13Core, LLC is proud to announce that we are sponsoring the 10th annual Weathering the Storm Conference for preparedness and responses for emergency management in Southern Illinois happening Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at the Marion Pavilion. The conference is being put on by the SPARC Coalition of Southern Illinois and SIH Healthcare.
This conference is near and dear to our owner’s heart as Michele is a First Responder and on the Williamson County Emergency Management Agency’s Response Team. She believes that everyone should be prepared in the event of an emergency be it a weather, chemical, mechanical, or terrorist event. The better prepared you, your business, your website, and your community are, the easier it will be when bad things happen.
13Core, LLC will be handling all of the social media for the conference that can be seen on the SPARC Coalitions Facebook page and updating their website to be fully accessible in time for the conference. The conference will be a full day of learning for healthcare workers, first responders, emergency management agencies, and community leaders. It is also open to the public for anyone who is interested in learning more about emergency preparedness.
During the conference, Michele Butcher-Jones will be speaking about working with local agencies on getting their websites up to date on the new Department of Justice’s Accessibility standards for all entities that receive money from local, state, and/or federal governments. The new guidelines set by the DoJ must go into effect for those entities either by 2026 or 2027 depending on the population they serve. You can find out more about the Accessibility Standards and how 13Core, LLC can help your agency by checking out our Government ADA Services page.
Weathering the Storm is still looking for vendors and sponsors for anyone local to Southern Illinois and want to see how the area handles emergencies improve, here is your chance. Tickets are also still available for the conference that can be purchased on their website.