2023
Letter for the Record
Letter by Bipartisan Policy Center. Dear Chairman Schatz and Ranking Member Hyde-Smith: The Bipartisan Policy Center leads a Disaster Response Reform Task Force, a bipartisan group of emergency management and disaster recovery leaders focused on making federal disaster assistance programs work better for disaster survivors. On behalf of the Task Force, I want to commend…
Read MoreNBC News Now: Nov 24, 2023. Dasha Burns
Jennifer Gray Thompson joins Dasha Burns on NBC News Now to discuss After the Fire USA’s delegation to Maui to aid in recovery efforts.
Read MoreWhat happens after the fire
Story by npr. NPR’s Pien Huang speaks to Jennifer Gray Thompson, founder and CEO of After the Fire USA, about what to expect from long-term recovery after a wildfire. PIEN HUANG, HOST: I want to stay on that last point that we heard from Greg about the plans to rebuild those communities that were…
Read MoreIn Hawaii, concerns over ‘climate gentrification’ rise after devastating Maui fires
Story by AP news. Thompson said Maui is one of the “scariest opportunities for gentrification” that she’s seen because of “the very high land values and the intense level of trauma and the people who are unscrupulous who will come in to try to take advantage of that.” Kim Cuevas-Reyes, a 38-year-old cellphone store…
Read MoreGreenville rising from the ashes 2 years after Dixie Fire
Story by NBC Bay Area. “They’re very creative, they’re very innovative,” said Jennifer Gray Thompson of the Bay Area fire response group After The Fire. “And then to see this amazing wildfire resistant, really climate resistant go up here, really the most impressive example I’ve seen in six years of doing this work.” Above…
Read MoreSonoma Valley resident, After the Fire CEO joining Rep. Mike Thompson at Biden’s State of the Union address
Story by The Sonoma Index-Tribune. As a lifelong resident of the valley and local leader in disaster relief from the 2017 fires, Rep. Thompson believes Gray Thompson “is emblematic of the strength of our survivor community and has been instrumental in helping fire survivors recover and rebuild.” Rep. Mike Thompson from California’s 4th District…
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