Dear Colleagues,
At Tucson’s "Beyond—Commemorate, Celebrate and Commit**" event, the DHS Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships stands with you as we remember those killed, injured and affected on that tragic day in Tucson, and celebrate the healing and reconciliation that has occurred since.
A number of presenters at the DHS 2011 Region IX Faithful Readiness Conference in September were integral in responding and recovering from the incident. As a statement of our support, we offer these highlights from the opening plenary session: A Time to Remember, A Time to Prepare. These video clips highlight the importance of community, government and faith leaders working together in times of tragedy. We hope they will also provide some insight into the lessons we all learned from this tragedy and how we can help one another move, as you say, BEYOND, to commemorate the day, celebrate the spirit of togetherness and commit to working together to build a stronger community every day. Please click HERE to see the video.
Video Highlights:
Kelly Paisley, Community Leader and Advisor to Daniel Hernandez: A Community’s Response.
Keynote Speech: Pam Simon, Office of U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and survivor: In Her Own Words.
Spiritual Reflections: Rabbi Stephanie Aaron, Congregation Chaverim and Rabbi to Congresswoman Giffords: Sound the Shofar.
Captain Frank Duarte, Pima County Sheriff’s Office, Incident Commander: Collaboration and Communication in Incident Response.
We hope and pray that nothing like this ever happens again, yet we know that the Tucson community is better prepared to lessen the impact of such tragedy and resilient enough to recover to an even stronger place.
** BEYOND is a community-wide event to commemorate the anniversary of January 8th, celebrate the spirit of togetherness we felt in the days and months afterward, and re-commit ourselves to working together to build a stronger community every day.
Jannah Scott, Th.D.
Deputy Director
DHS Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships
US Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20472
202-646-4317
202-380-6140
A Center of the White House Office of Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships