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Risk of Absence: Local Volunteerism and Social Capital

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  • Understanding Risk Boulder 2015

Event Summary

Organization: BoCo Strong

Session Lead

  • Tiernan Doyle

Speakers

  • Joan Cernich, American Red Cross
  • Nnenia Campbell, University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center
  • Rich Lopez, Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
  • Meghan Dunn, Boulder Flood Relief

Description

Recent disasters have shown us the crucial importance of social connections in community resilience and risk planning, but this remains a difficult topic to plan around. How do we measure social capital, engage and successfully amplify the impact of local volunteers, and promote connectedness within our communities? This session uses presentations and discussion to examine the effects of local volunteerism and social engagement. The goal of the panel is to advance the conversation on methods for empowering community capacity and building local connections to promote innovative and collaborative solutions for disaster response and risk management.

Presentations

Social Capital and Disaster Recovery Among Older Adults: A Case Study of the 2013 Colorado Floods – Nnenia Campbell
Timelines of Risk – Rich Lopez
The “Risk” of Absence: Saving Space for Emergence in Disaster Response – Meghan M. Dunn

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