Though only a recent member of Prout Alliance (PA), for two years, Japa worked as a proutist in the Los Angeles (LA) area in the late 70’s. This work included community outreach with the Socialist Workers Party for the Leonard Peltier Defence Committee. Japa also worked with the Progressive Labor Party in opposition to KKK organizing in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.

PROUT, the Progressive Utilization Theory propounded by P.R. Sarkar of India, has as its basis and goal “the welfare and happiness of all.” Accordingly, medical care is considered one of the minimal necessities of life to which all people are entitled. 

There are many presumptions about the answer to the title question – many of them incorrect and some of them dangerously inaccurate. The presentation will be a quick overview of the evolving science of Emergency Management which is the product of much professional focus and based on an ever-growing body of empirical experience and observation of people and authorities in such situations over many years and in diverse settings.

This seminar will discuss the basics of Critical Infrastructure – utility and transportation systems and their interdependence, including how we incorrectly assume these essential facilities will always be there for us. Emergency preparedness and response will be reviewed, including risks, efforts at hardening/protecting key facilities, and single points of failure.

Presentation delivered by Alex Jackimovicz, co-founder of the Alliance for Economic Democracy, as part of the Prout Alliance public seminar series, on April 13th, 2023 via Zoom. It covered an introduction and overview of a new system and model for understanding activism, its challenges, and how there is a more nuanced and deeper path than traditional paths of activism, a path that goes beyond surface-level actions and seeks to address the root causes of social, economic, and political issues.

AMURT-Haiti (the humanitarian and development branch of Ananda Marga) has been responding to natural and man-made disasters in Haiti since 1990.  Since 2004 its approach has taken a turn towards increased community empowerment and socio-economic self-determination.