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# Secretary Cardona to Join FEMA and Red Cross for Children’s Emergency Preparedness Reading Event at MLK Jr. Library in Washington, D.C.    

# Secretary Cardona to Join FEMA and Red Cross for Children’s Emergency Preparedness Reading Event at MLK Jr. Library in Washington, D.C.    

**Contact:  **press@ed.gov

**Event Date 1 : **March 8, 2022 - 1:15pm

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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will join  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and  American Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern on Tuesday, March 8, for a children’s reading event focusing on emergency preparedness. The event will be  held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C.

Secretary Cardona and  Administrator Criswell will read a book from the American Red Cross “Prepare  with Pedro” book series to  second-grade and third-grade students from Widewater Elementary School. The book will be read in English and Spanish.  “Prepare with Pedro” is a preparedness education program that teaches students how to prepare and act during emergencies. Tuesday’s event celebrates Red Cross Month and Pedro the Penguin’s birthday. 
**Event 1****Who :**
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel CardonaFEMA Administrator Deanne CriswellAmerican Red Cross President and CEO Gail  McGovernStudents from Widewater Elementary School  
**What :**
Children’s Emergency Preparedness Reading Event
**When :**
Tuesday, March 8, 20221:15-2:15 p.m. ET

**Press:**Press interested in  covering this event can RSVP to  the FEMA News Desk fema-news-desk@fema.dhs.govno later than 4 p.m. ET, Monday, March 7.**Where :**
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library901 G. St. NWWashington, D.C.
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