2025 Webinar Series

All webinars are held at 1:00pm – 2:30pm Arizona time (MST).

February 20th

Session Topic: Sheltering in Times of Disaster

Guest Speaker: Eligio Rivas, Volunteer Partner, American Red Cross

April 2nd

Session Topic: A Promising Practice: Creating an Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee in Illinois to Reform our Emergency Management Systems

Guest Speaker: Kira Meskin Schiff, Chairperson, Illinois Emergency Management Agency’s Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee

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June 4th

Session Topic: Understanding INequity and Promoting INclusivity in disasters and emergency management

Guest Speaker: Stephanie Duke, Supervising Attorney-Disaster Resilience, Disability Rights Texas

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August 6th

Session Topic: Working with the Whole Community towards Bottom Up Preparedness

Guest Speaker: Alessandra Jerolleman, Director of Research, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

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October 8th

Session Topic: Disability Rights in Disasters

Guest Speaker: Bryan Russell, Emergency Management Coordinator, Disability Rights Florida

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