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.