Develop Your Emotional Resilience: Learn How Tomorrow

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Virtual Day of Preparedness

Bainbridge Island, Washington, is known nationally for its successful emergency preparedness strategies. Bainbridge Prepares, a nonprofit that brings together individuals, organizations, and local government in preparedness efforts, is offering a Virtual Day of Preparedness tomorrow, Saturday September 26, featuring a keynote speech on emotional resilience. Keynote speaker Dr. Avanti Bergquist, MD, MS, FAPA, DFAACAP, will … Read more

The Road to Readiness

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Road to readiness

You don’t need to stress yourself out about emergency preparation. In fact, that kind of stress could put you in freeze mode where you’re unable to take action. It’s not possible to be completely prepared as every emergency is unique: One flood might be accompanied by high winds, another by COVID-19, a third by both. … Read more

Refugees from Planet Earth

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refugees

Originally published November 11, 2008 on On a Ledge. War, disease, economic devastation, and catastrophic geologic and climate events create refugees every day. According to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants’ World Refugee Survey 2008, worldwide there are currently over 14 million. An additional 25 million people are displaced internally and so are not considered in refugee totals. In … Read more

Unmasking Flawed Antimasking Arguments

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Face mask

Originally published July 4, 2020, on Medium. Article has been slightly abridged. During the COVID-19 pandemic, antimaskers loudly proclaim their opposition to some states’ mandatory mask wearing. They cite a small range of reasons from “It’s my Constitutional right” to “The government is trying to control us.” But a simple scratch and sniff shows how … Read more