7th Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti’s Earthquake Victims Thursday January 12th 2017 at The Hamilton Customs House, NYC 1pm -5pm

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Join us at the 7th Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti’s Earthquake Victims Thursday January 12th 2017  at The Hamilton Customs House 1pm -5pm

As a proud Haitian, I believe we carry the strength and greatness of our ancestors with us and move in their honor throughout life’s many adversities. Even through natural disaster, we continue to push, both in the diaspora and on the mainland, to be better in every possible area we can. We continue to strive for our nation Haiti to become the pearl she once was and to inspire our brothers and sisters across the globe to do the same. It is with this goal, that we, The International Humanitarian Outreach Ministries, Inc. (IHOM) on this 7th Memorial of Haiti Earthquake, invite our brothers and sisters of other nations to join in our Interfaith Memorial Service to commemorate the lives of all those lost by natural disaster around the world.           Haiti lost a nation within a Nation on January 12, 2010 when the South of Haiti was devastated by a magnitude 7.5 Earthquake in 35 seconds. Additionally, Hurricane Matthew has taken the lives of hundreds more beloved countrymen this past summer.  Haiti was a pivotal land and its inhabitants contributed so much to the rest of the world, that it's time she is recognized for that role and now help be a catalyst for healing for all our nations that have experienced loss like ours.  It is in this backdrop The International Humanitarian Outreach Ministries, Inc. cordially invites you to join us for The 7th Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti.  The memorial will take place in at The Alexander Hamilton US Customs House, 1 Bowling Green on Thursday January 12th 2016 at 1p-5p. A cocktail reception at 5pm will immediately follow.          IHOM, in partnership with the City of New York’ Public Officials and other nonprofit organizations; has been successfully producing this event for the community since 2011. Our purpose is to memorialize the 350,000+ lives lost in the earthquake that decimated a few major cities in Haiti in 2010 as well as keep attention on the ongoing assistance Haiti needs while building support for programs that will sustain her future. The International Humanitarian Outreach Ministries (IHOM, Inc.) was formed out of the need to organize, mobilize and inspire stakeholder participation in addressing the Economic, Social and Cultural needs of the people of Haiti (both in the Diaspora and on the Mainland) as the whole world embarks on diverse avenues of recovery in Haiti's post-earthquake era. Your continued support helps us with this mission.           Your participation and your partnership in sharing his upcoming event will help to galvanize our community by showing that we are not alone in the issues that arise, reminding us that Haitians have played an intricate part in history, and inspiring us to do so once again.           We look forward to seeing you. Sincerely,   Henri J. Desrosiers, NP Chairman & Founder REGISTER HERE

Invitation to FEMA Webinars: Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA) Program Grants, and Non-Disaster Grants System 3.0 December 9, 2019

Intergovernmental Affairs Advisory

Invitation to FEMA Webinars:

Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA) Program Grants,

and Non-Disaster Grants System 3.0

 December 9, 2019

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) invites you to participate in an upcoming webinar on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program).

To enhance resilience and build capacity for jurisdictions to address complex coordinated terrorist attacks across the Nation, the Secretary of Homeland Security designated funding for FEMA to develop and administer the CCTA Program. The FY 2016 CCTA Program provides $35.94 million in funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions of different types, sizes, and capabilities to improve their ability to prepare for, prevent, and respond to complex coordinated terrorist attacks in collaboration with the whole community.

Eligible applicants for the FY 2016 CCTA Program include:

• Local governments (as defined by 2 C.F.R. § 200.64)
• State governments (including all 56 States and territories, which consists of any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)
• Federally-recognized Tribal governments. 

CCTA Program Webinar
FEMA is hosting a webinar for interested applicants to understand the program’s objectives and priorities, available grant funding, application requirements, application submission process, and the review and selection process. Three different dates are available to accommodate schedules. All webinars will include the same information, so it is only necessary to attend one. Advanced registration is required due to space limitations. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis.

Registration
CCTA Program Webinar dates, times, and registration web links are listed below. Please follow the link to register for the specified webinar. Please register for the date/time that best fits your schedule.

•  Wednesday, December 14^th – 9:00am–10:00am EST: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/e1q195o9m2i/event/event_info.html

•  Thursday, December 15^th – 2:00pm–3:00pm EST: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/e1rt24j6bzn/event/event_info.html

•  Monday, December 19^th – 2:00pm–3:00pm EST: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/e2ds8j5xjhl/event/event_info.html

Please note that there will be a limited amount of conference lines available. If you plan on viewing this webinar as a group, only one registration is required to access the webinar.

Questions
We strongly encourage interested participants to send program-related questions to FEMA-CCTA@fema.dhs.gov prior to the webinar so that responses may be addressed at that time. The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) posted on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/127506 will be updated as necessary to provide responses to questions raised during the webinar.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the webinar, please send to FEMA-CCTA@fema.dhs.gov

Thank you for your interest in the FY 2016 CCTA Program and the upcoming webinar. We look forward to providing you information on this new program!

Non-Disaster Grants System Online Training
The FEMA Grant Programs Directorate will be offering the following online training session for potential applicants on the Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System 3.0 on Thursday, December 15^th, 2016 from 1:00pm–3:00pm EST.

 During the online training grantees will learn how to:

• Register and login to the ND Grants system
• Review and approve access requests
• Navigate the system  
• Assign system user roles
• Create and update organizations       
• Adding and updating contacts
• Request access to organizations       
• Start an application in Grants.Gov
• Complete & submit an application in ND Grants    
• Review and accept award packages
• Create and update amendments
• Submit & view performance reports

Registration
Online training sessions are limited to 60 participants each and registrations will be assigned on a first comes first served basis.  Interested participants must contact FEMA’s Centralized Scheduling and Information Desk to request a registration form for the ND Grants Webinar by phone at (800) 368-6498 or via e-mail to AskCSID@fema.dhs.gov.

Once registered for a training session, you will receive further instructions and information via email. If you do not receive confirmation of your registration within 48 hours of submission please e-mail NDGrants@fema.dhs.gov to ensure your registration form was received.

Questions
Any questions about the online trainings can be sent to NDGrants@fema.dhs.gov.

If you have any other questions, please contact FEMA’s Intergovernmental Affairs Division at (202) 646-3444 or at FEMA-IGA@fema.dhs.gov.

Follow FEMA online at www.fema.gov/blog, www.twitter.com/fema, www.facebook.com/fema and www.youtube.com/fema. 

Also, follow Administrator Craig Fugate's activities at www.twitter.com/craigatfema. The social media links provided are for reference only. FEMA does not endorse any non-government websites, companies or applications. 

FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.

Haiti. Situational Awareness. December 9, 2016. Diaspora Challenge Initiative.

Haiti.  2016.  December Situational Awareness.

 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:  (Click underlined links) 

 Diaspora Challenge Initiative.  Submit your application today for an opportunity to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Boston, MA, to present your innovative idea for development in Haiti.  Register to attend the symposium that will be held at MIT.  The event is FREE. Must register to attend.

1.      https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/haiti/documents/document-type/situation-report

·        Haiti: Hurricane Matthew Situation Report No. 27 - 04 Dec. 2016 [EN/FR]

·        Haiti : Border Monitoring Sitrep LXXI _ 1st December 2016 [EN]

2.      http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2016/index.htm

·        The 2016 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2015. Volume I covers drug and chemical control activities. Volume II covers money laundering and financial crimes.

3.      http://www.nationalbcc.org/news/beyond-the-rhetoric/129-pimping-the-black-diaspora-next-target-haiti

·        Pimping the Black Diaspora, Next Target: Haiti.  Why Haiti?  It's simple.  They can cram China cotton into Haiti and block any textile business in the CAFTA nations.  Keep in mind that millions of people of African descent live and work in CAFTA nations.  More than any place else, the Dominican Republic is 60% Black.  It is quickly developing textiles under CAFTA via business with the United States.  It also employs many Haitians who border the nation.

4.      http://www.ezilidanto.com/2016/12/haiti-electoral-council-tool-containment-scapegoat/    

·        Former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune Speaks on the "The roots of the ills that have been, and still plaguing Haiti's inhabitants"   Exactly one year ago today, on December 8, 2015, former Haiti Prime Minister, the honorable Yvon Neptune, speaking about the Haiti Electoral Council and fake, "political consensus," identified these as the new, extra-judicial colonial instruments, applied by the "foreign tutors who conspire to keep ultimate control over the clans," and used to manipulate "the wretched Majority so that it never really fights its own and liberating and elevating fight."

$35.94 million. Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the fiscal 2016 Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program)

FEMA Announces Notice of Funding Opportunity on Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks

12/08/2016 09:44 PM EST

WASHINGTON, DC —The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the fiscal 2016 Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program).  The CCTA Program provides $35.94 million to state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions to improve their ability to prepare for, prevent, and respond to complex coordinated terrorist attacks in collaboration with the whole community.

Webinar Zero Hunger. Thurs. December 15, 2016 UNGC Network USA

Global Compact Network USA’s final event of the year. Join us to learn how companies large and small can contribute to making food systems more resilient, distributing food effectively at a global scale, and building an effective agricultural supply chain in a resource-constrained world.

Webinar – Zero Hunger: How U.S. companies can help achieve SDG 2

Thursday, December 15, 2:00 – 3:15pm EST

Speakers include:

·        Kim Fortunato, Director of Community Affairs, Campbell Soup Company; President, Campbell Soup Foundation

·        Matt Smith, Director, Food for Good at PepsiCo

·        Shawna Lemke, Director, Food and Nutrition Engagement, Monsanto Company

·        Adrienne Gardaz, Senior Manager, Environment, Food & Agriculture, UN Global Compact

Register here.

Warm regards,
Ryan

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Ryan Brandenburg
Network Contact

Global Compact Network USA
www.globalcompactusa.org | 203.219.5075

Weds. December 14, 2016. Venezuela's Health Sector: Current Crisis and Opportunities for International Engagement

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CSIS cordially invites you to Venezuela's Health Sector: Current Crisis and Opportunities for International Engagement   Featuring Hermes Florez, MD, PhD, MPH Professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine, Miami Miller School of Medicine and Visiting Professor, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela  Director, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Director, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Miami VA Healthcare System Moderated by Katherine Bliss, PhD Senior Associate, Global Health Policy Center                                                  Introductory Remarks J. Stephen Morrison, PhD Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center https://www.csis.org/node/38956 Wednesday, December 14, 2016 10:30 am - 12:00 pm  1ST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 1616 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 Venezuela is experiencing a profound public health emergency. Recent reports have highlighted shortages of essential medicines and medical supplies, failing public health infrastructure, and increasingly negative indicators related to maternal and child health, as well as to the control of infectious diseases, including malaria, and of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Yet even as Venezuelans struggle to access medicine, food and other essential commodities, the Venezuelan Government has proven reluctant to acknowledge the challenges facing its health sector. Multiple actors, including civil society organizations and multilateral institutions, are engaging in dialogue to determine how to best address the causes and consequences of the current crisis. Please join CSIS for a public discussion led by Dr. Hermes Florez, a Venezuelan health expert, and a Professor at the Miami Miller School of Medicine as well as a Visiting Professor at the Universidad del Zulia in Venezuela. The discussion will examine the origins, evolution and likely trajectory of the current health situation and the role regional bilateral partners and international organizations may be able to play in resolving the humanitarian crisis and identifying sectoral reforms that can strengthen prospects for Venezuela's health sector in the long term.

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Webinar: December 6, 2016. MRC Year in Review

MRC Well Check Webinar tomorrow, December 6, at 2:00 pm ET. The webinar is entitled “MRC: Year in Review.”

We are excited to hear from local units who were instrumental in key preparedness and response activities this year, including response efforts to the Zika virus, a local Mumps outbreak, and Hurricane Matthew. We’ll also hear from a local unit who will share best practices from their highly-successful Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) held this Fall.

Webinar details and access instructions are below. We hope you are able to join us!

December 2016 MRC Well Check Webinar Please join us for the next MRC Well Check Webinar on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at 2:00 pm ET. The webinar is entitled “MRC: Year in Review.” Featured presenters include: ·        Beatriz Quinones-Vallejo, MRC Puerto Rico Coordinator ·        Jenny Latour, Pee Dee MRC Coordinator (SC) ·        Sonya Davis, Arkansas MRC State Coordinator, and Charlenne McNeal, PhD, RN, Asst. Professor, University of Arkansas, School of Nursing ·        Tyler Tipton, Galveston County MRC Coordinator (TX) Login Information 1.      Visit https://mrc.adobeconnect.com/wcw/ 2.      Select “Enter as a Guest” 3.      Type your name in the box provided and click “Enter Room” Important: The audio for this webinar will be broadcast through your computer. Participants will not be able to use their phones for audio. This webinar is "listen only." Details Date: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 Time: 2:00 PM ET Duration: 1 hour Questions? If you have any questions, please contact MRCcontact@hhs.gov. Test Your Computer We are using Adobe Connect for this month’s webinar. We recommend that you test your computer for compatibility prior to the meeting.