[Colorado-talk] Fw: Great Lakes ADA Webinar focused on PWD in Disaster- at the IC- Tuesday November 12th, 12:00PM

[Everett Gavel]

Hello Friends, 

We are holding a bit of an event for this Webinar, at the Independence Center here in Colorado Springs next Tuesday. You are all invited. There will be a conference room reserved for it, and there will be pizza for you, too. Just RSVP to Nick DeSutter, the gentleman who led the Emergency Preparedness seminar at the state convention recently, for any who may have been there. His e-mail is below, as well as the details on the upcoming Webinar. I hope to see some of you there. Lisa and I will be there. ;-)

Strive On!
Everett


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Nick DeSutter 
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 10:48 AM
Subject: Great Lakes ADA Webinar focused on PWD in Disaster- at the IC- Tuesday November 12th, 12:00PM 


Hey folks-  Wanted to invite all of you to the below webinar.  I will lay on one of the conference rooms, order pizza and have accessibility in place.  Please feel free to invite folks from your various organizations that you believe might want to join us.  RSVP (call or email) your numbers back to me by next Friday please.  I will send  a reminder out mid next week.  

 

See below for details.

 

Nick 

 

Nicholas P. DeSutter  

Emergency Preparedness Coordinator  

The Independence Center

729 S. Tejon St.

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Phone: 719-471-8181 ext. 129

After Hours:  719-464-4075

Fax: 719-471-9322

Email: NDeSutter at theindependencecenter.org

 

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The next session in the "Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series" presented by the Pacific ADA Center and supported by the Great Lakes ADA Center.

Date: November 12, 2013

Time: 2pm ET/ 1pm CT/ 12pm MT/ 11am PT

Presenters: Franklin Barnes - Emergency Manager-Oklahoma City; Vicky Golightly - Public Information Officer, Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; Stephanie Green Nichols, CI & CT - Executive Director of Sign Language Resource Services; and Jason Price - Program Manager - Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services
 
When disasters strike, accurate and timely information is one of the most important elements for individuals with disabilities to receive. This webinar will focus on communicating with people with disabilities during and after an emergency or disaster including warnings, emergency public information, and disaster recovery information using experiences and observations from the May 2013 Severe Weather, Tornadoes, and Flooding in Oklahoma. Best practices, successful approaches, and new technology for communicating with people who are blind or have visual impairments, are deaf or have hearing limitations, or have a cognitive disability will be shared by presenters. 

To Register:  Free on-line at www.adaconferences.org/Emergency

These 90 minute webinars are delivered using the Blackboard Collaborate webinar platform and all sessions will be closed captioned. The previous sessions in this free series addressed the Federal Response to Emergencies and the State, Local and Community Response to Emergencies. These sessions were recorded and can be reviewed at www.adaconferences.org/Emergency/Archives.

Questions regarding the content of this webinar should be directed to Lewis Kraus at deputy at adapacific.org.


Questions regarding registration and/or technical aspects of this program should be directed to webinars at adaconferences.org or by calling 877-232-1990 V/TTY

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Nicholas P. DeSutter  

Emergency Preparedness Coordinator  

The Independence Center

729 S. Tejon St.

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

 

Phone: 719-471-8181 ext. 129

After Hours:  719-464-4075

Fax: 719-471-9322

Email: NDeSutter at theindependencecenter.org