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Disaster Response Without Federal Support: We Dance Alone

How FEMA disaster assistance works now in the U.S. — and what the not-too-distant future might look like without it

May 8

Disaster Response Without Federal Support: We Dance Alone

May 8

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Learning from Our Own History

What started as a vacation ended with a lesson in current events

Apr 22

Visual Capitalist image of the oldest democracies in the world. Source: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2019/08/countries-are-the-worlds-oldest-democracies/

Apr 22

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When Policy is the Emergency Management Threat

Emergency Managers across the U.S. are doing their jobs: Planning for Consequence Management

Apr 21

When Policy is the Emergency Management Threat

Apr 21

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30 Days to a Less Powerful Nation

Our twist on the classic “30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary,” with what we think are some of the best words to describe the Trump…

Apr 10

30 Days to a Less Powerful Nation

Apr 10

The Luxury of Being Pejorative

I do not believe Professional Emergency Managers get to be contemptuous of others. And least not in our EM work.

Apr 6

Google Gemini AI generated from phrase ‘generate a picture of a poet, politician and a priest’. Decorative picture of three individuals in an office or library.

Apr 6

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A Recipe for Disaster

The combination of new Executive Orders puts disasters on the menu for our Tribal Nations and sets the stage for a repeat of human rights…

Mar 28

Google generated decorative image based on the phrase ‘recipe for disaster’, showing an overturned pot and food all over the counter.

Mar 28

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Trump vs. Education

Drastic Cuts to Staffing or Eliminating the U.S. Department of Education Will Adversely Impact Emergency Management in the U.S. for Schools

Mar 13

Trump vs. Education

Mar 13

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Trump’s War of Words

Declaring English as the official national language hurts many Americans, especially those with disabilities and access & functional needs

Mar 5

Non-English Languages in the U.S. In 2019, approximately 78% (241 million) of all 308.8 million people ages five and older reported speaking only English at home regardless of their nativity. The remaining 22% (67.8 million) reported speaking a language other than English at home. Based on this data, Mandarin and Cantonese were the most common non-English, non-Spanish languages spoken in the U.S., with more than 3.4 million speakers across the country. Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.co

Mar 5

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Switching Moral Compasses

Trump is systemically replacing Biden’s morals with his own — already adversely impacting the disaster readiness of Americans now.

Feb 21

Switching Moral Compasses

Feb 21

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Barton Dunant

Michael Prasad, CEM® - Senior Research Analyst. We research/advocate in the field of professional Emergency Management. Visit us on the web at bartondunant.com

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