Below are upcoming events and recordings of past events available to the public.

This list gets updated at least once a week on Tuesdays.
If you would like an event added to this list, please email info@disasterstrategies.org.

Upcoming Events

• 9/19 at 1pm ET - Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response (ASPR): Joint Meeting of Advisory Committees on Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters
  • Info here
  • Register here
• 9/19 at 2pm ET - National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) and World Institute on Disability (WID): National Preparedness Month - Disability and Access and Functional Needs Webinar Series
  • Info and Register here
• 9/19 at 2:30pm ET - U.S. Department of Education: Briefing on Medicaid Renewal
  • Info and Register here
• 9/19 at 5pm ET - FEMA Region 2 Preparedness Team and New Jersey Department of Education School Preparedness and Emergency Planning: Get Prepared with the Region 2 Preparedness Team
  • Info and Register here
• 9/20 at 11am ET - FEMA Region 3: Coffee Break Webinar "Providing Clarity on the New Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance"
  • Info here
  • Register here
• 9/20 at 12:30pm ET - FEMA Region 2 National Preparedness Division: Expanding Mitigation: Making the Connection to Older Adults
  • Info and Register here
• Every Wednesday at 2pm ET - National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC): Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition 
  • Next Meeting: September 20th 
    • Info and Register here
• 9/20 at 7pm ET - United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC): The 411 on Training 911 First Responders
  • Info and Register here
• 9/21 at 3pm ET - Disability Vaccine Access Opportunities Center (DVAO): September training: Emergency Preparedness and Response for People with Disabilities
  • Register here
• 9/21 at 4pm ET - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL): Listening Session to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act and the 10th Anniversary of the DHS Disability Access Directive
  • Register here
• Last Mondays of the month at 2pm ET - Colorado Emergency Management: National State Level Access & Functional Needs Meeting
  • Next meeting: September 26th
    • More and Register here
• 9/27 at 1pm ET - FEMA Region 2 National Preparedness Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): Scams Targeting Older Adults Before, During and After Disasters
  • Info and Register here
• 9/27 & 9/28 - Administration for Community Living (ACL): Rehab Act 50th Anniversary Webinar Series 
  • Info here
    • 9/27 at 3:30pm ET - Part 1 "Origins, Evolution, & Current Day"
      • Register for Part 1 here
    • 9/28 at 4pm ET - Part 2 "Our Future — Youth and Young Adult Engagement and Involvement in Disability Advocacy"
      • Register for Part 2 here
• 10/4 at 2:20pm ET - FEMA and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC): Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)
  • Info here
• Bi-Monthly - Arizona SILC: Partners in Preparedness Webinar
  • 10/4 at 4pm ET Topic: Disaster Registries
    • Register here
• 2nd Thursdays of the month at 1:30pm ET - California Disaster Coalition Meeting: Topic Sessions
  • 10/12 Topic: The Future of Alerts and Warnings in California
    • Register here
  • Archives here
• 10/12 - 10/14 - Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL): Annual Conference "The Magic of IL"
  • Info here
  • Register here
• [Save the Date] 11/1 - 11/2 at 12pm - 5pm ET - FEMA Office of Equal Rights: Civil Rights Summit 4.0
  • Info here
• 2nd Mondays of the month at 3pm ET - Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL): Emergency Preparedness and Response Committee
  • Next meeting: November 13th [No October Mtg]
    • Info here
    • Register here
• 1st Wednesdays of the month at 1pm ET - Washington Coalition on Inclusive Emergency Planning (CIEP) Stakeholder Calls
  • Email Jim.House@dshs.wa.gov for details and Zoom link
• Schedule a 1-hour group strategy session to help WID build towards 2033.
  • Info and register here

Past Events

• 7/11/23 - 7/12/23 - International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), Cal OES, Colorado Emergency Management, and NYU: National Access and Functional Needs Symposium Post-Event Package
• 6/22/23 - FEMA: Podcast Episode 117: A Recap of FEMA's Extreme Heat Summit and Discussion on How to Prepare Communities for Extreme Heat
• 6/20/23 - ACL in Senate Panel Discussion on the Importance of the Landmark SCOTUS Decision Olmstead v. L.C.
• 6/15/23 - Senate Hearing: Before Disaster Strikes: Planning for Older Americans and People with Disabilities in All Phases of Emergencies
• 6/8/23 - Elder Justice Coordinating Council: Meeting on Emergency Planning and World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)
  • Video recording here
  • Transcript here
• 4/11/23 - 4/13/23 - Colorado Access and Functional Needs Conference: Resources & Follow Up
• 3/9/23 - Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA): GADRA Activates to Türkiye and Syria
• 2/9/23 - Saving Institutional Lives Via Emergency Relocation (SILVER): "Still Dying in Place: Why and What Can We Do" Webinar
  • Webinar recording here
  • Slide deck here
  • Otter.ai transcript here
  • SILVER Emergency Relocation Toolkit here
• 9/8/22 & 10/13/22 - California Disaster Coalition Meeting: Topic Sessions
  • Topic Discussion - Emergency Registries: A Misleading, Harmful & Non-Inclusive Fix
    • Part 1 (9/8/22)
      • Recording Here
      • Slide Deck Here
    • Part 2 (10/13/22)
      • Recording Here
      • Slide Deck Here