The importance of the diaspora with Migrant, and Immigrant communities members globally. From the 1800, 1900's, to the 2021.

The diaspora is not only a work attributed to a foreign nation nationals, but even within the U.S.   ithin the U.S. to those that have migrated from small towns in rural communities, especially in the Southern States due to lack of job opportunities, voting restrictions, and racism that has been a part of their communities since Reconstruction and throughout the Jim Crow era's that are still present.

We (BEMA International) stress the importance of the diaspora in transferring knowledge, education & training to address disasters, emergency, and climate changes issues of diaspora members to their native born home communities.  

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The Power of the Diaspora. Sept 13, 2018.

The Power of the Diaspora 

By Charles D. Sharp.  September 13, 2018

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How much financially of donations, funding, and assistance reaches those communities in dire need following a disaster? Planning conducted with the inclusion of the diaspora, a powerful resource for assistance before and after a disaster strikes? On this Thursday, September 13, 2018.  As the storms approach the East Coast of the U.S. and emergency plans, facilities, resources are activated, equipment repositioned.  As these storms depart and the shift to response and recovery phases to save lives and reduce and suffering.  How involved are diaspora organization of the community. Our attention will shift to focusing on the long-term recovery.  Recovery to meet the needs of the community.  The communities in need for shelter, water & food resources, and rebuilding for resiliency, adjusting plans that will change on demand.  Thoughts are on the involvement of the ‘whole community’ involvement in the recovery. Thoughts on the importance of the diaspora not only during the recovery, but in the overall planning, preparedness, and sustainability to truly meet the needs of the community.  The diaspora has a unique role of knowing individuals and groups in the community that are actively participating and have provided true services before, during, and after the disaster passes.  These individuals and groups are the gauges for knowing the exact needs of the community.  These are the individuals and groups that must receive the true funding and be involved in the rebuilding. Part of the diaspora involvement.  The diaspora must also follow a planned and structured approach to ensure the communities needs are met. Financial Imperative Build a monetary value of your local and national diaspora group.  Regrettably the financial imperative of an organization has a louder voice in local government, and internationally for changing the paradigm.  Structure your organization with accountability, monitoring, quick decision-making, and ability to change to address issues within your diaspora.  The diaspora can ensure that 90-100% of donations and funds reach the communities directly. Coming Together If multiple diaspora groups are within your community.  Come together to address a common issue and goal.  Climate change is real.  If the number and types of disasters affecting your community are the common issue and goal.  Let this be the rallying and changing point.  Disasters strike every critical infrastructure sector of your community directly or indirectly.  Disasters strike and affect the young, the wiser. The diaspora of the Flint, Michigan and Michigan communities to resolve and build resiliency for the water contamination issue that will never be resolved based on 20th Century solutions to a 21st Century problem. The diaspora of San Francisco to address the Bay View community environmental contamination. The diaspora of the L.A., Chicago, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and other communities to address issues of crime, homelessness, joblessness.  The diaspora of Puerto Rica, and United States Virgin Island and other territories immediately intercede when the disaster strikes during the recovery phase, ensuring that jobs are created for those in the community for by-in and quick recovery.  To ensure the distribution of financial assistance by private industry in the recovery are committed to the recovery of the community and not solely for the financial imperative.  The diaspora of the communities in the Caribbean Island Nations that are taking an active role in preparing, planning, recovery, and resiliency building for not only natural disasters as they strike but extending into areas of man-made disasters, water & food security, energy, financial assistance for recovery, and more.  By ensuring the communities that need the assistance, especially financially receive the assistance directly. The diaspora of France, Italy, China, and other nations with communities of African Descent.  Address the pressing issues with your communities that are not being address by local or national government.  You have a voice in diaspora.  Your diaspora combined with global diaspora entities have an even greater voice. The diaspora of each nation on the continent of Africa.  One nation diaspora at a time, coming together in spite of difference to address issues for their local communities but partnered with national government to bypass corruption, and address job development and creation and other issues that are constantly being used to justify outside intervention and influence in humanitarian aid, resilieny & capacity building.  To steer away from ‘missions’ for health, water & waste management components to change the mindset to capacity building of sustainability systems.  We can make the change. The diaspora, the community can make the paradigm shift. Sincerely, Charles D. Sharp

Haiti. Situation Awareness. From 2019 Please READ IN ITS ENTIRETY. July 2021

 https://www.blackemergmanagersassociation.org/2019/04/why-has-world-forgotten-haiti-april-2019.html

Haiti. Why is Haiti the poorest Country in the World.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY5foQAjfqo

Citibank has offices throughout Central and South America within the colonized nations.

Assembly of First Nations (Canada). RoseAnne Archibald is the first woman to be elected as national chief

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“The AFN has made herstory today. The chiefs have made history and herstory. It’s time for change on so many levels.” —National Chief RoseAnne Archibald

By Shari Narine

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Windspeaker.com

RoseAnne Archibald has made “herstory” today as she became the first woman to be elected as national chief for the Assembly of First Nations.

Former Ontario regional chief Archibald was leading on the fifth ballot of the election with 50.5 per cent of the vote. Her lone contender, former Muskowekwan First Nation Chief Reginald Bellerose, dropped to 35.5 per cent of the vote after coming in with 43 per cent of the vote in the fourth ballot. Sixty per cent support from the registered electorate was required for the next chief to be selected.

Shortly after the results of the fifth ballot were announced Bellerose conceded the election to Archibald. He wished her the best, saying, “It’ll be a challenging role, but I’m sure you’ll do well.”

Archibald, surrounded by her family and community, shed tears as she finished swearing the oath of office for her new position after being blanketed and smudged, with two Honour Songs sung to transfer responsibility from outgoing national chief Perry Bellegarde to Archibald.

“The AFN has made herstory today. The chiefs have made history and herstory. It’s time for change on so many levels,” said Archibald in her first address as national chief.

“I am so honoured to be a part of this difference and today to make a difference for this organization moving forward. Voices are being heard that were never heard before and we will not be silenced. Goodness and love will prevail.”

Archibald committed to serving “with humility” and making room for women, two-spirited, and LGBTQIA+. She also said she would be “hitting the road soon” to meet with leaders, to walk beside them and support them.

Archibald gave special acknowledgement to the women who had “punched that (glass) ceiling before me and made it crack.”

One of those women led Archibald in her oath. Delia Opekokew became the first woman to run for national chief in 1994. In this election, three women challenged for the position.

Archibald also addressed the genocide that Indigenous people have faced and she issued a warning.

“With the recent discovery and recovery of our little ones across this country we are all awake; we have all been awakened. And what people need to understand and what people are coming to terms with is how settler Canadians have benefited from these colonial practises and how we as Indigenous people have been the target of genocide. While there is a new level of consciousness we are going to stare this straight in the face and kick colonial polices to the curb.”

She also committed to ensuring the 94 Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which examine the legacy of Indian residential schools, are implemented.

Archibald recognized the six people who ran for national chief. Along with Bellerose, the other names on the ballot were Jodi Calahoo-Stonehouse, Lee Crowchild, Alvin Fiddler, Kevin Hart and Cathy Martin. Calling them her “competitive siblings,” she said she hoped they could continue to work together.

Archibald also acknowledged outgoing two-term national chief Bellegarde for his service.

“The work really begins today and I am so looking forward to the path ahead. I am filled with hope. I know that our allies are listening to us and they are there to help us. And we will heal this country together. We will walk forward together,” said Archibald.

Local Journalism Initiative Reporters are supported by a financial contribution made by the Government of Canada

SAMHSA awards $62.4 million in grants to combat child trauma

 

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SAMHSA awards $62.4 million in grants to combat child trauma, with $800,000 in American Rescue Plan funds   The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is distributing $62.4 million in grant funding to provide and increase access to effective treatment and services systems in communities throughout the nation for children, adolescents, and their families who experience traumatic events. The White House is bolstering these awards with $800,000 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) support.   Read More

“Structural Racism: The Roots & Relations of Inequality”. Tuesday, July 13 at 10:30 a.m.

 

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HDIG/NIMHD DIR Seminar Series on “Structural Racism: The Roots & Relations of Inequality” with Dr. Gilbert Gee Please join us in welcoming Gilbert C. Gee, Ph.D. as the next speaker for the HDIG/NIMHD DIR Seminar Series on Tuesday, July 13 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Dr. Gee is a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. His research focuses on the social determinants of health inequities of racial, ethnic and immigrant minority populations and seeks to understand how racism affects health across multiple levels and across the life course. Founded in 2014, the Health Disparities Interest Group (HDIG), aims to advance biological, clinical, behavioral, social, and population sciences research to further understanding of health disparities and illuminate interventions to reduce and eliminate health disparities. HDIG and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Division of Intramural Research (NIMHD DIR) are working together to produce a quarterly HDIG/NIMHD DIR Seminar Series, inviting nationally renowned speakers to present foundational and cutting-edge research related to health disparities.   “Structural Racism: The Roots & Relations of Inequality” Tuesday, July 13, 2021 10:30–11:30 a.m. ET Join Zoom Event Meeting ID: 161 545 0198 Passcode: 745939 This lecture will be held virtually and can be viewed through Zoom. Learn More

Webinar. Black Farmers, Rainbow Push. July 8, 2021, at 11:00 EST

Black Farmers Webinar on  tomorrow, July 8, 2021, at 11:00 EST.  This Webinar is being presented by The Rainbow Push Peachtree Street Project of Atlanta, Georgia.  Registration information is listed below:

To Register in advance for this Webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QBbLDDXASpuu7OWS09qIlw

Food Insecurity. Editorial: Crisis breeds bipartisanship

 

[...They’re doing it because their donors and farm base are demanding it. Our food production capacity is in peril now, not tomorrow. The new farm bill will be written with a much stronger emphasis on conservation over sheer crop and livestock production. It can make a real contribution to water pollution and the climate crisis fast.]...

Editorial: Crisis breeds bipartisanship

July 06, 2021

Art Cullen | The Storm Lake Times

https://www.stormlake.com/articles/editorial-crisis-breeds-bipartisanship/

Editorial: Crisis breeds bipartisanship | Storm Lake Times Necessity may have more than one child: invention and bipartisanship. Just before it took a holiday break, the U.S. Senate on a 92-8 vote approved the Growing Climate Solutions Act that paves the way www.stormlake.com

Necessity may have more than one child: invention and bipartisanship. Just before it took a holiday break, the U.S. Senate on a 92-8 vote approved the Growing Climate Solutions Act that paves the way for a national carbon credit trading market. The bill, cultivated in the Agriculture Committee, instructs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish credible scientific framework under which polluters like coal power plants could buy offsets from farmers and foresters who sequester carbon in grass, trees and soil.

The bill was sponsored by Committee Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., a conservative with unimpeachable Trump credentials. The third-ranking Republican, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, voted for the bill despite having pledged to make Joe Biden a “half-term president.” Biden supports the bill. So does Republican Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

The Farm Bureau and Farmers Union on right and left agree that farmers should get paid for environmental services. So do 175 big agribusinesses and environmental groups who signed on to the legislation. The Chicago traders are on board with climate action, seeing as how they can skim a profit from the margins. Cargill is working with the Practical Farmers of Iowa on sustainable ag practices like cover crops. With California on fire and the Great Plains running dry, everyone is keen on turning around the battleship and realizing there is money to be made.

Hence, heads come together in the Capitol.

The carbon credit legislation is the first step of a country mile in agribusiness acknowledging that we have a food security crisis. Four years ago, Stabenow couldn’t even get a hearing on global warming; she had to call it a hearing on “extreme weather.” Times change. Floods and droughts are routine. Farmers in western Iowa are getting a full taste. The smart money has concluded, after the huge shock to the food system in the pandemic, that we need to build in some resiliency — and not a moment too soon.

The science is not settled on carbon sequestration in the soil. Many environmentalists believe it’s greenwashing — corporations could buy cheap carbon offsets from farmers who aren’t really sequestering that much carbon. USDA is expanding its research into the question. Science can confirm carbon sequestration, but it varies widely depending on soil types, plant species and cultivation techniques.

Without a hard federal cap or a tax on emissions a carbon trading market remains an experiment in paying farmers for conservation stewardship.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack believes it could be an important revenue stream among many to incent farmers to net-zero carbon emissions. He and Stabenow believe that a different approach to the land can make it more productive while capturing excess greenhouse gas. Each of them are trying to pull along corporate interests that can make or break climate initiatives, while trying to hold the environmental base.

The Senate Ag Committee is a bastion of bipartisanship driven more by regional interests than partisanship. The Midwest takes care of corn, the South tends its cotton. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., can embrace over ethanol. And, they spread their work to the Justice Committee where they are loading for bear over beef markets. They want at least half the nation’s cattle traded in open markets as opposed to contracted production. Stabenow is working with Republicans like Grassley on promoting wind and solar energy. Sen. John Hoeven, D-ND and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-NM, are arguing for increased land-grant university ag research funding, a critical area long ignored.

They’re doing it because their donors and farm base are demanding it. Our food production capacity is in peril now, not tomorrow. The new farm bill will be written with a much stronger emphasis on conservation over sheer crop and livestock production. It can make a real contribution to water pollution and the climate crisis fast.

The Senate certainly is acting with more urgency than just four years ago. The pandemic relief bills were enormous and passed with lightning speed. We are reshoring critical drug and computer component manufacturing from China — that vote, too, was overwhelmingly bipartisan. Biden just endorsed a bipartisan infrastructure deal. He will get Republican support on subsequent climate infrastructure bills because we have no other choice. The temperature hit 120 degrees last weekend — in the Arctic Circle!

The people recognize it. So does capital. Politics follows.

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CISCO. Grant Opportunities

 

CISCO has 100 Million dollars to donate to NON PROFIT business. 

Please review the link below!!!

 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/csr/community/nonprofits.html

 

Contract Opportunity. Meridian International Center. July 2021

 

 

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION: IVLP VIRTUAL MEETING TECHNICAL SUPPORT   RFQ Issuance Date: July 1, 2021 RFQ Submission Due Date: July 28, 2021 Scope of Work Meridian is seeking quotes from individuals to provide virtual meeting and platform support for upcoming virtual International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) projects. Funded by the U.S Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, these programs will be hosted virtually through Zoom, Canvas, and other platforms as needed. IVLP projects include a diverse group of participants from across the globe. All meetings are off-the-record with rare exceptions. Technical and Functional Requirements Upon identifying need, Meridian will contract an individual to provide technical support for various projects ranging in dates between August 2 to December 31, 2021. IVLP projects range in length but average between 2 – 4 weeks with maximum 15 meetings. The approximate number of contracted hours will range from minimum of 8 hours to a maximum of 24 hours. Due to the international nature of this work, meetings can range in time to accommodate a variety of time zones. An individual in this role will be responsible for the following: Attend pre-project meetings to identify specific needs and coordinate with project team. Train interpreter/liaisons and participants on virtual meeting platforms (primarily Zoom). Join all virtual meetings at designated time when program team members are online to meet speaker, address any needed items, and assist with testing technical functionality. Work with interpreter/liaison team to support technical issues raised by participants. Serve as production support for presenters, Q&A, and breakout room management to ensure professional meetings and informal sessions run smoothly based on runs of show. Awarding the Quote/Contract Meridian will select individuals on an as needed basis based on the competitiveness of the quotes provided, availability, as well as past performance. Quote packages should include: Requested hourly rate. Past performance details including any experience with virtual meeting platforms, Zoom, and interpretation functions on Zoom; online learning platforms such as Canvas; and remote project management. References who may be contacted regarding past relevant performance.   Questions and Quote Submission Quotes should be submitted by 5:00 pm Eastern time on Wednesday, July 28 via email to cindart@meridian.org. Please include "RFQ IVLP Virtual Meeting Support" in the subject of your email. Selections will be made on an as needed basis. Any questions regarding the program or RFQ should be submitted to cindart@meridian.org. Contractual General Terms Your quote must remain valid for a period not less than 90 days after the deadline date specified for submission. Meridian reserves the right to accept or reject any quotations, cancel the bidding process and to reject all quotations at any time prior to the award of the contract.

 

 

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 

External website, opens in new tab

 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.

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