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For centuries, America prioritized international diplomacy because, as a young nation, our continued existence depended on it. It is time we recognize what has become axiomatic: the evolving nature of domestic crises jeopardizes our national security, global standing, and collective futures. 

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By law, the Commonwealth of Virginia elects a new Governor every four years, and with the new executive comes a new administration needing to get up to speed quickly on managing the government. In the absence of a standard, effective onboarding process for the new PSHS secretariat, Emergence alum Caitlin Barbieri saw an opportunity to leverage her CHDS education to improve things.

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Suddenly thrust into the realm of emergency management with the  onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis compounded by disasters like wildfires, heat domes, and ice storms, Portland, OR-based Metro regional government Strategic and Crisis Communications Manager Kimberlee Ables and her agency responded by operationalizing a Joint Information System.

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A key agreement between FEMA and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) had its beginnings at the annual CHDS APEX conference in 2022. It was there that Ella Carlberg, a Swedish CHDS alum and Senior Advisor of Homeland Security Affairs, requested a meeting with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell during MSB’s Director General Charlotte Petri Gornitzka’s upcoming visit to Washington DC.

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