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Monday, August 10, 2020
South Los Angeles. CRSSLA Meeting Wednesday, August 12, 2020 9:30 - 10:30 AM PT
COVID-19 pandemic is a “portal”—a “gateway”—to a new world
It may be time for us to start thinking of #GlobalWarming as a "Health issue" in the same way that we recognize Covid-19 as clearly a health problem and issue.
Daniel Christian Wahl has pointed out that, "our 'unnatural capitalism'
needs to make our language commons which is the means, mode and
medium of our communications whole again, so that we mean what we say
and say what we mean with the least doubt, uncertainty and ambiguity as is
possible."
"In the spirit of the language games being played by the elite ruling
class to manufacture and engineer consent and hate, when would anti-life
activities, like pollution and despoliation of our planetary and social
life support systems and deprivation of universal human life necessities
provisioning be seen as bona fide hate crimes and crimes against
humanity and applied and implemented and enforced in and by our local,
regional and international laws?"
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“(we can) walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and
hatred, our avarice, our… dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind
us. Or we can walk through…ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight
for it.”
- Arundhati Roy
the COVID-19 pandemic is a
“portal”—a “gateway”—to a new world. “Historically, pandemics have forced
humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no
different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/05/08/covid-19-and-a-new-better-world/
(Covid-19) underlines the folly of humans battling with each other—the
horrible human proclivity to war, the folly of pouring national treasuries into
armed conflict.
“Seen from space, the Earth has
no borders. The spread of the coronavirus is showing us that what we share is
much more powerful than what keeps us apart. All people are inescapably
interconnected, and the more we can come together to solve our problems, the
better off we will all be. One of the side effects of seeing Earth from the
perspective of space is feeling more compassion for others.”
- former U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly
Regards,
Lloyd Helferty, CED (Chief Ecosystem Director)
Programme Development Director & Sustainable Society Consultant
co-Founder & Administrator, WE-Energime-Global Cooperation Day Turtle Island
Sunday, August 9, 2020
WARNING, WARNING! Hurts Blacks, Latinos, and communities of Color. Shortening Census Period. August 2020
LULAC Says Shortening Census Period Hurts Latinos
Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Says
Historically Undercounted Communities Will Suffer Most
Los Angeles, CA - Sindy
Benavides, National Chief Executive Officer of the League of United Latin
American Citizens (LULAC) issued the following statement about the
Administration’s decision to end the self-reporting window and door knocking
operations one-month earlier for the 2020 Census.
“It is simply inconceivable that
we can achieve a full and accurate count by these actions at the time we need
it most during a pandemic that is disproportionately impacting Latinos. This is
yet another tactic from the Trump Administration to make our community
invisible with an incomplete enumeration, which impacts critical funding,
representation, and redistricting. Instead of ramping up its work, the Census
Bureau cites the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for deciding to cut short the
two most critical aspects of the census. First, there is the self-reporting
phase and that is followed by community outreach to contact individuals and
families who for one reason or another have not done so.
The latest figures compiled by
the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO), show some very
troubling trends that we will not be able to correct without sufficient time
allotted. In Puerto Rico, only 18.9% have self-reported. In Texas, 56.1% of
Latino households have filled out their surveys and in California, that rate is
62.4%. In fact, across the country and Puerto Rico more than one-third of
Latino households are still not counted.”
Non-Response Follow-Up, also
called NRFU, is decisive for the 2020 Census to provide a complete picture of
hard-to-reach communities. These are people of color, immigrants, individuals
with disabilities in rural areas, even young children. Often, these groups are
the most overlooked and least counted. The result will be another ten years of denying
them their fair share of federal funding and representation.
LULAC opposes shortening the census period and we are advocating for Congress to allocate the $400 million needed to finish the 2020 Census. These funds will help pay for what is the costliest and most labor intensive aspect of the count accessing remote and disaster impacted communities. Still, fair-minded American expect that everyone is afforded an equal opportunity to participate. Anything less violates the constitutionally-guaranteed civil rights of those who are excluded and is unacceptable.”
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The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000 councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org
August 2020 FEMA Authorized to Use Disaster Funds to Supplement Unemployment Benefits
FEMA ADVISORY
FEMA Authorized to Use Disaster Funds to
Supplement Unemployment Benefits
To help ease the financial burden on those who are unemployed because of
the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, President Trump authorized FEMA to use
Stafford Act disaster relief funds to provide supplemental payments for lost
wages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to $44 billion in Disaster Relief
Funding is available to support this initiative.
FEMA will
provide funding to states and territories that request and apply for
assistance. Unemployed Americans who have lost wages because of COVID-19 may be
eligible for assistance.
On March
13, 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency concerning the novel
coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Since then, all 50 states, five territories,
the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the District of Columbia were approved for
major disaster declarations to assist with additional needs. The new funding
for lost wages is in addition to the $8.8 billion FEMA has already obligated in
support of COVID-19 efforts.
FEMA is
working closely with the White House and other federal agency partners to
develop guidance on the process for states and territories to easily request
and receive funds. States and territories may provide eligible individuals $400
per week, with a $300 federal contribution. The states and territories will
administer the program and distribute the funds through their regular
unemployment insurance system, as a supplemental payment.
This
program will be applied retroactively to the week ending August 1 and continues
through no later than December 6, 2020, or until the balance of the Disaster
Relief Fund reaches $25 billion, or Congress enacts a replacement unemployment
relief program.
Individuals
who currently receive at least $100 per week of unemployment compensation
benefits, and provide self-certification that they are unemployed, or are
unable or unavailable to work due to disruptions caused by COVID-19 are
eligible for the supplement through their state or territory unemployment
office.
Contact Us
If you have any
questions regarding this FEMA Advisory, please contact FEMA Office of External
Affairs, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs Division:
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Congressional
Affairs at (202) 646-4500 or at FEMA-Congressional-Affairs@fema.dhs.gov
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Intergovernmental
Affairs at (202) 646-3444 or at FEMA-IGA@fema.dhs.gov
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Tribal
Affairs at (202) 646-3444 or at FEMA-Tribal@fema.dhs.gov
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Private
Sector Engagement at (202) 646-3444 or at nbeoc@max.gov
Follow Us
Follow FEMA on social media at: FEMA Blog on
fema.gov, @FEMA or @FEMAEspanol on Twitter, FEMA or FEMA Espanol on
Facebook, @FEMA on Instagram, and via FEMA YouTube channel.
Also, follow Administrator Pete Gaynor on Twitter @FEMA_Pete.
FEMA Mission
To help people before,
during, and after disasters.
August 2020. You're Invited: Learn About the FY20 Notice of Funding Opportunities for Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants
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