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Bridging the Digital Divide: Advancing Equity for Rural Communities
2024-12-18 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Explore innovative strategies for increasing digital access and adoption in rural communities. This webinar will highlight practical solutions to bridge the digital divide, ensuring equitable access to broadband and empowering underserved communities—including rural entrepreneurs, veterans, minority-owned businesses, and those from low- to moderate-income backgrounds. Hear from leading experts and practitioners driving innovation in digital inclusion to foster economic opportunity and mobility.

Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies Stakeholder Call
2024-12-24 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-12-31 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-11 12:00 - 13:00 and 9 more dates
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ABOUT OUR STAKEHOLDER CALLS:
Thank you for joining The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies for our weekly national stakeholder calls.Our partnership footprint reaches every congressional district in the country and virtually every community. We are also very active in global disability inclusive disaster risk reduction, humanitarian relief and whole community resilience initiatives.These calls are for the purpose of engaging a wide range of stakeholders with a shared interest in the disaster related rights and needs of people with disabilities.
The Partnership’s mission is equity for people with disabilities and people with access and functional needs throughout all planning, programs, services and procedures before, during and after disasters and emergencies.
Our primary role as the nation’s leading experts on the rights and needs of disaster impacted people with disabilities and their communities is to:
Anticipate and identify problems people with disabilities will face in disasters,
Engage stakeholders,
Share good practices,
Drive program and policy changes to proactively assure compliance with civil rights obligations,
Prevent harm during and after disasters, and
Provide tools and resources to disaster impacted people with disabilities, local disability organizations and other stakeholders in order to solve problems, increase whole community inclusion, meet accessibility requirements, improve community wide disaster resilience, and optimize outcomes for all.
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Let us know you’re here and announce yourself during roll call! We appreciate knowing you are on the line. You may have important information that could help people who really need it.
Be mindful that many of our attendees are using assistive technology to participate.
Mute yourself when not talking.
Identify yourself before speaking, every time.
Do not talk over others.
Do not use acronyms.

These calls are routinely held weekly but are often increased in current or recent disasters when the need for more frequent contact is beneficial.
If you require a disability accommodation to participate in this call, please contact directors@disasterstrategies.org 24 hours in advance.

Bolstering and Strengthening VOADs, COADs, and LTRGs
2025-01-08 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-12 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-12 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-09 09:00 - 11:00
Discussions around needs for development COADs/LTRGs throughout the State.

Meeting Purpose: Provide updates on COAD development and LTRG activities. Share needs, information, and resources such as templates, tools, guidance, training, and funding opportunities.
Intended Participants: Leaders and Coordinators of LTRGs and COADs statewide. Agencies or organizations looking for networking opportunities to build their community’s capacity to respond and recover from emergencies and disasters.

For details and a link to the meeting, please contact:
Quinn Butler, CEM (he/him) | State Voluntary Agency Liaison (VAL)
Recovery Program Services
Oregon Department of Emergency Management
Cell 971-388-4743
quinn.butler@oem.oregon.gov

Curry County COAD Meeting
2025-01-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-03-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-08 12:00 - 13:00
2nd Tuesday of every month,
12:00 pm-1:00 pm VIA Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82476242215?pwd=[REDACTED]
Curry County COAD is dedicated to promoting effective coordination, communication, and collaboration among local entities involved in disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts. Our mission is to strengthen the community’s ability to withstand and recover from emergencies by fostering partnerships, sharing resources, and supporting comprehensive disaster planning.
Curry County COAD works to facilitate effective coordination and collaboration among our members to address the challenges posed by disasters. We prioritize preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our community members. Through information sharing, training, planning, and resource coordination, we aim to build a strong network of support and resilience.
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.

Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZEucuGvrzguG9J55GY-jAhYDlFyJG1aHfdA/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGtrT4iHdWWtBiBRpwMA4_4We3zmHZbjfp3yUrCOm1ZQwvPEu5kK5hYQdn4&meetingMasterEventId=R3IomOENQmO6rPmezDzVBA

A Multi-Disciplinary Research Approach of Emergency Management, Public Health, and Environmental Justice.
2025-01-17 11:00 - 12:00
FEMA Higher Education Program: 2024 Monthly Community Webinars
When: Third Friday of each month, 2:00–3:00 p.m. EST
Where: Via Zoom
Description: The 10 States Project analyzes crucial divides in services and historical divestments in African American communities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia that can be replicated in other areas of the country. African American communities in these states are more likely to be impacted by the effects of climate change, and experience drastic differences in access to information and essential public services. The 10 States Project created a set of interactive tools that explore the intersection of the digital divide, environmental justice, climate change, and emergency management. – Monica Sanders, Georgetown University, The Undivide Project
More Information: FEMA Higher Education Program | Community Webinars

ORVOAD General Membership Meeting
2025-01-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-15 13:00 - 14:00
ORVOAD meets quarterly on the third Tuesday of the month to check in with members, share statewide information, and coordinate activities. Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZUvdeytqzgvE9GZyEarAN8ca6gMBOg-HWNr/ics?icsToken=[REDACTED]

The Current Landscape of the Emergency Management Workforce
2025-02-21 11:00 - 12:00
FEMA Higher Education Program: 2024 Monthly Community Webinars
When: Third Friday of each month, 2:00–3:00 p.m. EST
Where: Via Zoom
Description: To date, there is no comprehensive study that addresses the current landscape of the emergency management workforce. Because of the critical work emergency managers engage in within their community, the landscape of emergency management needs to be representative of all demographics that they serve. Within the emergency management profession, there have been limited steps taken to address diversity in the workforce. Having more demographic information, as well as qualitative data about the concerns of current emergency managers, can inform further efforts. This project aims to be the first nationally representative study conducted to understand the current landscape of the emergency management workforce and identify areas of improvement. The results from the survey and focus groups can be used to inform emergency managers and emergency management organizations to address their organizational needs and capacity-building efforts. – Dr. Rita Burke, University of Southern California; Lorraine Schneider, The Resiliency Initiative
More Information: FEMA Higher Education Program | Community Webinars
