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Support Our Community Program: A Corporate Approach to Giving Back

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ISA Support our Community Program 10/03/2025   Support our Community Program: Independent Security Advisors & EPtraining.us are honored to announce that the ISA Support our Community Program has, on behalf of the graduates, instructors, and cadre of EP class 928-25, donated to the Shriners Hospitals for Children and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.    As with every ISA training program, a portion of the tuition and the primary instructor’s salary is given to support a local charitable program in the name of the students, cadre, guests, and role players.  The graduates, hosting agencies, and sponsors are asked to select those charities. This class chose two charities that focus on children, not only in Georgia and Tennessee, but nationally.   What started as the ISA Give Back Program, a student referral plan that made donations to charity for every student a graduate referred to a future class.  It has evolved into the...
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 https://medium.com/@mparker.isa/the-protection-of-public-officials-a-democratic-imperative-6ae42fff8917 The Protection of Public Officials: A Democratic Imperative Matthew Parker “Do you feel safe? You shouldn’t,” “Your security detail is far too thin and incompetent to protect you. This world is unpredictable these days….anything can happen to anyone.” Travis Ford of Nebraska in his threats to a local election official. Independent Security Advisors Defending Democracy program Bottomline: Elected and other public officials are afraid of violence, so fearful that many have confessed to not voting for a piece of legislation over these fears. Many of these elected officials are part of the problem, using violent rhetoric to demonize a political opponent. Many of these elected officials are part of the problem because they refuse to accept the security measures necessary to allow them to live and work without fear. Overview: Seriously, are we writing about this again? Since 2017, the...