Plan an AFR Kick-off Forum

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Launch Your Network

Alliance for Response activity begins with a one-day forum for cultural leaders and emergency professionals.

A lead institution recruits a forum planning committee representing the region’s cultural heritage, civic, and emergency response communities. It is important that the planning committee membership--like the audience for the forum--be diverse in terms of the types of institutions represented (archives, libraries, museums, and historic sites) and their governance (nonprofit, university, Tribal, state, municipal institutions). Representation from the emergency management community is essential.

A local committee organizes and implements an AFR kick-off forum with guidance from the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation.

Forum Objectives

Initiating ongoing dialogue between the cultural community, emergency managers, and first responders
Encouraging disaster planning and mitigation at archives, historic sites, libraries, museums, Tribal cultural centers, etc.

Forum Planning Handbook

A guide to bringing together emergency responders and cultural institutions in your community, along with a number of templates and sample documents to make your kick-off meeting a success!

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