GET WITH THE PROGRAM NOW! NYC ACTIVITIES & EVENTS LISTING SEPTEMBER 1-18 NYC
By Aton Edwards, I.P.N. Executive Director
“Submitted for your approval” — a short breakdown listing of our upcoming September National Disaster Preparedness Month activities in NYC! Scan through it, choose your event, then — come meet up with us and get ready-for-anything!
To join any of the posted events, contact: rsvpevents@readyforanything.org. Select the specific outing you’d like to join and post it along with your name in the regards box. We’ll see you there!
On Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 in my hometown, New York City, I, along with a few other instructors, trainees and, a few special guests will conduct an outdoor IA-DO (personal preparedness & emergency response class) meeting at the front of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal at 6:30 PM and, moving on to the ferry, traveling to Staten Island (rain or shine) and returning to Manhattan at 8:00 PM.
Participants will learn the basic fundamentals of disaster preparedness & response along with critical information about the most probable potential disasters for the NYC area, how to plan for them and, many other “need to know” facts.
Don’t miss this class! It’s fun, quick, and it will provide you with basic, but critical information that you can use to protect yourself from the full range of natural, technological environmental & civil disasters. You’ll also learn the beginning of an art & science (IA-DO) that has taken me nearly three decades to develop. I believe this is the Kung-Fu of human survival in the 21st century.
And you don’t need to travel to a shaolin temple to learn it! Or, walk across a desert, snatch pebbles out of my hand, or burn tattoos on your forearm!
(Not yet anyway).
On Saturday, September 4, I will hold an IA-DO (self-reliance/survival/sustainable living) NYC shopping tour named after the Steely Dan “Everything Must Go” album song “The Last Mall” I’ll be leading a group to all the best spots in Manhattan where we locate the best bargains for preparedness & survival gear; and, will provide all with a list of the best online companies. Many incredible bargains can be found that allow for a complete home package less than $100 – this includes a sturdy backpack, flashlights, multi-tools, water containers and all of the other critical preparedness/survival gear needed for:
If you are anxious to get equipped with the best gear for the lowest price, this is a class for you. We know where the best bargains and the best gear is! Not only will you save money, but you’ll also get the best equipment.
Meet up with us at 1:00 PM SHARP at the corner of Chambers Street & Broadway. We will leave the area promptly after all shoppers are assembled. Bring an all-day Metrocard as we will be traveling by subway to multiple locations.
Saturday, September 11, 2010 commemorates the 9th year of the WTC attacks. On that horrific day, hundreds of thousands of Americans were forced to walk back to their homes due to public transportation delays & shutdowns. Two years earlier in 1999, the IPN began the Evac-U-Walk program to prepare New Yorkers for the very same type of situation. 
This September 11th, IPN will stage an Evac-U-Walk beginning in Brooklyn (rain or shine) at 10: AM. “Evac-U-Walkers” will gather at Willoughby & Jay Street. It will travel across the Brooklyn Bridge into and across Manhattan, and, end in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx at 7: 00 PM
The Evac-U-Walkers will learn all the specifics regarding emergency evacuation, and, also important routes out of the city. All who complete the walk will be awarded an I.P.N. certificate, automatic membership, and will also be eligible to become an instructor!
IMPORTANT: please wear comfortable clothing, shoes, and, bring water & snacks. Anyone who suffers from medical ailments (heart, respiratory etc.) that long distance walking can aggravate will not be permitted to participate.
I (Aton Edwards) and my organization, The I.P.N. assume no responsibility for accidents, physical injuries, or any other unforseen emergencies & situations that take place during the walk. All who participate will be required to sign a similar waiver.
Saturday, September 18, 2010, A free screening of Anthrax War-Dead Silence will be presented by the Producer/Writer/Directors Bob Coen & Eric Nadler @ 7:00 PM. The location will be announced on Friday, August 27, 5:00 PM – however, it is suggested that you RSVP right away to secure a seat.
ANTHRAX WAR a provocative new investigative documentary by filmmakers Bob Coen and Eric Nadler that examines the 2001 Anthrax Attacks and offers a frightening glimpse into today’s secret and dangerous world of germ weapons. DEAD SILENCE is the accompanying book that fills out the story of the global investigation that the documentary could only outline.
The story begins in the days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks when anthrax-laced letters, mailed to media offices in New York and to the U.S. Senate in Washington, spread fear and panic across the United States and beyond. The filmmakers probe troubling questions surrounding the FBI’s investigation of the 21st Century’s first act of biological terrorism.
The search for answers takes them from the United States to the United Kingdom, then to the edge of Siberia and to Southern Africa and leads them into an underworld in which leading scientists working with germs die under mysterious circumstances. The growing list includes Bruce Ivins, who the FBI claims was the only person behind the U.S. anthrax murders; Dr. David Kelly, the former head of UK bio-defense; and Dr. Vladimir Pasechnik, the mastermind behind the Soviet Union’s vast and illegal bio-weapons complex who defected to the West.
The filmmakers penetrate what they come to call the “international biological warfare mafia” and uncover the development of terrifying new weapons – genetically mutated germs, some with the ability to target specific ethnic groups. In a rare interview, the man known as “Doctor Death”, who headed South Africa’s apartheid-era biological warfare program that developed germs aimed at the country’s black population, reveals that he received help from the U.S. and U.K. The filmmakers also learn that some of these germs may be for sale on the black market today.
ANTHRAX WAR goes on to reveal how the 2001 Anthrax Attacks have spawned a $57 billion dollar “Bio-defense” boom in which germ weapons research is now being conducted, with little oversight, by corporations and private labs – the new ‘Bio-Terrorism Military Industrial Complex
The investigation underscores how fear of terrorism combined with the lure of extraordinary profits may be leading to a global germ war arms race that could be hurtling the planet toward catastrophe.
PLEASE CHECK THIS LIST FOR MORE ADDITIONS LATER THIS WEEK! I’m working hard to squeeze all I can in while we are in NYC!
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