GNY Spring Disaster Ready Summit - 2025

Everyone is Welcome is a basic instructor-led, virtual instructor-led and web-based course that informs the learner about the Red Cross commitment to excellent service delivery to individuals with access and functional needs, including those with disabilities by inclusion and integration of their varied needs before, during and after disasters. This course also provides tips for providing services to individuals with access and functional needs, including those with disabilities.

The purpose of this course is to describe the concept of providing services to all clients and staff in a manner that recognizes the needs of those with disabilities and other access and functional needs. These efforts promote inclusion of the whole community, so that everyone we serve, and all those we serve with, will feel welcome in all of our service delivery and work sites.

The Ambassador Program on a Disaster Relief Operation is a basic, instructor-led and web-based course designed to describes the role of the Ambassador on a disaster operation.

Disaster Public Affairs – Media Relations is a basic level course designed to prepare participants to work as part of the public affairs team to effectively tell the Red Cross story to the public through traditional media outlets by using proactive, reactive and interactive tactics

The course is intended to teach Red Cross volunteers and staff who are interested in serving in the Public Affairs activity on national Red Cross relief operations as Service Associates or Supervisors. This course will introduce the critical tasks necessary to initiate a disaster public affairs response with local and regional media. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in case-based scenarios, group exercises, practice activities and open discussions. These participatory activities reinforce important concepts and meet segment objectives.