PREPAREDNESS AND CLIMATE CHANGE FAIR RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14. Washington, D.C.

See you there this Saturday.  Rain or shine.

BEMA International

https://thesouthwester.com/2023/10/09/preparedness-and-climate-change-fair-rescheduled-for-october-14/ PREPAREDNESS AND CLIMATE CHANGE  FAIR RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14 The Emergency Preparedness Task Force of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly, (SWNA) known as SW Strong! is hosting “All Hands on Deck – A Climate Action & Disaster Prevention Festival.” Although previously scheduled for September, the event was postponed due to Tropical Storm Ophelia and will now take place October 14 adjacent to the Southwest Farmer’s Market.  The fair receives generous support from Friends of Southwest, as well as other organizations such as Serve DC, the SW BID, Ward 7 Resilience Hub, HealthBest Services, Inc., DC Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, and We the People Community Health Workers Corps.  The fair will feature over 30 organizations and include booths and a program of speakers. For instance, the Matriarch of the Piscataway-Conoy Indian Nation will do the Land Acknowledgment at 9:00 a.m. The full program and list of participants is at https://swna.org/swna/task-forces/emergency-preparedness/.  For more information, contact Ben Curran at benimon@hotmail.com and Beth Hall at hall.beth@gmail.com.  Agenda: ALL HANDS-ON DECK ~~ A CLIMATE ACTION & DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FAIR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH - 9AM – 1PM ALONG SIDE THE SW FARMERS MARKET ON THE GRASSY LOT AT THE CORNER OF 4TH AND M STREETS SW   The following organization will be participating in this community engagement event sharing program information, engaging with the public, discussing their environmental and/or disaster preparedness and response roles, and sharing information about how the public can get further involved. Please visit the organizations in these numbered canopies:  American Red Cross    Black Millennials 4 Flint Chesapeake Climate Action  Citizens Climate Lobby DC Department of Energy and the Environment DC Climate Commission DC Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster i.       CORE Response ii.     DC Baptist Convention iii.    American Radio League   iv.    Churches of Scientology Anacostia Parks & Community Collaborative Ward 8 Woods  DC Department of Parks & Recrea;on Community Gardens DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services  Operation BBQ Relief  Team Rubicon Anacostia Watershed Society Nature Forward  Matthew Henson Conservation Center SERVE DC  The Faunteroy Center  Ward 7 Resilience Hub Sierra Club DC Third Act DC Beyond Nuclear  Greater Washington  SWNA SW Strong!  SAMU Response Extinction Rebellion Public Service Commission Climate Office DDOT Urban Forestry    MAIN STAGE PROGRAM   9am – 10am Stage Program  KICKOFF Welcome                                                                   Donna Purchase, SWNA President Welcome & Background                                                                    Ben Curran,                                               SW Strong!                                                                                                                       Dennis Chestnut, Ward 7 Resilience Hub   Land Acknowledgement                                           Julie Tayac Yates Matriarch of the Piscataway Indian Nation & Chief Jesse James Swain               Rhonda Hamilton                                                       ANC Commissioner               Charles Allen                                                               Ward 6 Councilman               Uwe Brandes                                                              DC Climate Commission               Melissa Deas                                                               DC Chief Resilience Officer     • 10am – 11am Stage Program  CLIMATE CHANGE 101 Jim Dougherty                                                            DC Climate Change Commission                                                                                                                       Chesapeake Climate Action Network Erin Garnaas-Holmes                                                DOEE Connor Rattey                                                            DOEE Mark Rodeffer                                                            Sierra Club DC LaTricea Adams                                                          Black Millennials 4 Flint Max Broad                                                                   DC Veg Week   DC Citizens Climate Lobby Henry Perillo                                                               SW Resident   11am - 11:50am   SPEAKERS CORNER                                     Dennis Chestnut                                                         Ward 7 Resilience Hub  Keith Jones, Jr.                                                            Ward 8 Woods Tom Shetty                                                                  Public Service Commission Climate  James Barbour                                                           DC Baptist Convention Alejandra Reyes                                                          EcoLatinos Lourdes Robinson                                                      DC Youth Mayor Circuit TBD                                                                  SW BID    12pm – 1pm   DISASTER PREPAREDNESS       Erwin Stierle                                                                American Red Cross Frances Whalen                                                          Serve DC Jeffrey Richardson                                                     We the People Community Health Workers   (Narcan demo) Willie McElroy                                                             HealthBest Services, Inc.  (CPR demo)