community

Dec
18
Have Our Online Lives Eroded Our Communities?

Have Our Online Lives Eroded Our Communities?

And can we bring ourselves back from collapse?
9 min read
Nov
29
If FEMA Goes Away, Could Communities Step Up?

If FEMA Goes Away, Could Communities Step Up?

Three books offer a vision of future disaster recovery – if we can come together in mutuality
9 min read
Nov
17
Men in red lifejackets and helmets paddle a rubber boat full of rescued people through brown floodwaters

If Disaster Response Shifts to States, How Can Communities Respond?

Waiting for rescue probably isn't sustainable for any of us
7 min read
Nov
04
Volunteers organizing food distribution at a long table filled with canned and fresh foods. Their faces are not in frame, only their arms and gloved hands.

Organizing in Community, Also When You Have No Experience

Stepping up isn't just about collecting training or experience. It's also about healing past trauma.
4 min read
Nov
03
A group of five men wearing hardhats and safety gear discuss plans in a ramshackle house.

Taking Experiential Training When You Have No Experience

Learning as much as I can from people who know a lot better than I do... and my own instincts
6 min read
Oct
02
What's a Girl Have to Do to Get Into a Graduate Program?

What's a Girl Have to Do to Get Into a Graduate Program?

There's explaining why I want to get this degree. Then there's bleeding on the page.
3 min read
Sep
08
Following the Action Steps in Navigating the Chaos

Following the Action Steps in Navigating the Chaos

Now that I'm rebuilding my entire life from the ground up, I'm more feeling my way along than planning my steps
12 min read
Aug
25
What Does Intentional, Human Centered Disaster Response Look Like?

What Does Intentional, Human Centered Disaster Response Look Like?

Nothing much can get done unless and until people feel safe, seen and heard before they can act effectively.
5 min read
Aug
19
The Importance of Human Response to Systemic Failure

The Importance of Human Response to Systemic Failure

Trauma is arguably a part of life, but also arguably, hardship can be prevented from ever becoming trauma by loving care and compassion
5 min read
Apr
11
A black and white image of a semi truck traveling along a highway under overcast skies alongside a mountain range. Sunlight breaks through the clouds at intervals.

Five Years After My Dystopian Fiction Was Published, I’m Afraid It Might Actually Be Coming True

What I never expected in writing to process my layoffs as well as my privilege
7 min read