Faith-Based Preparedness Workshop - FREE Workshop -Virtual

There are two options for this workshop.

October 13th, 14th and 15th at 9:00am - 11:30am ET.

October 20th, 21st and 22nd at 2:00pm - 4:30pm ET

Participants must be able to attend all three sessions.

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The Virginia Fusion Center’s SHIELD Program is collaborating with the FB-ISAO to educate participants on the Hostile Events Attack Cycle and challenge them to consider their preparedness and ability to respond to an enduring threat challenge facing all organizations – to include places of worship and charities.

Objectives include:

• Provide a three-day forum for faith-based and charity organizations to enhance their threat awareness and preparedness relating to potential physical attacks at their facilities.

• Use a hostile events scenario to provide participants an opportunity to interact with one another and discuss issues, concerns, best practices and other salient points regarding physical security preparedness, coordination and response among participants.

• Use a hostile events scenario to provide participants with greater awareness of U.S. Government and local government resources, guidance and best practices relating to hostile events and physical security to help inform organizational preparedness, security & resilience.

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Dates - Participant must be able to attend all sessions for their chosen week.

Ocotber 13th, 14th and 15th at 0900 - 11:30ET

or

October 20th 21st and 22nd - 2pm at 4:30pm ET

Location:

Virtual - Links will be provided before the workshop begins.

Questions:

SA Dante Robinson | dante.robinson@vsp.virginia.gov

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Further Details:

The workshops will educate participants on the Hostile Events Attack Cycle and challenge them to consider their preparedness and ability to respond to an enduring threat challenge facing all organizations – to include places of worship and charities. Watch the video at our events page to hear FB-ISAO Advisory Board member and Executive Program Manager InfraGard National Religious Facilities Protection Program, Curtis Jones discuss the importance of these exercises.

Other Important Information

• Please don’t share meeting link, passcode, your registration name, or any other meeting information publicly (you may, however, share the registration link)
• FB-ISAO will be recording the sessions for the purpose of creating post workshop reports. Recording will NOT be publicly released. By joining the session, attendees are agreeing to be recorded
• Attendees are expected to have their cameras on for this training as this is an interactive workshop. Guidelines for participation will be discussed at the on-set of the meeting. Due to time constraints, it is possible that not everyone is able to participate in the discussion
• Attendees are not allowed to take photos or video of the sessions
• When registering for the sessions, registrants must use First Name, Last Name and Faith Based Organization affiliation to register. The first name and last name must match the Zoom login in order for registrants to be allowed into the session
• Each registrant will get a unique link to join. Links cannot be shared. Registrants may share registration information ONLY