P3: Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Our Disaster Resilience Work

Systemic racism, social injustice, and discrimination continue to plague the world in which we live and serve. The disaster science profession has witnessed how marginalized communities are less resilient amid a disaster many times typically because of lack of access to hazard mitigation and because of decades of faulty public policies, to name a few.

To advance society and the field of hazard mitigation, there is a need to evaluate the current status of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the profession and disaster science. This session will address DEI within the disaster science profession, both in who is employed and the importance of technological solutions deployed to support marginalized communities amid disasters. The Q&A session will include a discussion on how EERI and the profession can continue to support DEI introspectively and communities for which we live and serve.