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The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Stories of Vashon, Puget Sound, and the US

April 22nd, 2020 - Posted in

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic resulted in a national “amnesia” that erased the painful memories so many Americans “held in their hearts”, and suffered “privately, and often silently.”  We have the opportunity to ensure that this COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 is not forgotten and that the suffering it engenders is not carried privately and silently. Presented […]

Covid-19 Town Hall

April 5th, 2020 - Posted in

This is a COVID-19 briefing for the community presented Saturday, April 4, from 10 to 11:30 AM with Vashon Fire Chief Charlie Krimmert and members of the Vashon Emergency Operations Center, in English and Español. The town hall may also be viewed on VoV TV at these times: Monday at 4pm and 9pm Tuesday &  Thursday at […]

Preparing for Disaster Overview

November 26th, 2019 - Posted in

“Islands of the Salish Sea: Preparing for Disaster”. Conference hosted by Vashon Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and VashonBePrepared on April 6, 2019, to build and sustain volunteer health-care teams on Salish Sea islands. Overview  

Why do we need a Medical Reserve Corps?

November 26th, 2019 - Posted in

“Islands of the Salish Sea: Preparing for Disaster”. Conference hosted by Vashon Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and VashonBePrepared on April 6, 2019, to build and sustain volunteer health-care teams on Salish Sea islands. Why do we need a Medical Reserve Corps? Presented by Vicky de Monterey Richoux President, VashonBePrepared Building, sustaining volunteer health-care teams on […]

Island and Rural Community MRCs

November 26th, 2019 - Posted in

“Islands of the Salish Sea: Preparing for Disaster”. Conference hosted by Vashon Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and VashonBePrepared on April 6, 2019, to build and sustain volunteer health-care teams on Salish Sea islands. Island and rural community MRCs: the King County Experience Presented by Ali Levy, Emergency Operations Manager, Seattle & King County Public Health […]

What Katrina Taught Me

November 26th, 2019 - Posted in

“Islands of the Salish Sea: Preparing for Disaster”. Conference hosted by Vashon Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and VashonBePrepared on April 6, 2019, to build and sustain volunteer health-care teams on Salish Sea islands. What Katrina Taught Me The 2001 Anthrax Attack and Hurricane Katrina: Lessons for MRC Leaders Presented by Arthur J. French, MD, MS, […]

Past as Prologue

November 26th, 2019 - Posted in

“Islands of the Salish Sea: Preparing for Disaster”. Conference hosted by Vashon Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and VashonBePrepared on April 6, 2019, to build and sustain volunteer health-care teams on Salish Sea islands. Past as Prologue: Island Disasters Presented by historian Bruce Haulman Building and sustaining volunteer health-care teams on Salish Sea islands

Cascadia Rising: Lessons for Island Communities

November 25th, 2019 - Posted in

Lessons Learned from Cascadia Rising Exercise for Rural Health Care in Disasters Presented by Stephen Morris, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health, University of Washington Building, sustaining volunteer health-care teams on Salish Sea islands

Journalism Today – Polarizing Force or the Backbone of Democracy…or Both?

October 12th, 2019 - Posted in

Peter Rinearson and Steve Scher engage in a wide-ranging discussion of the news media, and in particular its role in polarizing society—today and historically. Peter, a Vashon resident, is a Pulitzer Prize winner who wrote a book with Bill Gates, an entrepreneur who developed web-publishing systems for community content, and a former vice president of […]

Katrina Spade On Dying for the Living

October 8th, 2019 - Posted in

What if we could grow new life after we die? This year, Washington became the first state to legalize “human composting.” The law allows human bodies to be converted into soil in licensed facilities.  Katrina Spade, the Founder and CEO of Recompose, discusses the company’s new system for gently and sustainably disposing of the dead […]