Year of Resilience 2024

2024-07-12T18:45:20+00:00

Year of Resilience 2024 By Linda Crerar In 2012, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) introduced the Whole Community Emergency Management Strategy to coordinate all levels of government, increase individual preparedness, and engage with members of the as vital partners to strengthen resiliency and security in this country. In January of 2024, FEMA announced the expansion of their efforts to continue building resilient communities. FEMA wants to stop the “cycle of response, recovery, rinse, and repeat”, and thanks to an increased investment of resources this past year, FEMA will be better able to help communities prepare for and mitigate [...]

Year of Resilience 20242024-07-12T18:45:20+00:00

Paid Internships in Conservation Law Enforcement

2024-07-12T18:43:43+00:00

Paid Internships in Conservation Law Enforcement By Captain Phil Johnson For the past several years, Washington state has finished last in law enforcement staffing, lagging behind all 50 states and the District of Columbia at 1.35 police officers per thousand residents. This number continues to decline as the State’s population increases and fewer individuals demonstrate an interest in pursuing criminal justice career pathways. There are many factors negatively influencing the declining interest in criminal justice professions among eligible job seekers, and candidates in the contemporary political race for Governor are all claiming they will make law enforcement staffing a [...]

Paid Internships in Conservation Law Enforcement2024-07-12T18:43:43+00:00

Apprenticeships, Internships, and Skill Centers

2024-07-12T18:43:29+00:00

Apprenticeships, Internships, and Skill Centers By Nancy Aird What is your future? The future is always part of life. There are no one-size-fits-all plans for career and educational pathways after graduation, unemployment, or changing career goals. For example, my path diverged from my B.S. in Police Science and Administration. I worked 38 years in the Supply Chain field and got an A.A.S. in Homeland Security Emergency Management and now work at the Center as a Program Specialist. Open up to opportunities if they arise. Below are some sites to start looking into for your future. Apprenticeship Pathway  This combines learning from work experiences [...]

Apprenticeships, Internships, and Skill Centers2024-07-12T18:43:29+00:00

Rosie the Riveter

2024-05-01T21:07:21+00:00

Rosie the Riveter By Nancy Aird The iconic face of Rosie promoted the female defense workers during World War II, but the name of the worker was unknown. The first poster image was titled “We Can Do It!”.  J. Howard Miller created the iconic women in a red bandana with her flexed bent arm in a rolled-up shirt sleeve in 1942 as part of the Westinghouse Electric Corp. wartime production campaign. Norman Rockwell created a cover on The Saturday Evening Post on May 29, 1943.   The women had a blue jumpsuit, red bandana in her hair, and was eating a [...]

Rosie the Riveter2024-05-01T21:07:21+00:00

Volunteer to Change the World by Planting Trees

2023-04-27T01:03:14+00:00

Volunteer to Change the World by Planting Trees Trees are Resilience Equalizers By Nancy Aird Arbor Day (April 28) encourages us to join the world in making a step to resolving disparity, inequality and environmental justice for mankind by reforesting rural and urban land. Nature-poor neighborhoods negatively impact social, economic, and wellness of residents. Joining forces in planting even 1 million trees will start the change by absorbing 24,000 tons of CO2, stabilizing climate, releasing oxygen, restoring fish and animal habitat, and working on neighborhood tree equity urban heat island effects. The Washington Tree Equity Collaborative was created [...]

Volunteer to Change the World by Planting Trees2023-04-27T01:03:14+00:00

National Volunteer Month Volunteers Supporting Community Resiliency

2023-04-27T00:55:19+00:00

National Volunteer Month Volunteers Supporting Community Resiliency By Linda Crerar Society needs resilient communities. Volunteering is a major engagement tool with open positions available in most communities. Joining people together helps to achieve stronger shared goals, strengthens trust and relationships as stronger bonds of solidarity are forged by creating strategies for managing risks. Localized volunteering helps communities organize, set priorities, and take ownership of local needs. Community volunteer are frequently the first responders and may be the only source of available help available in a crisis. They help provide better interpretations of information to immediate crises with the [...]

National Volunteer Month Volunteers Supporting Community Resiliency2023-04-27T00:55:19+00:00

Center of Excellence for Clean Energy: Helping to lead the way in alternative fuels for our future

2022-11-09T22:23:56+00:00

Center of Excellence for Clean Energy: Helping to lead the way in alternative fuels for our future By Nancy Aird On October 24, 2022, Nancy Aird (staff for CoE HSEM) attended the Hydrogen in Focus Conference held at Centralia College hosted by the Center of Excellence for Clean Energy and Twin Transit. Monica Brummer, Director of Coe Clean Energy, is leading a coordinated, strategic approach to clean energy workforce development for the region. She works with regional partners to define energy efficiency, jobs, and skills standards and create a regional clearing house for energy efficiency job openings. The conference [...]

Center of Excellence for Clean Energy: Helping to lead the way in alternative fuels for our future2022-11-09T22:23:56+00:00

RESILIENCE FOR NEXT EARTHQUAKE: Video Game promoting preparedness

2022-11-09T22:11:58+00:00

RESILIENCE FOR NEXT EARTHQUAKE: Video Game promoting preparedness By Nancy Aird Lewis & Clark students and professors created a video game called Cascadia 9.0 (https://www.cascadia9game.org) to promote preparedness incorporating technology. The players navigate through an earthquake devastated city looking for their corgi dog that escaped during the earthquake. The game teaches what you should do in case the infrastructure is disrupted by the player making correct survival choices. For example, should you drink unpurified water? What happens during aftershocks and gas leaks? The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is our nation’s largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian [...]

RESILIENCE FOR NEXT EARTHQUAKE: Video Game promoting preparedness2022-11-09T22:11:58+00:00

Women with Disabilities: Barriers and Bias in the Workplace

2022-11-09T22:07:16+00:00

Women with Disabilities: Barriers and Bias in the Workplace By Kellie Hale Women with disabilities will often experience an array of barriers and biases in the workplace. They often experience an imbalance in hiring and promotion opportunities, limited access to training and retraining opportunities, and unequal pay rates. Women with disabilities in the workplace tend to be ignored in conversations about economic decision-making. The unemployment rate amongst women with disabilities is 9.4%. For women without disabilities, the unemployment rate is 4%. What do these percentages indicate? It means that, compared to their non-disabled counterparts, “Women with disabilities are more [...]

Women with Disabilities: Barriers and Bias in the Workplace2022-11-09T22:07:16+00:00
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