Disability and Emergency Planning: Inclusive Hurricane Preparedness Conference

From Jenifer Simpson, AAPD (1/12/10):

Ensure Disability Concerns in Emergency Planning:  Inclusive Hurricane Preparedness Conference, April 28-29, 2010, in Biloxi, MS

An Inclusive Hurricane Preparedness Conference, to be held Wednesday April 28 and Thursday April 29, 2010 in Biloxi, Mississippi, will bring together emergency management and disability stakeholders from states throughout the Gulf Coast and the Eastern Seaboard. The conference will discuss the latest issues in preparing and responding to disability communities during hurricanes.  The focus will be on relationship building and the benefits of integrating disability organizations into local & regional hurricane planning and preparedness efforts.  Speakers from national, state and local government agencies and organizations will talk on promising practices in their communities and on solving shortfalls and challenges they experience. 

 

For information about this conference including topics being covered, speakers and training workshops please visit http://enableus.org/upcoming_events.html   The event will be held at the glitzy IP Casino-Resort-Spa in Biloxi, MS. Registration is at http://enableus.org/registration.html  Individuals with disabilities working on emergency preparedness are encouraged to attend, especially people with disabilities and their family members from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.  See the signed and captioned video clip about the conference at http://enableus.org/upcoming_events.html

 

Item provided by EnableUS; for further information contact person brian.lake@enableus.org. Enable is working with TDI’s Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network (CEPIN) – an AAPD partner organization -- to ensure that the voices of people with disabilities are heard by emergency management personnel as they develop their emergency planning initiatives.