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Johns Hopkins University
901 South Bond Street, Suite 540
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920

March 20, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Amy Lunday
acl@jhu.edu
443-287-9960


Undergrads, PACER Hosting
Homeland Security Conference

The newly launched Johns Hopkins Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, will join a group of Johns Hopkins undergraduates in hosting Securing the Future, a homeland security-themed conference for area high school students this Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24, in the Mattin Center on the university's Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore.

Now in its third year, this two-day conference brings distinguished high school juniors from Baltimore City and Baltimore County to the Homewood campus, where they hear from professors, professionals and policy-makers on topics ranging from international terrorism to emergency preparedness. Between speakers, student participants break into small groups to debate and discuss the issues with Johns Hopkins undergraduates. Ultimately, participants create their own plans to raise homeland security awareness in their schools and communities, and implement these plans through the following school year.

Established by Johns Hopkins students Sarah David and Marc Goldwein, the conference has consistently attracted high-caliber high school students, and a list of speakers that includes Sen. Benjamin Cardin and Dennis Schrader, former Maryland director of homeland security.

This year, the Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response, known as PACER, will integrate the conference as a regular component of its educational outreach efforts. Led by the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, PACER is engaged in multidisciplinary, trans-institutional research to create knowledge directed toward national preparedness for weapons of mass destruction and other catastrophic high-consequence events. In particular, PACER seeks to understand issues and principles of preparedness, and the science of education, in order to disseminate knowledge, cultivate future leaders and develop effective educational and training programs.

To contact the students, e-mail Stephanie Laperle at securingthefuture@gmail.com, or Amy Lunday at 443-287-9960.


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