October 2009
     
 

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October 3, 2009
9:00 am
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3:30 pm
Operation Preparation for Disaster Relief Seminar - Akron, OH

This seminar will teach you how to be prepared to offer physical and spiritual relief quickly, efficiently, and effectively to those suffering the effects of a disaster. Breakout sessions include: Operation and safety of debris removal equipment, chainsaws, ladders, tools; Panel discussion with reps from Red Cross, Ohio EMA, Salvation Army, Green Fire Dept., Summit County Health Dept.; Administrative: Databases, applications, recruitment, scheduling; Team support: Cleaning, cooking, baking; Sensitivity training: Visiting, prayer, evangelism; avoiding burnout; Getting out of your comfort zone: Overcoming fear of unknown; and Promoting local community service in your church. Speakers include: Jack Munday - Director of Rapid Response Team, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; John Pryor - Manager, US Disaster Relief, Samaritan’s Purse; Paul Sartarelli - Senior Pastor, The Chapel; Mike Castelli - Green Campus Pastor, The Chapel; Todd McKenney - McKenney & Gingrich Co., LPA; Shanda Grubb - Through the Roof Disability Ministry; Debi Hullinger - Connections Director, The Chapel. Cost is $20 which includes a box lunch. Minimum age is 16 years old. Registration begins at 8 am. [E-9/23/09]
October 8, 2009
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October 11, 2009
Annual Meeting of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences - Madison, WI

The National Council for Science and the Environment is helping to organize AESS as part of our effort to advance environmental research and education. Annual Meeting: "Environment: The Interdisciplinary Challenge" This will be the first official conference of AESS and the inaugural meeting of the Association's members from across North America and, perhaps, beyond. Making connections is the conference goal: professional connections, disciplinary connections, connections between theory and practice, and connections between complex adaptive natural systems and even more complex human social systems. Abstracts for proposed papers and proposals for panels and roundtables are due on May 15 (submit your presentation abstract online at www.aess.info Both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research products are welcome, but all authors and presenters are encouraged to place their work within the larger context of "environment & society." By attempting to integrate relevant issues of environmental science, management, policy, ethics, and other knowledge domains into their scholarly work and learning, participants at the Madison meeting will be encouraged to address "the interdisciplinary challenge" at a personal level. Their presentations and discussions will help in synthesizing information and emerging ideas that are likely to shape the future of environmental research and teaching. We welcome a wide variety of paper proposals, organized panels, and posters. Panel and presentation topic areas are designed to transcend the boundaries of any one discipline. Examples could include "Energy & Environment," "Environmental Analysis, Modeling & Methodology," "Clarifying Values in Environmental Health," "Greening Business, Economics & Policy," "Campus Sustainability & Community Service," "The Role of the Humanities in Protecting Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services," "The Human Dimensions of Abrupt Climate Change," and many, many others. This is an opportunity to expand the purview of environmental scholarship in ways that build intellectual community, while promoting individual advancement in the profession. In addition to the more conventional components of a professional conference, the Madison meeting will allow plenty of time for free-ranging discussion, workshops, field trips, and multi-media presentations. It will also promote exchanges with the Society of Environmental Journalists, whose members will be meeting next door, during the same period. [E-5/09]
October 9, 2009
5:00 pm
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October 10, 2009
7:30 pm
Children's Disaster Services Volunteer Workshop - McPherson, KS

Children’s Disaster Services volunteers provide a calm, safe and reassuring presence in the midst of the chaos that follows disaster by setting up & operating special child care centers in disaster locations. Parents are then able to apply for assistance and begin to put their lives back together, knowing their children are safe. The information learned at this workshop can be beneficial to anyone working with children. Just recently, the Critical Response Childcare team, a part of CDS, completed its response to the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 in which 50 people were killed near Buffalo, N.Y. Childcare was provided for families of crash victims. The CRC Team also stayed on to care for children during memorial services and calling hours, as requested by the parents. In 2008, over 140 CDS volunteers spent 11,124 hours caring for almost 3,000 children after Midwest flooding & ice storms, Hurricanes Gustav & Ike, the Metrolink train accident and the California wildfires. This Children’s Disaster Services workshop will train you to understand and respond to children who have experienced a disaster. Designed for people who have a heart and passion for children, this workshop will help them recognize and understand the fears and other emotions children experience during and following a disaster and how child-led play and various art mediums can start the healing process in children. Participants will experience a simulated shelter, sleeping on cots and eating simple meals. Once the training is completed, participants have the opportunity to become a certified Children’s Disaster Services volunteer by providing two personal references and a criminal & sexual offender background check. Although many volunteers are motivated by faith, CDS workshops are open to anyone over 18 years of age. Children’s Disaster Services has been meeting the needs of children since 1980, and is a Church of the Brethren Disaster Ministry. $45.00 for early registration, $55.00 if postmarked less than 3 weeks prior to the workshop For more information: CDS office: 1.800.451.4407, ext. 5 E-mail: cds@brethren.org Web: www.childrensdisasterservices.org (E-6/09)
October 20, 2009
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October 21, 2009
2009 All Hazards Forum & Expo Conference - Long Beach, CA

Developed in cooperation with the International Association of Emergency Managers – Region 9 and other local, state and federal officials, the All Hazards Forum will address the topical issues prevalent amongst the array of potential natural disasters facing California and the western states. Fires, floods, storms, earthquakes, mudslides and volcanoes are all very real threats to the region, and the All Hazards Forum will provide emergency planners and managers the latest information possible to be effective in dealing with these crises. [Edwards-e - 6/09)