JULY 17, 2022 |
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Hour 1
"Whistleblowers of
America" - |
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with Jackie Garrick,
founder |
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Hour 2
"Running a Water District Without Water" - |
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with Brenda
Haynes and Ray Eliante |
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Hour 1 |
"Whistleblowers of America" |
About Jackie Garrick
As the founder of Whistleblowers of America, Ms.
Garrick is a policy and program expert with 30 years of service to
the military/veteran community. She was a political appointee at the
Pentagon for eight years, setting up personnel programs for Wounded
Warriors and the Defense Suicide Prevention Office. She established
a crisis hotline in Afghanistan and later investigated issues
related to diversity and inclusion and NO FEAR Act violations. While
working for the Defense Department that Ms. Garrick blew the whistle
on fraud, waste, and abuse and suffered retaliation. Before that,
she worked for the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Disability
Assistance, and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, drafting legislation
to assist disabled veterans and their families. Ms. Garrick is a
former Army social work officer. She has used her clinical knowledge
to inform her advocacy and intervention work with The American
Legion as the Deputy Director for Health Care and then with the
Veterans" Disability Benefits Commission. She has several
prestigious awards, including the Lincoln Award and a Secretary of
Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service. Ms. Garrick has
published books and several articles and has appeared worldwide as a
health and resilience expert. She founded the FAR Group after 9/11
and continues to offer consulting services. Her MSW is from Temple
University.
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Whistleblowers of America
United in Speaking Truth to Power
www.whistleblowersofamerica.org
Workplace Promise Institute
P.O. Box 3896, Pensacola, FL 32516 |
Mission
Our mission is to provide evidence-based peer support that matches
mentors and mentees who follow a whistleblower strategic plan
designed
to reduce the stress on the whistleblower and assist in
problem-solving and decision-making.
Values
Whistleblowers of America aims to provide justice, courage,
integrity, and sympathy for anyone who has suffered from
retaliation.
Vision
To provide a voice for employees
who fear speaking out against violations due to retaliation.
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What is
Whistleblowing
Whistleblowers are everywhere and can be any employee (including
military personnel) who sees wrongdoing and speaks out to stop it.
However, it is often a lonely and confusing legal process. In the
news media, we hear stories of victims who have waited decades
before coming forward or have had to work for years to gather enough
evidence to be credible. Yet, they protect individuals and the
public from all kinds of harm - ranging from medical errors to toxic
contamination to financial fraud to discrimination and sexual abuse.
Whistleblowers are the first relators of wrongdoing!
Why Should You Care?
Unfortunately, many in the position who blow the whistle face
workplace abuse and loss of job opportunities. People believe those
who "snitch" on their superiors don’t deserve protection. In some
societies, whistleblowers are equated to traitors and liars. Without
them, employers could freely embezzle, harass their employees, and
destroy the lives of the public without consequence.
Who Is A Whistleblower & What Do They
Do?
Whistleblowers are essential parts of the workplace, and the main
reason injustice is brought to light. When someone takes a stand and
reports evidence about the corrupt actions employers and supervisors
perpetrate for personal gain, it evens the playing field and dispels
the inequality between the workers and employers. |
Workplace Promise
Institute 2022
Last year Whistleblowers of America (WoA)
launched a new truth to power opportunity with the
first virtual Workplace Promise Institute (WPI)
conference
Western Interstate Commission for Higher[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [684.9 KB]
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Hour 2 |
"Running a Water
District Without Water"
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About our guests
Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District |
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Brenda Haynes,
President, Division 5 |
Brenda
is currently a District Representative for U.S. Congressman Doug
LaMalfa. She previously served as Field Representative for
then-California State Senator LaMalfa and California State
Assemblyman Jim Nielsen.
Brenda is married with three grown sons and makes her home in Churn
Creek Bottom where she and husband Bruce enjoy raising cattle. She
currently serves as President of the Board of Directors of
Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District representing Division V, is
a Shasta County LAFCO Commissioner, a member of the Shasta County
Resource Advisory Committee, and an alternate board member of the
Northern California Water Association. Brenda is a member of Redding
Republican Women, Shasta County Cattlemen, Shasta County Farm Bureau
and the Shasta County Republican Central Committee. |
Ray Eliante, Director,
Division 4 |
Ray
is the Regional Office President for a national processing company
serving merchants in all 50 states and Canada. He has a successful
and extensive business background as an entrepreneur while achieving
a national ranking for a previously owned contracting business. Some
of his endeavors include, restaurant, property management,
contracting, commercial and residential development. He has been
active in churches holding several positions and has started several
home churches.
Married with three grown children and four grandchildren and enjoys
all the great outdoors activities that the north state has to offer.
He finds the most pleasure on his hobby ranch in Cottonwood
California.
Ray was elected to the District's Board of Directors in the fall of
2020 and looks forward to serving the district and its customers.
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Anderson-Cottonwood
Irrigation District (ACID or District)
diverts water from the Sacramento River in Redding, California,
primarily from a gravity diversion in the river at the seasonal ACID
Diversion Dam in Redding. In addition, the District operates a pump
station on the river approximately 4 miles downstream to supply a
lateral canal. ACID’s distribution system includes approximately 35
miles of Main Canal, about 98 percent of which is unlined. The Main
Canal flows through six inverted siphons to cross streams, such as
Clear Creek, and three flume sections across smaller streams and
lowland areas. When flow exceeds the canal capacity, District water
overflows into several wasteways along the canal route (see Figure
2-1; figures are located at the end of each section in which they
are first referenced).
ACID holds a water right, under pre-1914 postings, to divert water
from the natural flow of the Sacramento River. The ACID surface
water supply entitlement provides for a maximum total of 125,000
ac-ft/yr during the period April 1 through October 31 of each year.
121,000 ac-ft is considered to be Base Supply and 4,000 ac-ft is
Central Valley Project Supply. During dry years this supply may be
significantly less. |
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