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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I am so pleased to announce the release of our latest
</span><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">CONVERGE Training Module</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. This one is focused on
<b><i>Broader Ethical Considerations for Hazards and Disaster Researchers.</i></b> I hope you will please check out and share this free resource through your networks and facilities. Also, note that we have an upcoming 30 minute demonstration webinar that
you and your team members are invited to join. More information below, and thank you for all you do!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">CONVERGE Broader Ethical Considerations for Hazards and Disaster Researchers Training Module and Demonstration Webinar</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The CONVERGE facility, headquartered at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, is so pleased to announce the release of a seventh CONVERGE Training Module. This online
course, which was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Science Foundation, focuses on
<b><i>Broader Ethical Considerations for Hazards and Disaster Researchers</i></b><i>.<b>
</b></i>You can register and access the free module here:</span><a href="http://converge-training.colorado.edu/courses/cultural-competence/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
</span></a><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/training-modules"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">https://converge.colorado.edu/training-modules</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">To learn more, please join us
<b>Thursday, April 15, 2021, from 10:00-10:30 a.m. Mountain Time</b> for a live webinar where our team will provide a demonstration of the training module. To register for the upcoming webinar, please visit:
</span><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/communications/webinar-series/broader-ethical-considerations-training-module"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">https://converge.colorado.edu/communications/webinar-series/broader-ethical-considerations-training-module</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This new module is part of a larger series designed to accelerate the education of a diverse hazards and disaster workforce. The new module focuses on the ethical challenges that arise throughout
the research process and provides recommendations for facilitating ethical decision-making and action in disaster research. This module, like the others in the series, concludes with a 10-question quiz. Upon successful completion of the quiz, users receive
a <b>certificate</b>, which is worth <b>one contact hour</b> of general management training through the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) certification program. These modules can be useful for classroom assignments as well as other activities.
Please see the CONVERGE Assignment Bank for sample activities: </span><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules/assignment-bank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules/assignment-bank</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">You can sign up for additional free resources and updates at the CONVERGE website at:
</span><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/signup"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC">https://converge.colorado.edu/signup</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. Thank you! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Acknowledgements:
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The CONVERGE Training Modules are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NSF Award #1841338) and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or CDC.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Professor, <span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/sociology/"><span style="color:#4472C4">Department of Sociology</span></a></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Director, <span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://hazards.colorado.edu/"><span style="color:#4472C4">Natural Hazards Center</span></a></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Principal Investigator, Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure
<span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/"><span style="color:#4472C4">CONVERGE Facility</span></a></span>, Social Science Extreme Events Research (<span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/research-networks/sseer"><span style="color:#4472C4">SSEER</span></a></span>)
Network, and Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Extreme Events Research (<span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/research-networks/iseeer"><span style="color:#4472C4">ISEEER</span></a></span>) Network
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="https://hazards.colorado.edu/biography/lori-peek"><span style="color:#4472C4">https://hazards.colorado.edu/biography/lori-peek</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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