Call for Grant Reviewers. Washington, D.C. Office of African American Affairs. July 2021

  

Mayor's Office on African American Affairs

FY 2022 African American Community Grant

 

CALL FOR GRANT REVIEWERS

The Mayor's Office on African American Affairs (MOAAA) is recruiting a panel of more than 40 experienced professionals to help evaluate the grant applications that we receive for the FY 2022 African American Community Grant program. The primary focus of the grant are programs that provide direct services to the District's African American community that address at least one of the following areas: 

·        Education

·        Jobs & Economic Development

·        Public Safety

·        Civic Engagement

·        Health & Wellness

·        Youth Engagement

·        Arts & Creative Economy

·        COVID-19 Recovery

We are looking for a diverse group of volunteer reviewers that have management, evaluation, planning, or implementation experience in any of the aforementioned areas. Reviewers will read, score and evaluate proposals. The grant review period will be conducted during August 2021. The review can be conducted via your own computer through ZoomGrants.

To apply, please sign up through the Volunteer Grant Reviewer Database. You will be asked to complete a form and upload your resume. Please sign up no later than Friday, July 23, 2021. For questions email MOAAA@dc.gov

How Vancouver, British Columbia (CANADA) Prepared for Emergencies July 2021

 https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/how-vancouver-prepares-for-emergencies.aspx

How Vancouver prepares for emergencies

Everyone has a role to play in making sure we all stay safe in emergencies.

Our responsibility

The City commits major resources to make our public buildings, roads, bridges, and you safe.

Like other local governments in BC, we lead the initial response to emergencies and disasters by:

• Preparing emergency plans
• Coordinating and managing emergency planning with first responders
• Running emergency training and exercises with City staff and other first responders
• Training volunteers to help deliver essential services and housing during a disaster
• Providing basic services to those impacted by a disaster
• Maintaining police, fire, and specialized teams (such as CAN-TF1 and Hazmat) to mobilize quickly in an emergency situation

We regularly share updates relevant for residents via our social media accounts. In the event of an emergency our @CityofVancouver 

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 Twitter account is a good source to follow. We will share information from the relevant emergency response organizations such as fire, police, the Port of Vancouver, and health authorities. Depending on the nature of the emergency or threat, we will provide further information and other sources to follow for critical information.

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  Protecting our infrastructure

  • Bridge upgrades
  • Dedicated Fire Protection System (DFPS)
  • Stormwater management
  • Mapping flood hazards
  • Extreme weather response
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  Protecting our community

  • Emergency Support Services
  • Public education
  • Specialized response
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  Coordinated planning and response

  • Earthquake Preparedness Strategy
  • Regional collaboration
  • Emergency communications
  • Consolidated radio and dispatch
  • Emergency Operations Centre

  Earthquake Preparedness Strategy

  In 2014, the City developed the Earthquake Preparedness Strategy, a major component of our Emergency Preparedness Program. Currently, the City is implementing 56 actions identified in the strategy and is ready to respond to an earthquake at any time. It has put in significant work into assessing and addressing the risk and has taken action to reduce the impacts of an earthquake.

  Regional collaboration

  Emergency managers across the Lower Mainland work together to plan and coordinate regional emergency preparedness and response.

  The Integrated Partnership for Regional Emergency Management in Metro Vancouver (IPREM) is an intergovernmental partnership between the Province of BC and Metro Vancouver. It is tasked to coordinate regional emergency management planning activities and collaborates with all levels of government and the private sector to create a disaster-resilient region.

  • Learn more about IPREM External website, opens in new tab

  Emergency communications

  If telecommunications infrastructure is damaged, telephones, mobile phones, and internet may not work. The City has set up a partnership with an amateur radio operator society called VECTOR to provide reliable communications for emergency responders in the event of a major outage.

  Consolidated radio and dispatch

  E-Comm, the emergency communications centre for southwest British Columbia, provides 9-1-1 services and consolidated radio and dispatch services for first responders.

  An integrated emergency communications system is critical to public safety. E-Comm’s multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional communications allow ambulance, fire, police, and other agencies to communicate clearly and reliably across the Lower Mainland.

  • Find out more about E-Comm External website, opens in new tab

  Emergency Operations Centre

  The City's dedicated Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is designed to act as a coordination and communications centre for any large emergency or disaster events that impacts Vancouver. It has been designed and built to withstand a major earthquake.

Contact the Vancouver Emergency Management Agency (VEMA)

emergency.management@vancouver.ca

Emergency safety kits

Did you know there is a 1 in 4 chance of a major earthquake in Vancouver within the next 50 years?

Be prepared, by creating emergency safety kits filled with supplies you will need if you are forced to evacuate your home.

Get instructions

CERT. Locate a CERT Team in your community. Do it now!

If you’re unable to locate a local community emergency response team (CERT) in your community, please use the following to locate and\or start a CERT in your

·       community,

·       faith-based organization,

·       daycare,

·       senior living facility,

·       office,

·       business,

·       school, or

·       college\university,

·       Immigrant communities

START NOW! 

Begin the first step in addressing climate change.

Prepare you, your family, and your community to address increasing natural disasters.

Be PROACTIVE to address next step for adaptability and resiliency building for climate change.

Click on highlighted, underlined area. Register, join or login to your CERT Find your local CERT program The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. CERT offers a consistent, nationwide approach to volunteer training and organization that professional responders can rely on during disaster situations, which allows them to focus on more complex tasks. Through CERT, the capabilities to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters is built and enhanced.

Black Emergency Managers Association  

Washington, D.C.  20020

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Change without Sacrifice is an Illusion.  Lisa Ellis

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