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Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Workshop Agenda

Below is the agenda for the Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness: A Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Preparedness Training Workshop.  This free workshop is open to the public, but registration is required.

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Sample Agenda

Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness:
A Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Workshop

 Time Event
7:30-8:00 Registration (coffee, juice and pastries)
8:15-8:45

Opening Remarks: John Kim Cook, Director, Department of Homeland Security, Center for Faith based & Community Initiatives


Welcome: Mason Whitney, Director, Colorado Division of Emergency Management
8:45-9:00 Keynote Address: Hans Kallam, Director, Colorado Division of Emergency Management
9:00-9:50 Panel: Integration of Governmental, Private sector, and Faith-Based and Community Organizations in Emergency Preparedness

Moderator: Jonathan Thompson, Director, Office of External Affairs, FEMA
Michael Bright, President, Colorado Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD)
Carolyn Bluhm, Community Relations Specialist, Mayor's Office of Emergency Management
P.J. Havice-Cover, Colorado Division of Mental Health Disaster Preparedness and Response
Envoy Gerald Koch, Emergency Disaster Services, Social Services Consultant, Salvation Army, Intermountain Division
Jonathan Comyn, American Red Cross, Disaster Preparedness and Response
9:50-10:00 Break
10:00-10:30 Presentation: The Role of FBOs and NGOs During Disasters: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
Pete Hull, Task Leader, Homeland Security Institute, Arlington, VA
10:30-11:00

Presentation:  FEMA Community Outreach During Disasters: Voluntary Agency Liaison (VAL) Community Relations (CR)
Ben Curran, Voluntary Agency Coordination, Donations/Volunteer Management
11:00-11:15

Presentation: Homeland Security Grant Programs
George Betz, FEMA Region 8, Voluntary Agency Liaison
11:15-12:15

Panel and Open Discussion: "Best Practices in Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery"
Moderator: Leroy Gilbert, Outreach Coordinator, CFBCI
Cathy Kissner, Adventist Community Service, Disaster Coordinator
Moderator: Leroy Gilbert, Outreach Coordinator, CFBCI
Cathy Kissner, Adventist Community Service, Disaster Coordinator
John Charley Brown, Southern Baptist Convention, Volunteer Coordinator for Disaster Relief
Jeff Kowell, Director, Life Safety Ministry, New Life Church
12:15-12:30 Questions and Answers
Facilitator: John Kim Cook, Director, DHS, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

This page was last reviewed/modified on May 7, 2008.