The After the Fire USA Wildfire Leadership Summit
September 20-22, 2022 in Sonoma, CA
PANEL: Gimme Shelter - from Emergency to Permanent Housing
MODERATOR: Mariana Thomas, Mass Care Chief from American Red Cross
PANELISTS:
Deana Freres, Board President, Santiam Canyon Long Term Recovery Group / Co-Founder for the Santiam Canyon Wildfire Relief Fund
Sidra Goldwater, Advisor, Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding, Fannie Mae
Seana O'Shaughnessy, President and CEO, Community Housing Improvement Program
Contact the Panel:
https://www.redcross.org
https://www.santiamrecovery.org
https://www.fanniemae.com
https://chiphousing.org
Day 3, Reimagine, highlights the need for new ways to approach disaster and how we may mitigate or reduce the impacts in the future.
The panel participants highlight their work and experience with post fire recovery related to housing-from emergency shelter, to long term temporary shelter solutions to permanent housing initiatives for the most economically and socially vulnerable people in the community. These folks are advancing innovative approaches, with some success and some failure--which is a learning experience for all. In what ways are we willing to change how we do things to be more resilient and more equitable for everyone?
The folks on this panel have been invited to it because they have each been innovative thinkers and actors. Whether there are language barriers, transportation considerations, physical special needs, challenging financials….what is possible? And what are the obstacles you had to overcome to get your project completed? Each person on this panel is not only think about new solutions but they are also DOING them.
Topics Covered:
The program on this day is about innovations and futures. When disaster strikes, there are many stages of need related to shelter. For quick solutions during the time of emergency, to temporary longer-term shelter, to making a home possible for those who have lost it all—many times when the resources are scarce for these people.
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After The Fire USA hosted a three-day conference for networking, knowledge sharing, and capacity building to address the problem of Megafires in the US. The Wildfire Leadership Summit took place at the Hanna Center in Sonoma, California and was built from a coalition of wildfire communities, wildfire recovery and resilience organizations, and local community groups, regional, national partners, funders, and leaders.
Thank you to the major sponsor of the Leadership Summit, Fannie Mae and their Disaster Response Network.
Thanks to our Summit host Hanna Center and to The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) for their generous contribution, for the travel support provided by Alaska Airlines and thanks to Wednesday’s evening film event sponsor Obsidian Wine Company.
For more information about After The Fire USA, or the Wildfire Leadership Summit, please visit AfterTheFireUSA.org or email @info@AfterTheFireUSA.org.