2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EDT, June 11, 2015 | Organized by: Pacific ADA Center of the ADA National Network in conjunction with FEMA - ODIC
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ADA National Network Learning Session: Memorandums of Understanding with the City of New York Regarding Shelter, Communications, Canvassing, High Rise Evacuation, and Power Outages
Thursday, June 11, 2015
2:30 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. EST
Cost: Free
Format: Webinar
Where: Online/Web-based
Sponsored By: Webinar Series: Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities from the Pacific ADA Center of the ADA National Network in conjunction with FEMA - ODIC
Description: This 90-minute webinar will describe the civil rights violations in NYCs emergency planning and disaster response by the federal court in recent litigation. It will provide an overview of agreements negotiated by the parties to remedy those violations dealing with: Shelter; Transportation; Evacuation; Canvassing; Communications; Power Outages; and Reporting and Monitoring. The webinar will identify key components in emergency planning that promote and support inclusion, integration and equal access. This webinar will allow participants to explore how New York's experience can apply to their situations; the importance of developing solutions that are cross-disability; strategies for crafting agreements; and making the case for inclusion.
Registration: Deadline to Register - June 10, 2015 Free on-line at http://www.adapresentations.org/registration.php
These 90 minute webinars are delivered using the Blackboard Collaborate webinar platform and all sessions will be fully accessible and real time captioned for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
To view all of the webinar sessions or to see previous sessions, go to http://www.adapresentations.org/schedule.php
Contact For More Information:
Pacific ADA Center
Phone: 510-285-5600 (v/tty)
Email: ada_webinars@adapacific.org
Web: Webinar Series: Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
(http://adapresentations.org)
Director of Communications & Education. CIDNY's Director of Communications & Education Margi Trapani is a communications and education program specialist who has worked for a variety of nonprofit organizations for over 30 years. Ms. Trapani has been with CIDNY since 2003 and in 2007 Ms. Trapani took over supervision of CIDNY's Emergency Preparedness activities and acted as CIDNY's liaison to New York City's Office of Emergency Management.
Ms. Dooha became Executive Director of CIDNY in early 2002. Ms. Dooha designed and implemented a research project documenting civil rights violations related to emergency preparedness and disaster response in 2011 and 2012 that contributed to the federal district court's conclusion that New York City had violated federal disability rights laws in 2013. Dooha obtained her law degree at Yeshiva University, Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law in 1990 where she was twice awarded the Belkin Scholars Award. Dooha is herself a person with a disability.
Apr 01 - Jun 10, 2015