, evidence that lead poisoning in water affects I.Q. and behavior will be presented and discussed. 

Leonard Dunston, President Emeritus, National Association of Black Social Workers and Convener of the Black Family Summit, has assembled a Panel of scholars, experts and policy advocates to address the crisis in Flint and nation. 

They include: 

Dr. Patricia Newton, 
           CEO, Black Psychiatrists of America; 
Dr. Mwata Kevin Washington, 
           President, Association of Black Psychologists; 
Dr. Jewel Crawford, 
           health and environmental justice advocate and 
Atty. Adjoa Aiyetoro, 
           human rights and reparations advocate. 
Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), 
           Ranking Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and 
Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich.), 
           Ranking Member, House Judiciary Committee 

Atty. Nkechi Taifa, human rights advocate, will serve as Moderator.

"We charge genocide because we are seeing the devastating toll on human life and destructive damage to Flint and Black communities across this country," said Leonard Dunston. "Whether through blatant or benign neglect, what's happening to Black families and communities is unconscionable and should be considered a crime against humanity. 

The Town Hall Meeting is the first step in bringing this crime to the attention of the nation and the world."

Event: Town Hall Meeting on Flint and Poisoning of Black Communities

Location: Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 

Time: Doors to open at 6:30 PM. Program starting promptly at 7:00 PM. 

Media Partner: WPFW, 89.3 FM, Pacifica Network, will broadcast the program live.

Co-sponsors: Bethel Literary and Historical Society of Metropolitan AME Church. 

Contact: Leonard Dunston - 919.765.5710

info@ibw21.org 

www.ibw21.org

Wednesday June 22, 2016. 7PM. Washington, D.C. IBW 21st Century. Town Hall Meeting at the historic Metropolitan AME Church

www.ibw21.org

June 20, 2016

Press Release

Contact: Leonard Dunston - 919.765.5710

info@ibw21.org 

"We Charge Genocide"

Black Leaders to Discuss Flint and 

Poisoning of Black Communities

 

On Wednesday, June 22nd, residents from Flint, Michigan will travel to Washington, D.C. to share their horrific experiences of suffering under the threat of lead poison in the water system at a Town Hall Meeting at the historic Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. at 7 pm. (Doors to open at 6:30). The public is welcomed.

The meeting - to be broadcasted live on WPFW - is being convened by the Black Family Summit (BFS) of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), an umbrella formation of socially conscious national Black Professional Organizations committed to building and sustaining safe, just and humane Black communities. The goal of the gathering is to shine a spotlight on the continuing crisis in Flint and draw attention to what the organizers believe is a disturbing pattern of lead poison in the water systems of predominately Black neighborhoods and cities across the country. 

Recent reports indicate that Newark, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. have problems with lead poison in sections of their water systems. Speakers at the Town Hall Meeting will site data documenting an alarming number of Black communities affected by poisoned water. 

Organizers are drawing comparisons to environmental racism in terms of the disproportionate impact of lead poison in the water of Black communities. In addition to negative health effects, evidence that lead poisoning in water affects I.Q. and behavior will be presented and discussed. 

Leonard Dunston, President Emeritus, National Association of Black Social Workers and Convener of the Black Family Summit, has assembled a Panel of scholars, experts and policy advocates to address the crisis in Flint and nation. 

They include: 

Dr. Patricia Newton, 
           CEO, Black Psychiatrists of America; 
Dr. Mwata Kevin Washington, 
           President, Association of Black Psychologists; 
Dr. Jewel Crawford, 
           health and environmental justice advocate and 
Atty. Adjoa Aiyetoro, 
           human rights and reparations advocate. 
Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), 
           Ranking Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and 
Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich.), 
           Ranking Member, House Judiciary Committee 

Atty. Nkechi Taifa, human rights advocate, will serve as Moderator.

"We charge genocide because we are seeing the devastating toll on human life and destructive damage to Flint and Black communities across this country," said Leonard Dunston. "Whether through blatant or benign neglect, what's happening to Black families and communities is unconscionable and should be considered a crime against humanity. 

The Town Hall Meeting is the first step in bringing this crime to the attention of the nation and the world."

Event: Town Hall Meeting on Flint and Poisoning of Black Communities

Location: Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 

Time: Doors to open at 6:30 PM. Program starting promptly at 7:00 PM. 

Media Partner: WPFW, 89.3 FM, Pacifica Network, will broadcast the program live.

Co-sponsors: Bethel Literary and Historical Society of Metropolitan AME Church. 

Contact: Leonard Dunston - 919.765.5710

info@ibw21.org 

www.ibw21.org