Rooted at Home: Shelter, Safety & Community Care

Our Preparedness, Our Power: Stories of Individual and Collective Resilience was a three-part storytelling webinar series centering disabled voices in emergency preparedness. Together, we explored evacuation, community resilience, and access to power — what they really mean for survival, equity, and justice.

Nuestra preparación, nuestro poder: Historias de resiliencia individual y colectiva era una serie de seminarios web en tres partes que centra las voces de personas discapacitadas en la preparación para emergencias. Juntes, exploraremos la evacuación, la resiliencia comunitaria y el acceso a la energía — lo que realmente significan para la supervivencia, la equidad y la justicia.

#2 Rooted at Home: Shelter, Safety & Community Care

Presented on November 6, 2025.

Preparedness is collective, rooted in relationships. Social connection reduces isolation, supports mental well-being, and strengthens response.

This discussion:

• Resilience grows through networks of care
• Community care equals survival
• Stories and steps for collective resilience

Host: Brett

Moderator: Mark

Panelists: 

• Rhonda
• Merry
• Krystal
• Tre

Materials:

• Accessible Slides: Community Storytelling Series Session 2
• Transcript