Announcing a New
Webinar -
"ADA National Network Learning Session:
Global Disability Leadership Before, During
and After Disasters"
September
9th, 2021
Registration for this webinar is now open
Webinars begin at ET: 2.30pm, CT:
1.30pm, MT:12.30pm, PT:11.30am, Hawaii: 9.30am
during mainland Standard Time; 8.30am during mainland Daylight Savings
Time.
Registration: Free on-line at http://adapresentations.org/registrationEM.php
Registration closes at midnight,
September 8, 2021.
All webinars offer captioning. Requests for sign language interpreters
must be made the Monday before the webinar to support@adapacific.org. For
all other accessibility questions about Zoom webinar conferencing
software, go to https://zoom.us/accessibility.
Disability leaders are
very active in global disability inclusive disaster and climate
initiatives. Learn about what's happening in Emergency Preparedness,
Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development Goals, Climate
Justice, Humanitarian Action, Community Resilience, Article 11 of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Disability
Inclusion Strategy, Building Back Better and other global disaster and
disability initiatives. Hear an update on what Disabled Persons
Organizations are working on and how to get involved.
Learning objectives:
- Learn
what disability led organizations around the world are working on
in response to current disasters and planning for the ones that
will surely follow.
- Learn
how you can become more involved in these urgent and vital
initiatives.
Presenters:
Marcie
Roth Roth is the Executive
Director of the World Institute on Disability and a global leader on
disability and disaster. She has focused on improving outcomes for
disaster-impacted people with disabilities, Disability Led
Organizations and communities for 20 years.
German
Parodi and Shaylin Sluzalis are the
Co-Directors of the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
leading in disability rights community organizing, disability-led
disaster response, and empowering community resilience and optimizing
outcomes for all nationwide and across the world. They have been
leading The Partnership since 2019 - ensuring equal access and full inclusion
before, during, and after disasters.
Carlos
Kaiser is the Director of ONG
Inclusiva and is Global Focal Point for Inclusive Disaster Risk and
Disability Management. He is also founder of the Global COVID-19 and
Disability Group and the COVID-19 and Disability Group of Chile.
All four speakers work
closely together on global disability and disaster initiatives and they
jointly cofounded the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource
Acceleration in 2020 to accelerate resources to disaster impacted
Disability Led Organizations where and when they are needed most.
To view upcoming sessions, go to http://adapresentations.org/scheduleEM.php
To see previous sessions, go to http://www.adapresentations.org/archiveEM.php
The
information presented in this webinar is intended solely as informal
guidance, and is neither a determination of legal rights or
responsibilities by NIDILRR.
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