Welcome

“New Orleans, 2007 – Back to the Future” Mayor Ed Lee

Lessons from Katrina Harvard Kennedy School says Communities must be able to… Nurture capable local leadership that can drive rapid, substantive action Focus on inclusiveness and embrace self-reliance Achieve the ability to seek out and interface successfully with outside sources of help (government, foundations, universities, corporations, NGOs …) Be able to evolve & adapt as challenges arise by developing new skills and capacities

The Goal for The Community and Recovery For the City and County of San Francisco to recover from a major hazard in an expedited manner, as well as have as many pre-event residents, and communities, as part of the re-constituted City populous as possible. Meanwhile in small town called San Francisco….

In SF, the underlying issues… Issue is by nature - “negative” There is no hard event “window” San Francisco has a unique situation Unstable social capital environment Acquiring complete skill set is difficult

Empowering Communities to be their best...

The NEN “Universe” Government Agencies Academic Institutions Neighborhood Groups Residents Non-Government Organizations Executive / Legislative Branch

The NEN Empowered Communities Program is an asset based organizing initiative that supports communities as they leverage hyper local problem solving to build strong sustainable cross sector working relationships with both local and regional stakeholders.

Make resilience approachable…

Make resilience about function…

Introduction of ECP Opportunity Event – April 3, 2013 Resilience Action Plan Launch Event - July 28 th, 2013

 Engage key neighborhood stakeholders  Create cross sector program planning committee Capacity Building Inventory and Prioritized Goals & Develop Vision Statement for the Community’s Performance in times of stress Establish Performance Goals by Functional Area:  Education  Health  Economic  Utilities  Public Safety  Social / Cultural  Disaster Prep  Environmental Create a Community Establish Goals and Vision Action Plan Creation & Implementation Create Action Plan & Governance Model & Implementation Strategy & Develop Neighborhood Center  Create Working Groups  Set time table for meetings  Develop Unifying Vision for Resilience  Increase trust amongst participants  Emphasize Cultural Competence  Prioritize goals by audience  Map assets, resources and networks  Merge working groups data into one document  Create an organizational model for implementation of the plan  Establish metrics  Craft action plans for times of stress  Advocate for investments that will mitigate the impact of an event Host Action Plan Launch Event Convene Working Groups:  Families & Kids  Small Business  Seniors &People Living with Disabilities  Immigrant Communities Resilient Bayview Action Plan Development

The ECP Resiliency Council Library Non Profit Merchant Resiliency Council Steering Committee Foundation Elected Official Faith Based City Agency Academic Institution / University / College

The ECP Resiliency Council How data is being collected, shared and leveraged DataSF SF FIND.info Community Resilience Indicator Project Streetwise

Our City - Ready for Anything Back to the Future, again….