Not If, but When Disaster Strikes: The WIP talks with the Red Cross

Listen to the August 29 broadcast of Sundays at Five by clicking the play button below.
In this week’s broadcast of Sundays at Five, Kate and Ali talk with Joan Kelley-Williams, the Director of International Services for the American Red Cross San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the lives of many people on the Gulf Coast are still not “back to normal.” Yet another disaster – the current flooding in Pakistan – is having an impact many times more devastating than Katrina.

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Guest Biography: Joan Kelley-Williams serves as Director of International and Armed Forces Emergency Services for the American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter. A Red Crosser since 1984 when she began as a volunteer, Joan joined the paid staff ranks in 1991 as the Chapter’s first Director of Volunteer Administration. She has created the Chapter’s premier International Services Department delivering direct services and providing outreach and education programs focused on the promotion of international humanitarian/human rights law and rights based humanitarian aid.
About the Broadcast: The WIP’s Executive Editor, Kate Daniels teams up with identical twin sister Ali Daniels to present Sundays at Five, a weekly radio broadcast on KRXA, Monterey Bay’s Progressive Talk Radio station. The twins share stories and discuss topics ranging from campaign finance reform to the phenomenon of Facebook. Tune in every Sunday from 5-6 pm PDT or listen online. Podcasts of previous broadcasts are available on The WIP Talk.
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