The After the Fire USA Wildfire Leadership Summit
September 20-22, 2022 in Sonoma, CA
PANEL: Serving Frontline Communities During Times of Emergency and Over the Long-Term Recovery
MODERATOR: Lorez Bailey, Publisher, The North Bay Business Journal
PANELISTS:
Jake Valentine Bentz, Distribution Coordinator, Santiam Hospital and Clinics - Disaster Services
Alma Bowen, Founder and Executive Director, Nuestra Comunidad
Karym Sanchez, Executive Director, North Bay Organizing Project
Contact the Panel:
https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com
https://santiamhospital.org/about-us/make-a-donation
https://www.ncoinc.org
https://nc707.org/
Day 1 -Tuesday September 20 our Summit centers on the theme of RECOVER and will address the challenges that wildfire survivor communities experience directly as they recover.
The panelists highlight their own work and experience with post fire recovery, the unique challenges, strategies and resources used to serve the community after wildfire, especially those populations with the highest needs.
The panelists explore the questions of how to lead efforts to support members of the community in times of emergency and through more long term recovery. What needs must be prioritized address? And how do you do that work? What have you learned? How does your organization build resilience equitably? What are the elements of a 'just recovery'?
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.
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