Nurturing Community Resilience and Collective Healing: Going Home to Louisiana

At the heart of all of my work lies a profound recognition of the importance of community and the power of shared experiences. This past week, I was on travel working, thinking and reconnecting in my home state. I had the honor of collaborating with community leaders in Louisiana, embarking on a transformative journey of co-learning and resilience building. My initial reason for the visit was to deliver a set of workshops about organization building. Specifically, I was to offer insights about the importance of internal resilience building within organizations, focusing on scaling, establishing legal and accounting compliance mechanisms, and prioritizing the well-being of your team and yourself. This took place. What occurred was that together, we explored the intersection of the climate crisis and the digital divide, understanding the unique challenges faced by marginalized communities, and envisioning a future where empowerment and protection are paramount.

This was part of my work with the Consortium for Equitable Disaster Resilience, an organization backed by Tulane University and Walmart, and The Undivide Project. The goal or collective mission is to help strengthen communities’ ability to adapt to climate change and increasing disasters. In the conversation about climate change, digital justice and…