From Policy to Action: Planning for Equitable Mitigation

By centering equity in the mitigation planning process, we can create a plan that benefits the whole community. This includes its most vulnerable residents. This webinar highlights updates to FEMA’s mitigation planning policy. It shares data tools you can use to identify and engage socially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in your community. It also features a case study of the city of Oakland’s Equitable Climate Adaptation Plan and how the city carried its equity-focused planning processes into the local hazard mitigation plan.
Learn about the different types of equity that emerge in the planning process. Hear why equity matters, and how to use both tools and community conversations to create a more equitable hazard mitigation plan.
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0:00 Introduction
04:32 Shubha Shrivastava
Shubha Shrivastava is a Mitigation Planner with FEMA’s National Mitigation Planning Program. Shubha discusses how equity emerges in the hazard planning process and why equity should be centered in your efforts. Shubha also covers how equity is included in the 2022 updated mitigation planning policy guides.
15:31 Jacque Larrainzar
Jacque Larrainzar is a Race and Equity Analyst with City of Oakland, California. Jacque shares their work on Oakland’s Equitable Climate Adaptation Plan and how the city carried its equity-focused planning processes into the local hazard mitigation plan.
39:26 Kate Judson
Kate Judson is the Equity Section Chief, Office of Equity and Strategic Initiatives within the Recovery Directorate at FEMA. Kate reviews data tools you can use to identify and engage socially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in your community. Kate discusses how both tools and community conversations can make both mitigation planning and projects equitable.
59:44 Q&A Session
1:04:00 Resources and Contacts