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Watch the New PrepTalks on Youth Preparedness, School Safety, and Children and Disasters
Earlier this summer, the PrepTalk partners hosted a symposium on School Safety and Youth Preparedness. It produced four new Federal Emergency Management Agency PrepTalks.
Learn about Dr. Lori Peek’s work with a young survivor of Hurricane Katrina during her PrepTalk. She gives five ideas to help children cope with disasters.
Peek serves as director of the Natural Hazards Center. She is also a professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder.
You can find ways to engage children in emergency preparedness with Sarah Thompson’s PrepTalk.
“Kids love to learn,” she says. “They love to share what they learned. That means they can be really good at bringing home preparedness messages.”
Thompson serves as director of U.S. Emergencies for Save the Children. She authored the Save the Children Prep Rally course. This program taught more than 100,000 children preparedness skills through play.
Michele Gay, a founder of Safe and Sound Schools, provides a PrepTalk on school safety. Kristina Anderson offers her lessons learned as a survivor of the Virginia Tech Tragedy.
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Ready Girl Comic Books
Ready Girl brings emergency preparedness to comic books.
A few weeks ago, the superhero went to Washington, D.C. There, she attended the
Ready Girl teaches kids in New York City about preparedness and creating an emergency plan. During the event, she and FEMA shared ways to be safe during emergencies. They talked about how to make a plan, get supplies, and stay informed.
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To learn more about Ready Girl, visit www.nyc.gov/readygirl.
FEMA Podcast: 28 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act
This year, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is 28 years old. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) remains committed to ensuring that all Americans have access to its programs. This week the FEMA Podcast discusses the ADA with Linda Mastandrea, FEMA’s Director of the Office of Disability Integration and Coordination.
The FEMA Podcast is a new audio program series available to anyone interested in learning more about the Agency, hearing about innovation in the field of emergency management, and listening to stories about communities and individuals recovering after disasters. The FEMA Podcast is available on Apple iTunes to stream or download. Approximately 20 to 30 minutes in length, the podcast will be updated with a new episode on a weekly basis. By subscribing, new episodes will automatically update on a listener's device. For more information, visit www.fema.gov/podcast.
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