Afroprep-NOW! Black Survival Initiative is a program specially created to help vulnerable African-American and Afro-Descendant communities in the USA, Latin America, the Caribbean and around the world survive the devastating effects of the the Anthropocene epoch and a multitude of other challenges.
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The world is entering a dangerously unstable phase. The escalating crisis in Iran threatens to ignite a full-scale regional war — possibly even a global one. But this is just one flashpoint among many. From the nationwide Abolish ICE uprisings and the rise of the far-right, to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, famine in the Congo, rising tensions with China, and the unchecked emergence of AGI — we are facing a convergence of human-made and natural disasters unlike anything in modern history. Add to this the threats of bioterrorism, Factor-X viruses, climate catastrophe, and mass unrest, and the need for a rapid program overhaul becomes clear.
Our new Afroprep-NOW! workshop series is built around a repurposed version of the Strategic Air Command’s DEFCON (Defense Readiness Condition) protocol—originally used by the U.S. military to gauge the threat level of nuclear war. Today, we’re adapting that same scale for a new kind of battlefield—one marked by climate collapse, global war, political extremism, economic breakdowns, bioterrorism, and technological threats like AGI. Read section below for complete DEFCON-2 Fast Pace Strategic Preparedness & Life-Protection information breakdown.
In military terms, DEFCON-2 is just one step away from all-out war.
It signals a moment of imminent danger—when every system must be locked in, every defense ready to deploy, and every second counts. Today, the world stands on the edge of such a moment.
We are witnessing in real-time the collapse of old geopolitical alliances, dramatic escalations in armed conflicts, civil unrest, economic instability, climate breakdown, the growing threat of all forms of foreign and domestic terrorism. The recent military strikes against Iran, rising international tensions, global uncertainty and the emergence of what could be the greatest threat to human survival in history, superintelligent AI.
DEFCON-2; FAST PACE is a strategic survival directive designed specifically to meet the needs of the Black and global Afrodiasporic community. Through Afroprep-NOW! and the International Preparedness Network (I.P.N.), this program reaches far beyond standard training and delivers specialized intelligence, and critical insights into the hazards we now face on every front. It is the most comprehensive civilian preparedness program available!
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The Afroprep-NOW! GBS Initiative is a multidisciplinary life-protection (LP) system called ia short for improvisational adaptation created by the I.P.N. (International Preparedness Network) to provide vulnerable African-American and Afro-Descendant communities across America, The Caribbean, Indigenous (Latin) America and around the world with the information and skills they can utilize to build disaster resilient, sustainable self-reliant communities, and protect themselves against any threat.
"ia" or ia-do (pronounced EyeYayDo) is a STEM-rooted specialized discipline that is a synergistic fusion of skills and information from a multitude of subjects that can aid in the protection and preservation of human life, public safety, health and the Earth's environment.
The primary goal of the Afroprep-NOW! Black Survival Initiative is to build a network of disaster resilient, self-reliant, sustainable and fortified African-American & Afro-Descendant communities and individuals across the nation and around the world.
Aton Edwards is one of America's most esteemed and accomplished experts in disaster/emergency preparedness & response, emergency management and sustainability. He has been called by many "The Master Of Disaster" and is an African-American pioneer in the field.
He is also an award winning author, television and radio show contributor, former Discovery Channel host & Nat Geo tech advisor, environmental/social activist, engineer/inventor, martial artist/outdoor survival - bushcraft expert and martial artist.
Edwards has used his three decades of real world experience, and broad skillset to create his unique "ia" discipline that he has used to train thousands of people across the nation and around the world for over two decades.