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Resilient Community Program
An Education and Outreach Program for Local Governments and Citizens to Create Resilient Communities
"It is the best thing I have seen across the world. And I have observed preparedness practices from the United States to Botswana. And the reason it is, is because it takes people from where they are at the awareness level and raises them to the next level. It empowers them to act now."
– Kay Goss, Associate FEMA Director for Preparedness in Clinton Administration
Empowerment Institute’s Resilient Community Program empowers households, blocks and buildings to be prepared for energy disruptions, natural disasters and emergencies. It also serves as a delivery platform for integrating the programs of local government, community groups and neighborhood organizations.
Overview of Program
This program’s premise is that taking prudent precautions against energy disruptions, terrorism or the possibility of a natural disaster is nothing more than a form of insurance. The program’s title, All Together Now, reflects our belief that by far the best insurance is the group insurance you get from teamwork, because our neighbors’ security is tied to our own.
Should you take reasonable steps to protect yourself and family against unknowns? The choice, it seems to us, is clear. It’s better to have a plan for an emergency that doesn’t happen than to have an emergency but no plan.
All Together Now Video
How the Program Works
- This program will help you take the necessary actions to be more resilient in the face of nearly any emergency, from energy disruptions to natural disasters to acts of terrorism. The preparedness actions can work within any budget. You can invest more if your goal is long-term resiliency, or you can be resourceful and spend very little to prepare.
- The program is carried out as part of a building or block-based team of five to eight households. Your team will give you the support and motivation to carry out your actions while building the relationships and trust with neighbors so helpful in a crisis.
Watch Video: Building A Resilient New York City
Become Certified as A Resilient Community Program Leader
Empowerment Institute’s Social Change 2.0 community organizing leadership certification with a focus on implementation of the Resilient Community Program. You will learn how to facilitate an empowerment training, provide empowerment coaching, and use the Social Change 2.0 framework, strategies, and skills to architect a transformational community intervention. You will also receive the Resilient Community Program training scripts, organizing templates, and guidance on how to customize the campaign to the unique needs of your community and project. Click here for more information on the certification program.
Sponsor A Resilient Community Program Training
A Social Change 2.0 community organizing training for a local government or community organization wishing to implement the Resilient Community Program. This training is customized to the needs of the community and organization. For more information contact us.
Customize the Program for your Community
Then Senator Hillary Clinton, who secured the financing from the US Department of Justice for implementing the All Together Now Program in New York City, holding the workbook with Empowerment Institute CEO, David Gershon.
Empowerment Institute customizes the All Together Now program to the specific needs of each city by integrating its disaster resiliency and emergency preparedness programs and services into each of the actions and designing new actions as needed.
To see what a customized program looks like download the New York City customized version.
Learn About Social Change 2.0
To learn more about the Social Change 2.0 framework and research underpinning the Resilient Community Program, read the free download from the book's introduction, "Reinventing Social Change."
Watch the video:
An introduction to the Social Change 2.0 philosophy and framework.
Resilient Community Program Testimonials
"This All Together Now program allows people to learn how to respond to an emergency, and we want to make sure we have people prepared on every single street corner. That's why I want everybody to attend the meetings, participate with your neighbors, and then you will be stronger for it and our borough will be safer for it."
– Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President, New York City