CSPAN: December 3, 2008
National Disaster Response and Civil Liberties
Excerpts:
Karen Wilcox, President, Black Women in Fire Service
Anita Sinha, Advancement Project Staff Secretary
Dr. Geoffrey Varner
It’s one of the two ways to look at Community Awareness Preparedness; ignore the topic and give it more credence when it becomes a major headliner; which could be apocalyptic if there’s no oil in your lamp and the prepared doesn’t have enough to share; Ok, so I took my analogy from a biblical parable that emphasizes preparation; but as long as major news outlets has headlined Brittany Spears, and Anna Nicole-Smith; C-Span, as far back as 2005 has televised a sundry of conferences on “Community Awareness Preparedness for natural and man made disasters.”
December the 3rd was my recent viewing of the National Disaster Response and Civil Liberties addressing Natural Man Made Disasters. The panelist of leading scholars in their fields of expertise expounds upon the looming forecast. The task at hand is to alert the masses that communities are going to have to be equipped to self-sustain without any outside source for a length of time and I quote from panelist members “when it happens.” According to the panelist; “Community Awareness Preparedness” is as vague to the general public in 2008 as 2005 when C-Span was airing conferences on the subject.
When asked by journalists how could the message of ‘awareness-preparedness’ be pitched to the masses in a tone of empowerment without inducing fear? Douglas DeLeaver, Fmr. President –Nat’l Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, suggests strong ties within the church community.
Karen Wilcox, President of Black Women in Fire Service injects an insightful suggestion on how to galvanize the younger audience and reach non-church goers. Last and extremely important Dr. Geoffrey Varner stresses that families should have a plan for relatives in elderly care facilities; and family members, who are dependent upon health care providers. Dr. Varner say’s providers will leave your ‘beloved’ relatives to go and take care of their own family; family discussion is a must because whatever is lurking in the air, natural or man-made, since 2005; from President Bush to other organizations, “ a get ready it’s coming” is the message; whether the masses view the subject mythical, less important, or whatever “if communities doesn’t have a Post Recovery Plan they will not be equip to effectively survive the post-related recovery “when it happens.”
The 00:4minute trailer highlights excerpts of National Disaster Response and Civil Liberties dialogue on a critical subject; how to prepare communities for an onslaught of Natural and Man Made Disasters. Viewpoints are distinctly informative. The panelist provides an overview on getting the word out. Panelist of the National Disaster Response and Civil Liberties group joins the bandwagon of “it will get worse before it gets better.” Natural Man Made Disasters is a topic that can’t continue to be ignored. The message of preparedness is having basic essentials for post-related-survival.
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