FEMA Higher Education Program Webinar Announcement

FEMA- Emergency Management Institute

Higher Education Program & National Training Liaison

Presents

“Academic Perspective On Increasing Engagement With Faith-based Organizations in Disaster Preparedness”

 

April 12, 2017          2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT

 

Description:

The webinar is a collaborative effort between the DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and the FEMA Higher Education Program to ensure emergency managers, faith-based and community organizations are aware of academic partner resources and engagement opportunities.

The objectives for the webinar include:

• Increasing the number of academic institutions familiar with FEMA’s Higher Education Program
• Elevating best practices for partnering with academic institutions who work to engage faith-based and community organizations in disaster preparedness activities
• Increasing the knowledge of emergency managers on the resources and work being produced by academic partners regarding faith-based and community organization engagement in emergency management.

 Presenters:

• EMI Leadership
• Marcus Coleman, Special Assistant, DHS Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships
• Brie Loskota, Executive Director of the Center for Religious and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Jamie Aten, Ph.D., Founder & Co-Director, Wheaton College Humanitarian Disaster Institute
• Wendy Walsh, Higher Education Program Manager, Moderator

 

Registration link is:

https://fema.connectsolutions.com/e4eg8e383ze/event/registration.html  

 

Conference Call-In: 800-320-4330, PIN: 376368

 For additional information: Contact Wendy Walsh, EMI Higher Education PM- wendy.walsh@fema.dhs.gov