Grants & Safety. Call with EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler - Opening up America Again Safely & Grants. May 14, 2020

Please join us Thursday May 14, 2020 at 3:00pm EDT for a virtual call with EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released updated guidance to help facility operators and families properly clean and disinfect spaces. Developed in concert with the White House, the guidance provides step-by-step instructions for public spaces, workplaces, businesses, schools, and homes, and falls in line with the Opening up America Again guidelines. This call will include information on maintaining or restoring water in buildings with low or no use.

To view the guidance, click here: https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/guidance-cleaning-and-disinfecting-public-spaces-workplaces-businesses-schools-and-homes.

On this call we will discuss:

·    Grants

·    Readying your business to reopen as a safe environment

·    Advising businesses that will be doing this work

·    Cleaning and disinfecting guidance by EPA and CDC (required to open business again)

·    Maintaining water quality in buildings with low or no use

·    Fast Track Registering Cleaning Products for certification for Maintenance Companies and Manufacturers

Thursday May 14, 2020 at 3:00pm EDT

You will receive call in information upon registration.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/call-with-epa-administrator-andrew-wheeler-tickets-105239094966

Health Care in the U.S. and Globally. Operation COVID-19 and Beyond.

National and Global Health Care

Has COVID-19 crisis inadvertently created a U.S. National Health Care for all?

Nationally within the U.S., and Globally?

From crisis events come changes in society to propel human existence to our next phase of social development.

Black Emergency Managers Association International                               1231-B Good Hope Road.  S.E.                                                   Washington, D.C.  20020                                                  Office:   202-618-909 bEMA International
Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P)             A 501 (c) 3 organization

2004 Community Emergency Plan. CDERA\CDEMA

Community Imperative

 

Since 1985 the CERT (community emergency response team) team concepts were in place for all communities to be engaged, participating and involved in planning, response, and recovery.  Since 2004 and before community emergency plans were in place. 

 

The opportunities are still here for all communities not only in the U.S. but globally.  Globally in the U.S., Canada, Caribbean, Central & South America, Mexico, the nations of Africa, and other communities throughout the world. 

 

The attached document ‘Community Emergency Plan.  A Comprehensive Guide to Disaster Preparedness’ was created under the predecessor of CDEMA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency), CDERA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency) in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).  (https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/da0c4469-ba35-4ab0-ba36-d4ed371628c1/2005-09-12_community_plan_Emergency.pdf?MOD=AJPERES )

 

PLEASE READ.  Use the planning features.

 

Pass along even to children.  Can be used as a coloring book.

 

COVID-19 is your wake-up call for your community.

 

Plan to incorporate in your community.  Communities can consist of 3 to 10 families.  Keep your planning manageable with those you know that are involved in your community during good and prosperous times in crisis, and will be there long when the disaster\crisis is over.  This is a community.  A community working together.

 

Peace.  Be safe, be prepared, stay healthy.

 

CDS

 

 

Black Emergency Managers Association International                                   1231-B Good Hope Road.  S.E.                                                        Washington, D.C.  20020                                                                  Office:   202-618-909 bEMA International
Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P)               A 501 (c) 3 organization

 

 

May 5, 2020. 10AM-12pm. Educational Series: COVID-19 in Africa I Africans in Diaspora United against COVID-19

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Town Hall on COVID-19 Protecting Essential Workers Monday, May 4th 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST / 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST

LULAC Town Hall on COVID-19 Protecting Essential Workers Monday, May 4th 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST / 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST Register Today LULAC Town Hall on COVID-19: Protecting Essential Workers A discussion on protecting essential workers rights in the food industry, impact on Latino families and communities, and government oversight and policy on one of the most critical issues affecting the U.S. food supply chain. Join us as we take questions and have a conversation with families and children of food industry workers affected by COVID-19 from across the country. Event Details When: Monday, May 4, 2020 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST / 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST Host Enrique Acevedo Host, Univision Noticias Featured Speakers Domingo Garcia LULAC National President Sindy Benavides LULAC CEO Rep. Bennie Thompson Mississippi (District 2) Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. Zoe Lofgren California (District 19) Judiciary Subcommittee Chair Rep. Joaquin Castro Texas (District 20) CHC Chair Rep. Filemon Vela Texas (District 34) Agriculture Subcommittee Chair To RSVP and receive conference information via email. Hosted By:

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Operation COVID-19 and Impacts of Climate Change. Climate Stress Reality & Testing. Local Level Community Engagement.

The tempest before the ‘perfect storm’

All disasters are local.  Do not rely on others outside of your local jurisdiction if at all possible.

Still time to complete independent study requirements for community engagement\participation in CERT (community emergency response team) training, and create your teams. 

It will take a community to survive

May 3, 2020

Exclusive: FEMA braces for COVID-infected hurricane season https://www.axios.com/fema-coronavirus-hurricane-season-ef660cda-f4b3-4002-b8ac-71438c8edebd.html

April 1, 2020

FEMA braces for a multi-front war as hurricane season looms “Covid is the equivalent of Hurricane Katrina hitting 50 states,” …. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/01/fema-braces-for-hurricane-season-160655

Black Emergency Managers Association 

    International 

1231-B Good Hope Road.  S.E.

Washington, D.C.  20020

Office:   202-618-9097 

bEMA International

Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P)            

A 501 (c) 3 organization.

Operation COVID-19. Then and Now. Why coronavirus is ravaging Prince George's County, a wealthy black county in Maryland

Signs, situations, and solutions are always provided

Prepare for the next ‘Perfect Storm’

Why coronavirus is ravaging Prince George's County, a wealthy black county in Maryland.  (Washington Post.  April 2020)

Note:  Workshop below.  Berwyn Heights is located in Prince George’s County, Maryland.  Some were getting prepared and being proactive.  Others may have just deleted the message.

Solutions are available, but from experience they will not be taken unless from a source or any entity where their ‘ice is colder’ than ours and not from our own community and we continue to remain reactionary.

BEMA International

November 2019

From: Charles D. Sharp [blackemergmanagersassociation.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:18 PM To: Cc: '.UMCERT@gmail.com' < >; 'CERT@uppermarlboromd.gov' <CERT@uppermarlboromd.gov>; <'cert@laurel.md.us' <cert@laurel.md.us> Subject: RE: EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC Thanks.  This is needed.  Proactive approach.  I especially and hope that the importance of this is being conducted on a Sunday is communicated to others. A hot issue that has synergy with climate change. Senior and vulnerable population members of our communities will be greatly affected if, and when it occurs.  After it occurs reactionary approach is too late. POD’s (points of distribution) for medication should be part of the planning for all communities.  POD food and medication may be co-located for security reasons.  Churches have also been considered as key POD locations.  Additional funding in the planning for those seeking it…………….. Charles From:] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 7:44 AM To: Subject: Fwd: EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC” Subject: Fwd: EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC” EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC” “TRAINING AND A MOVIE:  THE EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC” This workshop is intended to showcase the ‘unrealized’ effects a biological outbreak will have on a community and to prompt discussion amongst attendees as to what planning and preparation needs to be done beyond the basic State Health Department plans to dispense medication. We will begin with a brief training overview of some known biological agents: their classification, signs and symptoms, and what makes them a threat.  The review will be followed by a modified-tabletop exercise using scenes from a movie that accurately depicts the ripple effects of a biological outbreak as the scenarios for our group discussions.  We will track an unknown biological agent from its initial appearance in ‘patient zero’ to its explosion as a worldwide pandemic. As the movie progresses, we will stop it, look at the events that have taken place up to that point and discuss what effect these events would have on Prince Georges County and the surrounding areas. Who should attend this workshop? … Government officials and other community leaders, law enforcement, fire, first responders, health department and medical personnel, business leaders, CERT members & other community response organizations … basically everyone!.  If/when this happens, it will truly take a community working together to make it through.  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-effects-of-a-biological-pandemic-tickets-76922221435 If you know anybody who would benefit from this workshop please have them sign in at Eventbrite Date And Time Sun, December 15, 2019 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST Add to Calendar Location Berwyn Heights Senior Center 8603 57th ave 2nd Floor Berwyn Heights, Md 20740 View Map

April 2020

Why coronavirus is ravaging Prince George's County, a wealthy black county in Maryland – https://thegrio.com/2020/04/27/coronavirus-maryland-black-pg-county/

Be safe, be prepared.  Stay healthy.

Black Emergency Managers Association 

    International 

1231-B Good Hope Road.  S.E.

Washington, D.C.  20020

Office:   202-618-9097 

bEMA International

“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today.  We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.  In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late.  Procrastination is still the thief of time.  Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity.  This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos or community.”   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘Where Are We Going From Here:  Chaos or Community’.

Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P)            

A 501 (c) 3 organization.

Monday, April 20, 2020. Final Session Briefing. UDC Guest Speaker: Charles D. Sharp, Chairman\CEO, BEMA International

Final Session.  Open for Faculty, Students, and Public

As an effort to engage the University of the District of Columbia graduate majors in Homeland Security, and undergraduate Administration of Justice.  The Crime, Justice and Security Studies Program launched a weekly discussion series entitled “Implications of COVID-19 for Crime, Justice, and Security Studies Professionals” as we first shifted to total online course delivery to address social distancing guidelines. What & When:  The final session will take place Monday, April 20, 2020 at 12-Noon via Zoom.   Guest Speaker:   Charles D. Sharp, Cornell University Climate Fellow, Chairman\CEO, Black Emergency Managers Association International will discuss with the students perceptions of COVID-19 for the profession in terms of future employment directions, and brief discussion of national and international BEMA International members in the field encounters in this current crisis.   Submit questions online during session. Angelyn Spaulding Flowers, JD, PhD, Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator Homeland Security Program Project Director, UDC HS-STEM Program Co-Director, Institute for Public Safety & Justice Coordinator, Crime, Justice & Security Studies Program Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences College of Arts & Sciences University of the District of Columbia

Black Emergency Managers Association 

    International 

1231-B Good Hope Road.  S.E.

Washington, D.C.  20020

Office:   202-618-9097 

bEMA International

"It is my belief that the best results in business come from a creative process, from the ability to see things differently from everyone else, and from finding answers to problems that are not bound by the phrase 'we have always done it this way.' "  Wayne Rogers

Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P)            

A 501 (c) 3 organization.

April 2020. Re-use that filter. Clean it. Re-use of N95 Respirators.

NIH study validates decontamination methods for re-use of N95 respirators

04/15/2020 01:15 PM EDT

Three methods effectively sanitized masks for limited re-use.

Tuesday, April 21st 4pm. CARIBBEAN COVID19 UPDATE.

RE: CARIBBEAN COVID19 UPDATE

It is with great pleasure that I write to invite you or a representative to join us on a ZOOM TOWN HALL “Caribbean UPDATE on COVID19” on April 21,2020 at 4pm.

With the world pandemic of the Coronavirus strain COVID19, it is vital that the Diaspora play an active role to advance and advocate the interests of the Caribbean Community in the United States.

Authentic Caribbean Foundation Inc. continues to provide vital support to the Caribbean and Caribbean American Disability Community through programs, youth development, and encouraging the development of the trade of Caribbean goods in the state of Massachusetts.

Please join the conversation with Caribbean Ambassadors and medical experts as we discuss information on COVID19 in each respective country... so please can you join us:

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Thanks for your kind consideration and we look forward to your participation.

Sincerely,
Andrew Sharpe
Chairman
Authentic Caribbean Foundation Inc.