DHS Announces New Members of Faith-Based Security Advisory Council (FBSAC). September 19, 2022

 

Council members represent diverse faith communities across the country

 

 

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties September 19, 2022 DHS Announces New Members of Faith-Based Security Advisory Council (FBSAC) Council members represent diverse faith communities across the country WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the appointment of 25 members to the reinvigorated Faith-Based Security Advisory Council, in advance of the first meeting on October 6, 2022. Council members will advise the Secretary on the needs of the faith community relating to security and preparedness matters across all aspects of the DHS mission.   “These prominent faith and law enforcement leaders will help us build and strengthen the community partnerships that are so vital to our mission success,” said Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas. “We will work together to increase access to our services, ensure equity, maintain openness and transparency, and fully restore the trust of the communities we serve.”  The Council will provide organizationally independent, strategic, timely, specific, and actionable advice to the Secretary on diverse homeland security matters.  Specifically, the Council’s contributions will enhance the Department’s work to protect houses of worship; improve coordination and information sharing of threat information with the faith community, and through the faith community, within the broader communities in which they serve; increase access to DHS resources by building trust and addressing potential barriers; and prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from acts of targeted violence, terrorism, and other threats.  Secretary Mayorkas has appointed the following individuals to the Council:  Chandru Acharya, Member, Plymouth Canton Interfaith Community Outreach   Imam Mohamed Hagmagid Ali, Executive Director, All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center / Co-Founder, Multi-Faith Neighbors Network  Salam Al-Marayati, Co-Founder and President, Muslim Public Affairs Council  Deputy Chief Tracie Baker, Arlington Police Department, Texas   Kimberly Burgo, Vice President, Disaster Operations, Catholic Charities USA  Jeffery Cooper, General Secretary and Chief Information Officer, African Methodist Episcopal Church  Dr. Leslie Copeland-Tune, Chief Operating Officer, National Council of Churches  Kiran Kaur Gill, Executive Director, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund  Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Executive Vice President, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America  Commissioner Kenneth Hodder, National Commander, The Salvation Army  Hyepin Im, President and Founder, Faith and Community Empowerment (FACE) Curtis Jones, National Deputy Sector Chief - Manager Religious Facilities Protection Program (RFPP), InfraGard National Members Alliance   Alberto Martinez, Director, Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center Orange County Sheriff’s Department  Michael Masters, National Director & CEO, Secure Community Network  Sheriff Garry McFadden, 45th Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina   Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director, Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism, Union for Reform Judaism Todd Richins, Church Security Department, Field Operations Division Director, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mayya Saab, Executive Director, Faith Based Information Sharing and Analysis Organization  Gabriel Salguero, President, National Latino Evangelical Coalition  Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, CEO Emerita, Rabbinical Assembly Chief Issa Shahin, Dearborn, Michigan Police Department  Imam Talib Shareef, Nation's Mosque / Masjid Muhammed  Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Director for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs, Mayor’s Office of Public Engagement, City of Philadelphia April Wood, President/CEO, National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters  “This Council is an important way for the Department to engage formally with critical partners on issues impacting faith communities, said Brenda Abdelall, Assistant Secretary for Partnership and Engagement. “Members of the Faith-Based Security Advisory Council will provide valuable insight that will benefit our stakeholders nationwide on important issues within the scope of the Department's mission."   The Council’s membership reflects President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas’ priorities on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and will ensure a wide range of diverse voices across various faith traditions. The members announced today represent various faith communities and a diversity of denominations, including from the Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, and Sikh communities, as well as law enforcement.   The first meeting of this Council will be convened by Secretary Mayorkas and held virtually on October 6, 2022.  To learn more about the Council, please visit: https://www.dhs.gov/faith-based-security-advisory-council.                                                             ### With honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.

$$$ Grant Opportunity: QUADRATEC . Deadline October 30, 2022

Quadratec invites applications for 'Energize the Environment’ grant program

Posted: September 19, 2022

A single grant of $3,500 will be awarded to an individual or group currently working on a program or initiative designed to benefit the environment in their community....

https://www.quadratec.com/page/quadratec-cares-grant-program  

History Repeats itself in many forms. Same game different players and pawns. September 2022

Even during times of crisis (Katrina, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Flint, Jackson, etc..)

But the States continue to demand funding during those times of crisis for select few.

Keep your documents and paper trail.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/18/politics/migrants-historical-parallels-reverse-freedom-rides/index.html The relocation of migrants by Republican governors recalls painful memories of the 'Reverse Freedom Rides' By Emma Tucker, CNN Updated 12:38 PM ET, Sun September 18, 2022 Victoria Bell, left, and her 11 children who arrived in Hyannis, Massachusetts on a trip sponsored by a White segregationist group in Little Rock, Arkansas, wave from the lawn of Cape Cod Community College where they were housed temporarily in a dormitory, on May 22, 1962. (CNN)The relocation of about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, initiated this week by Florida's governor, has revived memories of strikingly similar tactics employed by southern segregationists 60 years ago. In 1962, a group of conservatives, intent on retaliating against desegregation efforts during the civil rights movement, funded one-way trips to the north for Black citizens, in what they called "Reverse Freedom Rides.".............

Black Emergency Managers Association International Washington, D.C.  20020
bEMA International
Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P)
A 501 (c) 3 organization
“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today.  We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.  In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late.  Procrastination is still the thief of time.  Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity.  This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos or community.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘Where Are We Going From Here:  Chaos or Community’.

Tribal Health and Climate Planning Meeting 9/22

CA Climate Action Team - Public Health Workgroup Tribal Health and Climate Planning   Please join us Thursday, September 22, 2022 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM PT for a virtual meeting of the Public Health Workgroup of the California Climate Action Team (CAT-PHWG).   This meeting will focus on the experiences of Tribal nations as they work to promote and protect health and environment in a changing climate. Presenters will address lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery, as well as what local and State agencies can to do to collaborate with and support Tribes as they work to overcome barriers and access resources to safeguard their communities' health through climate planning and action. DATE: Thursday, September 22, 2022 TIME: 1:00 – 3:00 PM PT LOCATION: Virtual Meeting (Register below)  Registration https://cdph-ca-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYof-2urTIoEtAEjvrFWGwynW_ngBB2zmoL#msdynttrid=i61DzIQN4rDikJCzzu17wLIu3wB1LjZKGPd36m-BtT *American Sign Language (ASL) and simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be provided.   ======================================================================= Salud tribal y planificación climática    Lo invitamos a una reunión virtual del Grupo de trabajo de salud pública del Equipo de acción climática de California (CAT-PHWG) el jueves, 22 de septiembre de 2022 desde la 1:00 p. m. hasta las 3:00 p. m. (hora del Pacífico).   La reunión se centrará en las experiencias de los pueblos tribales en su labor de promoción y protección de la salud y el medioambiente en un contexto de cambio climático. Los presentadores hablarán sobre lo que aprendieron de su reacción y su recuperación ante la pandemia de la COVID-19, y sobre las medidas que las agencias locales y estatales pueden adoptar para colaborar con las tribus y apoyar sus esfuerzos para superar los obstáculos y acceder a los recursos que les permitan preservar la salud de sus comunidades a través de la planificación y la acción en materia de cambio climático.   FECHA: Jueves, 22 de septiembre de 2022 HORA: 1:00 p. m. - 3:00 p. m. (hora del Pacífico) UBICACIÓN: Reunión virtual (regístrese a continuación)  Registration  https://cdph-ca-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYof-2urTIoEtAEjvrFWGwynW_ngBB2zmoL#msdynttrid=1SwYWLGG-RbO_SB9JUYCU9SzZnOOrjhTkcma95JM80k

$75K Grant Opportunity. Seattle Foundation.

 Seattle Foundation invites applications for increased community engagement

Posted: September 18, 2022
Deadline: October 30, 2022
Grants of up to $7,500 will be awarded to support grassroots efforts focused on increasing the engagement, power, and influence of community members affected by poverty and racial disparities....

 https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps/rfp14249-seattle-foundation-invites-applications-for-increased-community-engagement  

View all RFPs

Opportunity, Training. ONSITE. FEMA EMI - Courses 1739, 1740, 1741 & 1742

NOTE:

1.  Taught onsite at FEMA EMI, Emmitsburg, Maryland

2.  Prerequisites may apply

     Example:  Prerequisites:

                         • E/L/K0146: 

                                 Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)

                         • IS-120.c: An Introduction to Exercises

3.  When applying endorsement from LOCAL sponsoring organization must be submitted

     Example of sponsoring organizations:

• EM agency (local)
• FIRE\EMS 
• Law Enforcement
• BEMA International has not been authorized as a  sponsoring organization in accordance to FEM EMI guidelines

FEMA EMI News Website Update 1739-Training Opportunity-E0050 Exercise Control Simulation FY23 1740-Training Opportunity-EK0139 Exercise Design Development FY23 1741-Training Opportunity-K0051 Exercise Program Management FY23 1742-Training Opportunity-E0131 Exercise Design Development FY23   Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Emmitsburg, MD — You are subscribed to EMI News for FEMA. The following information has recently been updated, and is now available on https://training.fema.gov/emi.aspx 1739-Training Opportunity-E0050 Exercise Control Simulation FY23 E0050: Exercise Control and Simulation Course Course Description: This course is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of Exercise Control and Simulation. Completion of this course will help prepare you to design and conduct exercises consistent with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) doctrine. Read more in Training Opportunity 1739. 1740-Training Opportunity-EK0139 Exercise Design Development FY23 E0139: Exercise Design and Development Course Description: This course is designed to expand your knowledge of exercise design and development consistent with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) doctrine. Read more in Training Opportunity 1740. 1741-Training Opportunity-K0051 Exercise Program Management FY23 K0051: Exercise Program Management Course Description: K0051 Exercise Program Management is an advanced-level course that provides a comprehensive overview of exercise program management. Participants will gain a better understanding of Exercise Program Management and create “Take-Home” documents. The course will discuss the facilitation of an Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop (IPPW) and identify elements of the Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP) as it relates to exercise program management. Read more in Training Opportunity 1741. 1742-Training Opportunity-E0131 Exercise Design Development FY23 E0131: Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning Course Description: This course will expand on the concepts of exercise evaluation and improvement planning that were introduced in E/L/K0146 (HSEEP). Students will learn how to establish an exercise evaluation program, gather evaluation data effectively during exercises, and implement and track improvements after an exercise. Read more in Training Opportunity 1742. Emergency Management Institute Mission To support the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA’s goals by improving the competencies of the U.S. officials in Emergency Management at all levels of government to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the potential effects of all types of disasters and emergencies on the American people. Read more...

BEMA Int Health Organization and General members. GCHA Membership Application Not accepted.

Health Organization, and General membership of BEMA International:

Although BEMA International membership application was not accepted for the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA, https://climateandhealthalliance.org/ ), nor aligned with current members of the GCHA:

• Center for Climate Change Communication
• UWI (University of West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago)
• Zimbabwe Climate Change Coalition
• Youth Advocacy and Development Network-Uganda
• Other non-health organizations

To our members in the medical profession (physicians, nurses, etc.), CDC (Center for Disease Control), public health organizations, medical schools, and within the island nations in the UWI sphere submit your organization applications in the GCHA and continue to advocate for equitable health in every aspect for all communities and members of the ‘WHOLE COMMUNITY’ and the interrelationship of climate change to individual health.

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2019-Present, and even during the Ebola Crisis of 2014-Present focused on the need for community engagement and participation in the planning, preparedness, response, long-term recovery, mitigation, and adaption to these crisis events associated with human contact, directly and indirectly climate related events.  

Emergency management is integrated into every critical infrastructure sector of communities and each member of BEMA International in any sector plays a key role as part of a vast systems in addressing not only your local, but greater ‘global’ community in planning, preparedness, and each of the phases of emergency management for the survivability of you, your family, and community.  Climate change must be factored into not only healthcare but each of the critical infrastructure sectors with community engagement and participation.

Keep in mind:  

     “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” —Angela Davis

Be safe, stay healthy, be prepared.

CDS

Charles D. Sharp Chair\CEO Black Emergency Managers Association International            Cornell University Climate Fellow         Deputy Chair, Global Health Security Agenda Consortium Washington, D.C.  20020 bEMA International Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P) A 501 (c) 3 organization We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today.  We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.  In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late.  Procrastination is still the thief of time.  Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity.  This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos or community.”           Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘Where Are We Going From Here:  Chaos or Community’.   From: GCHA Admin  Sent: Friday, September 16, 2022 6:32 PM To: Bema@blackemergmanagersassociation.org Subject: GCHA Membership Application  Dear Mr. Sharp,  Thank you for your application to the Global Climate and Health Alliance. Our apologies for the long delay in getting back to you. We appreciate and support the work that you are doing. However, as our membership is health organization focused, we regret to inform you that we cannot accept your application. Best wishes, -- Web  Twitter   Newsletter Health Organizations - Apply to join the Alliance

Round Table Discussion Invitation | Tuesday 9/20/22 3pm PT FMV (Female Genital Violence) and Trauma-Informed Care.

 

(Score\Grade=D). Dept of Education. Do our schools, colleges, and universities make the grade? September 2022

  REPRINT FROM BEMA INTERNATIONAL of webpage 'Page' September 2019

          (https://www.blackemergmanagersassociation.org/p/hbucs-future-in-homeland-security.html) 

Department of Education.  Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Healthy Students, in partnership with our Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance Center, is pleased to announce the release of two new publications and three special topic courses added to the online course catalog. Thank you again for your interest, and best of luck with your continued work. REMS TA Center Team (866) 540-7367 http://rems.ed.gov  NEW! The REMS TA Center is pleased to announce the release of two new publications in our Success Stories series "Promoting Emergency Preparedness Among Non-English Speaking Students" describes how Miami Dade College (MDC) developed multilingual informative videos for communicating important information on emergency operations and preparedness to its ethnically and linguistically diverse students and staff. "Code Blue: Seton Hall University Website for Emergency Preparedness and Response" details how Seton Hall University (NJ) developed a website to introduce students and faculty members to emergency management issues. The publication details the contents of the site, and what Seton Hall University did to develop, implement, and promote the site. Success Stories is a series prepared by the Office of Safe and Healthy Students and the REMS TA Center. Success Stories offer a brief profile of specific practices developed by school districts or universities that were created through leveraging resources, are proven successful, and are replicable by other sites. View all Success Stories   We are always eager to profile effective practices developed by school districts or universities. If you are interested in profiling your institution's achievements in one of these publications, please submit a short description of your "success story" and your complete contact information to the REMS TA Center via email at: tasupport@remstacenter.org so that we may consider your story for a future publication. NEW! Three Special Topics Courses Added to the Online Course Catalog The REMS TA Center is pleased to announce that three new courses have been added to the online School Emergency Management Course Series, a tool being offered to provide emergency management training for schools. Food Defense for Schools: Essential to a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Conducting a Safety Audit at Schools: Inspecting School Buildings, Grounds, and the Surrounding Community Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) in School Emergency Management The U.S. Department of Education has developed a series of online courses on school emergency management. This training is available to all schools and to others interested in learning more about this important subject. All of the online courses provide guidelines, checklists, and specific action items for school officials to consider. The courses often include case study scenarios on emergency incidents at schools, giving learners an opportunity to practice their emergency management decision-making skills. The new courses are NOW AVAILABLE on the http://rems.ed.gov Web site here: http://rems.ed.gov/onlinecourses/. Host a No-Cost Training for Your School or District The REMS TA Center offers on-site trainings on a limited basis, via request, to school districts and institutions of higher education. Emergency Management-101 This four-hour overview of the four phases of emergency management-Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery-will provide school districts and emergency management teams with a basic understanding of the key components of an emergency management plan, and the elements central to school emergency preparedness through an all-hazards approach. The training's purpose is to expand and enhance emergency management planning efforts throughout your district and schools.  Are you interested in hosting this training?   NEW! Adult Sexual Misconduct: Prevention and Management As part of an all-hazards emergency management plan, school districts must prevent, prepare, respond to, and recover from critical incidents. This includes incidents of adult sexual misconduct. It is critical that all school personnel demonstrate appropriate behavior in order to prevent incidents or allegations of sexual misconduct. The school community needs to be prepared to recognize questionable behavior and respond appropriately if sexual misconduct is suspected. Finally, by working together, schools need to understand how to recover following an incident or allegation of sexual misconduct. Are you interested in hosting this training?  Safe School Initiative Threat Assessment Training This training session presents the findings from the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secret Service Safe School Initiative (SSI), a study that focused on the thinking, planning, and other behaviors engaged in by K-12 students who carried out attacks on schools. Are you interested in hosting this training?