Crisis issue data are coded post-conversation by trained volunteer Crisis Counselors and tagged for specific crisis concerns (e.g., depression, bereavement); the crisis concern of interest for this analysis was bereavement. Show abstract Spatial analysis of mental health and suicide clustering among ...
Over the last 20 years, the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU) has been involved in several significant, internationally known manhunt investigations, including those targeting the Washington, D.C., snipers and the Boston Marathon bombers. With today’s cell phones and social media, crisis nego...
At this point, Clements introduces the Shadow Staff, a special film unit of about thirty people formed in 1939 to make films for the Japanese military. It made what may have been the first Japanese animated feature, the enticingly namedPrinciples of the Wireless: Triodes and Diodes,circa 1944...
such as Love Clean Streets [6], HealthMap's Outbreaks Near Me [7] and MedWatcher (drug safety surveillance) [8], and the San Ramon Valley (CA, USA) Fire Department app (a real-time, geo-aware lifesaving app that alerts 'citizen responders' trained...
Volunteer citizens acting in groups (crowds) and sharing communication horizontally (in addition to vertically 'up' and 'down', as necessary) are challenging the notion that rapid information flow 'upwards' provides the optimal configuration. Information shared horizontally has been shown to be: •...
The initiative began when a volunteer from local NGO Itsrainingcoats posted a photo of workers drinking milk straight out of the carton because of a lack of mugs. The photo—which went viral on social media—sparked Ikea to donate 800 mugs to those affected, and the brand also threw ...
door canvass with the Greater Boston Tenants Union, who have been working hard to organize tenants including the LaCourt Tenants Union and Alpha Tenants Union. Through organizing, they have delivered tangible gains for fellow tenants who are facing horrific conditions. You can volunteer for GBTUhere...
Jane founded this organization in May 2002 with an aim to create a 24-hour rape crisis center. The support group seeks volunteer advocates, translators and interpreters, as well as sponsors and donations. Email warriors.japan@gmail.com for more information. ...
the IRGC's paramilitary volunteer force. tablish a beachhead in southern Iran. America's The IRGC has developed a wartime mobiliza- challenges would not end with establishing this tion plan for the Basij, called the Mo'in Plan, beachhead, however, as it would still have to according to whic...