{"id":699,"date":"2013-03-04T15:53:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readyforanything.org\/?p=699"},"modified":"2015-06-01T11:21:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T15:21:30","slug":"ready-up-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readyforanything.org\/?p=699","title":{"rendered":"Ready-UP! America"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-701\" style=\"width: 406px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readyforanything.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/READYUPSIGN2copy1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-701  \" alt=\"Ready-UP! America\" src=\"https:\/\/readyforanything.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/READYUPSIGN2copy1.jpg\" width=\"406\" height=\"567\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ready-UP! America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Ready-UP! program was created by self-reliance\/preparedness\/sustainable living expert <b>Aton Edwards <\/b>in Spring 2011 to function as a mechanism that trains the general public in the aforementioned disciplines. \u00a0Edwards believed that the government created preparedness programs was not connecting with the public and that something more dynamic was needed to spark interest.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing from his extensive experience in teaching preparedness to large audiences, he designed a program that he knew the public would enjoy.\u00a0\u00a0 He then enlisted the aid of several of his colleagues who worked in the same field to join him; including his friends and radio partners on the KISS-FM (now WBLS-FM) popular radio program Open Line.<\/p>\n<p>The creator of the Open Line, Peabody Award winning radio personality <b>Bob Slade,<\/b> convinced his management to sponsor the event.\u00a0 His partners two-time Grammy Award winning composer\/musician and activist <b>James M\u2019tume<\/b>, former Federal Judge and Garden State Association of Black Journalists award winner <b>Bob Pickett<\/b> also believed in the idea and, the first presentation was at St. Francis College on <b>July 8<sup>th<\/sup> 2011.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"rve\" data-content-width=\"640\"><iframe title=\"Ready UP! New York\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8OkzBfWuQR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- Responsive Video Embeds plugin by www.kevinleary.net --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It featured the program hosts, along with the participants:\u00a0 <strong><a title=\"Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corp.\" href=\"http:\/\/bsvac.org\">Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance<\/a> <\/strong>Corp director <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/38538091\"><b>Rocky Robinson<\/b> and members of his organization.<\/a>\u00a0 Representatives of the <b>Red Cross, Salvation Army, Riverkeeper, <\/b>and several other similar groups and organizations were also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p><em>The event was a smash success<\/em>.\u00a0 It was due to\u00a0\u00a0 Sadly on August 13<sup>th<\/sup> 2011, Edwards mother, Doris succumbed to a stroke.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-708\" style=\"width: 524px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readyforanything.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSCF0232.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-708   \" alt=\"Doris Edwards &amp; Son\" src=\"https:\/\/readyforanything.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSCF0232-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"524\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readyforanything.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSCF0232-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/readyforanything.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSCF0232-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doris Edwards &amp; Son<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His mothers death combined with other family responsibilities forced Edwards to discontinue activities with the Ready-UP! program for several months.<\/p>\n<p>He along with his friends and colleagues began to reactivate the program in late 2012, holding Ready-UP! workshops called<strong> \u201cEscape From The Grid.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 As they gained popularity, his group began to plan their next large forum corresponding television program and fundraiser, all slated to begin in the summer of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming main event is titled\u00a0 <b>\u201cReady-UP! America\u201d <\/b>\u00a0It will be held at a large capacity New York area venue. For the main live presentation, The Open Line radio show team will return along with most of the original participants &amp; organizations.\u00a0 The target date for the kickoff program will be Saturday, June 1st &#8211; the beginning of Hurricane season.<\/p>\n<p>Ready-UP! Events will continue through the summer and ending with a gala event in September, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ready-UP! program was created by self-reliance\/preparedness\/sustainable living expert Aton Edwards in Spring 2011 to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-p-n-news-events"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","enternews-slider-full":"","enternews-featured":"","enternews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/readyforanything.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/readyforanything.org\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">I.P.N. 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