Tuesday, October
24, 2017
1-3 PM EST
Registration is open, without charge,
to students and early career professionals.
Please share
this opportunity widely with any appropriate colleagues, students or
friends.
Expert
Panelists Include:
Marcie
Roth
Former
Senior Advisor, Disability Issues to FEMA
Founder,
FEMA Office of Disability Integration & Coordination
John
T. Cooper, Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant
Vice President for Public Partnership & Outreach, Texas A&M
University
Jennifer
Tobin
Ph.D.
candidate in the department of sociology at Colorado State University
Program
and Research Associate, The Natural Hazards Center at the University
of Colorado - Boulder
Recipient,
2014 Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship
Topics
Include:
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An overview of how racism, sexism and ableism impact our ability to
prepare for, cope with and recover from disasters
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Knowledge about the long-term impact of socioeconomic inequality on
global disasters
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Examples of how disaster researchers and practitioners can help to
reduce inequality before, during and after a disaster
There
will also be a
special introduction by Dr. Lori Peek, Professor of
Sociology, Director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University
of Colorado - Boulder and member of the Bill Anderson Fund Board of
Directors.
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