MONTHLY. Flood Virtual TableTop Exercise (TTX)

Emergency Management Institute Offers Flood Virtual Tabletop Exercise

FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) program will offer a flood scenario May 24-25, 2017. The VTTX is designed to help emergency management professionals exercise their response to the impact of major flooding on their community. The VTTX involves key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting, and can be used to assess plans, policies, training, and procedures during a flood and inundation challenge.

Each month, EMI conducts a VTTX series using a Video Teleconference (VTC) platform to reach community-based training audiences around the country by providing a virtual forum for interactive disaster training.  The VTTX is designed for a group of ten or more representatives from state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management communities of practice. It provides a unique opportunity for responders across the nation to simultaneously participate in a hazard-specific, facilitated discussion. Participants will need to connect via a site equipped with the appropriate VTC capability (not Adobe Connect or Face Time-based), but alternate ways to participate are also available upon request.

The VTTX occurs 12-4 p.m. ET. To participate, send an email to douglas.kahn@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-7645. Also, send a courtesy copy email to fema-emi-iemb@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-1381. The application deadline is May 1, 2017. Additional information is available at https://training.fema.gov/programs/emivttx.aspx.

Foreign Policy Classroom April 6, 2017. "Air Quality and Health: A Foreign Policy Perspective" with the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

Foreign Policy Classroom April 6 When: April 6, 2017 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Add to Calendar Where: U.S. Department of State Washington, DC 20520 You will enter the building through the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the 21st Street entrance between Virginia Avenue and C Street, NW Driving Directions Dear Student,   You are invited to attend a Foreign Policy Classroom on " "Air Quality and Health: A Foreign Policy Perspective" with the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs  on April 6, 2017 from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm. at the U.S. Department of State.  A 30-minute session with Recruitment and Outreach on careers at the State Department will immediately follow.   Click on the links below for event details, arrival instructions, and to register. Event Information/Arrival Instructions Register Now! I can't make it

What SDGs does your organization address? UN and SDGs. Handbook for Youth

Before you read, LISTEN.

https://youtu.be/NVqD7MqO5Sg

What SDGs does your organization address?

   BEMA International promotes and addresses (directly or indirectly)

                         1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

                                    

                         HOW? By actions.

Future leaders.  Your Torch to Carry, it shall continue as ‘business as usual’.

Make the Change
Become aware to make the change that we were not fully capable of implementing worldwide. Racism, hunger, water food security, waste management, and other issues in SDGs must be fully addressed and implemented by 2030 globally.

CDS CEO Black Emergency Managers Association International

April 2017. Can China and the U.S. Find Common Ground With Africa.

April 2, 2017 Can China and the U.S. Find Common Ground With Africa? Tuesday, April 11, 2017 | 9:00am - 4:30pm Join the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Carter Center for a daylong conference examining concrete areas where the United States, China and Africa might work together to address some of the continent’s most pressing security challenges.