Substandard housing. Unsafe environmental conditions. Poor health. Isolation.
These are just a few characteristics that can cripple a vulnerable community in the face of natural disasters such as Katrina or Sandy, as well as prolonged struggles like Chicagoland’s periodic heat waves and floods. Vulnerable communities have limited capacities to plan for, avoid and bounce back from the impact of natural and man-made emergencies.
Join the Metropolitan Planning Council on Tuesday, April 14, at noon, as business, government and community leaders discuss how to work with residents in vulnerable communities toward solutions that will build resiliency. Speakers include:
Tiffany McDowell, Executive Director at the Institute on Social Exclusion, and Associate Director, Center on the Social Determinants of Mental Health, Adler University
Jacqueline Patterson, Director of NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program
Sarita Turner, Senior Associate at PolicyLink