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Pamela Boyce Simms invites you to join the Earthcare-UN.Decade.People.of.African.Descent group.

Message from Pamela Boyce Simms

Friends of African Decent - The world is in a state of existential crisis which is causing tremendous suffering. A coalition of colleagues from throughout the African Diaspora (in the US, Caribbean, Latin America and Africa) is working on the UN International Decade for People of African Descent to encourage people to own, and make full use of the means of food production. A key goal is to reconnect population nodes within the African Diaspora.The cornerstone issues of land retention, acquisition, agricultural use, and rural-urban connections are the 2017 themes. Accept this invitation in order to stay in the loop and if you wish, take part in one of our upcoming Diaspora Earthcare Coalition briefing sessions. Learn about the Earthcare Coalition's organizing and work on land and food sovereignty at village, town, city, regional, national, international, and supranational scales. Share your story. We look forward to welcoming you to the conversation.

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Earthcare Coalition -UN Decade for People of African Descent ..Food sovereignty: AdvocatelLand retention, acquisition, returning generation farmers, ....Prevent market destruction and displacement of food producers by mono-crop exports and subsidized food dumping, ....Ensure access to water.

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Food Security. May-June 2017. Washington, D.C. #BEMAinternationalfoodsecurity

Mother’s Day

This mother’s day, honor your mom (or grandmother, or daughter, or anyone “like a mom” to you) by providing meals to a mother in our area who’s working hard to feed her children, but could use a little support. Your gift will provide life-changing food that can make all the difference to her and her family.

Make a gift today.

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Food From the Bar

From May 1 – June 2, law firms and other legal professionals will be competing to see who can raise the most food and funds for the Capital Area Food Bank.

Click here to learn more

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Hunger and Health Summit

May 18, 2017
The Capital Area Food Bank invites you to join healthcare providers, administrators, health professionals, and policymakers to explore the powerful connection between food and wellness at its Hunger and Health Summit.

Click here for more information.

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Mission For Meals

March 1 – April 30, 2017
Mission for Meals (MFM) is a 60-day campaign uniting people of faith to join hearts and hands to close the meal gap and raise awareness about hunger.

Click here for more information.

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Empty Bowls

Empty Bowls events are returning to the Washington metro area this fall – stay tuned!

In the meantime, browse photos from last year’s tasty events:
D.C.
Bethesda
Prince George’s County
Tysons Corner

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Fit to Feed

Helping increase heart rates and access to food across the Washington metro area.

Click here for more information.

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A Party Against Hunger

When it’s time to party, party with a purpose.

Click here for more informatio

Can You Tell? Communities most affected. April 2017

Which communities are most affected by the results of disasters?
Communities of color, disenfranchised, and poorest.

Can you tell which country, which community the following photo is from?
New Orleans?
Haiti?
Liberia?
Sierra Leone?
South Africa?
Malawi?

Time to turn discussions into actions.  Time for communities to organize, plan, prepare for all types of calamities in their communities.  Water, food, sheltering, population migration, homelessness are just a few.  Any plan is better than nothing at all.

Contact BEMA International at bema@blackemergmanagersassociation.org to help.

BEMA International Hashtags and Social Media

@BEMAinternational

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      Sector Specific  (broad infrastructure specific) :

              #BEMAinternationalfoodsecurity   -  Food Security

              #BEMAinternationalgh   - Global Health

              #BEMAinternationalwatersecurity  -  Water Security

              #BEMAinternationalwastemanagement - Waste management

              #BEMAinternationalenvironment  -  Environmental

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              #BEMAinternationalresiliency - Resiliency, 100 Resilient Cities

              #BEMAinternationalfema - FEMA

              #BEMAinternationaldhs  - Dept of Homeland Security

              #BEMAinternationalairport - Airport Emergency Management and related areas

              #BEMAinternationalshelter - homelessness, sheltering and international sheltering

BEMA International Internship Flyer 2017

REAL MEN READ.

Real Men Read. Water Security....
When Invited to participate in program of men reading to kindergarten classes one year a printed out copies as coloring book for each child, with permission from the school and instructor gave each child one small bottle of bottled water to drink during lunch or to take home, and read the following story to stress the importance of water.

Read to our future leaders. Make it educational and enjoyable.

Charles D Sharp CEO
Black Emergency Managers Association International

Water, the Never Ending Story
Story was created by the KMAC Kids 2001-2002.

Water, the Neverending Story

A valuable resource for Parents and Teachers to find fun and educational materials related to Health, Science and the Environment we live in today.

KIDS.NIEHS.NIH.GOV

March 2017. House Bill Requires FEMA to Provide a Plan for More Consistent Guidance After Disasters

http://www.govtech.com/em/disaster/House-Bill-Requires-FEMA-to-Provide-a-Plan-for-More-Consistent-Guidance-After-Disasters.html

House Bill Requires FEMA to Provide a Plan for More Consistent Guidance After Disasters

Bill’s author cites past incidents of lost paperwork, poor coordination as impetus for legislation.

BY STAFF REPORT / MARCH 28, 2017

SHUTTERSTOCK

A bill requiring FEMA to come up with a plan to provide “consistent guidance and accurate information” following a disaster passed the U.S. House of Representatives on a bipartisan 408-0 vote.

The FEMA Relief Improvement Act requires FEMA to “focus efforts on its core mission — helping people recover from disasters,” said the bill’s author, Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., in a press release. “When people go through a disaster, such as floods or tornadoes, the people need to know that relief is on the way. From past disasters in Missouri, there have been repeated incidents of lost or misplaced paperwork, poor coordination between state and federal agencies and general lack of information from FEMA officials.”

The act requires FEMA to improve field transition by:
•    Providing consistent guidance to applicants on FEMA disaster funding procedures during the response to an emergency or disaster;
•    Conducting appropriate record maintenance and transfer of documents to new teams during staff transitions;
•    Providing accurate assistance to applicants and grantees to ease the administrative burden throughout the process of obtaining and monitoring assistance;
•    Implementing operating procedures and documenting retention requirements to ensure the maintenance of appropriate records throughout the life cycle of the disaster; and
•    Identifying new technologies that further aid the disaster workforce in partnering with state, local, and tribal governments and private nonprofits in the wake of a disaster to educate, assist and inform applicants on the status of their disaster assistance applications.