The North Carolina Inclusive Disaster Recovery Network is a collaborative of public, private, non-profit, and faith organizations seeking avenues for community voice and equitable access to resources in a disaster recovery system. Working with the network is a great way for statewide organizations to be good allies for community-based organizations engaged in on-the-ground disaster recovery.
Monthly Meetings
The NC Inclusive Disaster Recovery Network meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 2:00 – 3:30 PM on Zoom. Click here to view the calendar.
Our Members
Membership in the NC Inclusive Disaster Recovery Network is free, and everyone can participate in a way that is appropriate for them. Learn more about our members here. And join our mailing list by filling out this short form.
Information: Ensure our disaster survivors receive accurate information and easy access to recovery services.
Representation at Decision-making Tables: Ensure recovery decisions are made with inclusive community input.
Policy Change: Ensure planning is strengthened, recovery service gaps are eliminated, and relevant innovations are implemented.
Systems Change: Produce a report of best practices and lessons learned from Hurricane Matthew and other relevant disaster recovery efforts.
Policy Change: Identify gaps and push for accountability.
Communications: Maintain an updated record of key resources.
Data: Support local municipalities to get the data they need post-disaster.
Preparedness: Provide constant alert and advocacy for disaster preparedness.After Hurricanes Florence and Michael in 2018, the NCIDR Network formed “action teams” to specialize and address specific issues and opportunities related to disaster recovery in North Carolina. A listing of the action teams and their conveners follows.
Major Systems Action Team – Addressing the housing, legal, and policy issues impacting disaster recovery.
Convener: Scott Marlow, Rural Advancement Foundation International
Philanthropy Team – Creating and connecting grassroots organizations with funding opportunities. In March 2020, this team partnered with the NC Community Foundation to award $250,000 to nonprofit organizations that are minority-led or focus long-term recovery efforts on serving traditionally underrepresented communities.
Convener: Leslie Ann Jackson, NC Community Foundation
Latinx Services Team – Supporting the NC Latino Communities Network.
Conveners: Juvencio Rocha-Peralta, AMEXCAN; Lariza Garzon, Episcopal Farmworker Ministry
Small Business Support Team
Convener: Leslie Lewis, Carolina Small Business
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