FEMA and AmeriCorps to Announce New Partnership to Strengthen Disaster Response, Recovery

FEMA and AmeriCorps to Announce New Partnership to Strengthen Disaster Response, Recovery

Join the announcement by webstream: 11:00am EDT on Tuesday

On Tuesday, March 13, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Acting CEO Robert Velasco, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Deputy Administrator Rich Serino, and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz, joined by Tuscaloosa, AL Mayor Walter Maddox, will announce an innovative new partnership between FEMA and CNCS designed to strengthen the nation’s ability to respond and recover from disasters.

We welcome you to join the launch of this effort.  You are invited to view the official announcement of this partnership at FEMA Headquarters via webstream, at 11:00am EDT at the following link:

http://www.fema.gov/LiveVideo.

Who:               Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, CNCS Acting CEO Robert Velasco, Director of the Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz and Tuscaloosa, AL Mayor Walter Maddox

What:              Press conference to announce new FEMA-CNCS partnership

When:              Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 11:00 A.M. EDT

Live Captioning of the event will be available at http://fedrcc.us//Enter.aspx?EventID=1919670&CustomerID=321 or on mobile devices at http://mobilercc.sprintrelay.com by entering Event ID 1919670.