Posts Tagged ‘Community Resilience’
Day 3: TALK STORY: State-Level Perspectives: Future-Proofing Recovery Senator Angus McKelvey and Senator Troy Hashimoto
Day 3: TALK STORY: State-Level Perspectives: Future-Proofing Recovery Senator Angus McKelvey and Senator Troy Hashimoto This recovery is slow, it’s painful, and it’s costly. We need patience, and aloha, and support because we’re all in this together.” —Angus McKelvey “We have a lot of challenges moving forward, and it’s figuring out the strategy…
Read MoreDAY 3! From Flames to Futures: Navigating Wildfire Leadership with Hope and Resilience with Jennifer Gray Thompson
DAY 3! From Flames to Futures: Navigating Wildfire Leadership with Hope and Resilience with Jennifer Gray Thompson “It’s not enough just to give, you have to always receive as well with the same grace and gratitude and aloha.” —Jennifer Gray Thompson “Aloha is boundless, and we know that Aloha reaches all shores and…
Read MoreDay 2: TALK STORY: Caring for Kids: Effective Strategies for Supporting Children After Megafires
Day 2: TALK STORY: Caring for Kids: Effective Strategies for Supporting Children After Megafires “The biggest component of it is making sure that everyone’s talking as much as possible, that there is collaboration and you’re working together in order to make sure that kids have the support that they need.” —Henry Meier “If…
Read MoreDay 2: TALK STORY: From Ashes to Allies: Local Government Leaders Discuss Mutual Aid and Best Practices Post-Megafires
Day 2: TALK STORY: From Ashes to Allies: Local Government Leaders Discuss Mutual Aid and Best Practices Post-Megafires “There’s no greater power, no greater strength, and no greater drive to persevere than when you’re fighting for your family and you’re fighting for your home, even in the face of insurmountable odds.” —Josiah Nishita …
Read MoreWELCOME TO DAY 2! From Flames to Futures: Navigating Wildfire Leadership with Hope and Resilience with Jennifer Gray Thompson
WELCOME TO DAY 2! From Flames to Futures: Navigating Wildfire Leadership with Hope and Resilience with Jennifer Gray Thompson “It’s never about benefiting our organization, it’s about benefiting the cause.” —Jennifer Gray Thompson 2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Day 2 of the 2024 Wildfire Leadership Summit is underway and the insights are about…
Read MoreDay 1: PANEL: Enduring the Crisis: Ensuring Personal Sustainability for Leaders in Disaster Management
Day 1: PANEL: Enduring the Crisis: Ensuring Personal Sustainability for Leaders in Disaster Management “Allow yourself the best you can to just release into all things in due time.” —Jacqui Jorgeson “It’s important as leaders that we show those who we are leading that we also need breaks. We are not gods.” —Matt…
Read MoreDay 1: KEYNOTE: The Power of Recovery Knowledge for Fire Impacted Communities with Jolie Wills
Day 1: KEYNOTE: The Power of Recovery Knowledge for Fire Impacted Communities with Jolie Wills “After disaster, there is plenty of information that you have to absorb, there’s plenty of decisions you’ve got to make, there’s plenty of problems you’ve got to solve, and prolonged stress impacts our ability to do all of those…
Read MoreDay 1: KEYNOTE: Disrupting FEMA— Innovating Service Delivery in the Era of Climate Disasters with Brock Long
Day 1: KEYNOTE: Disrupting FEMA— Innovating Service Delivery in the Era of Climate Disasters with Brock Long “We need to stop looking at people in this country being victims all the time, but actually being the true first responder in every community, in every situation.” —Brock Long 2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Disasters…
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