Beyond The Blog
The Patterson Foundation drives meaningful change through strategic philanthropy by building relationships, fostering collaboration, and sharing knowledge. Moving beyond its weekly blog posts, the Foundation offers Beyond The Blog podcasts to inform and engage listeners while sharing compelling stories of people, organizations, and communities strengthened by its initiatives. Listen to Beyond The Blog podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio.
Beyond The Blog
Connecting and Collaborating with our Communities on Disasters
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
The Patterson Foundation’s Community Preparedness, Recovery, and Resiliency (CPR-R) initiative is really starting to get its footing as it continues to uncover areas of need in the disaster ecosystem. Most notably, CPR-R has chosen to focus its current efforts on strengthening Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs). Karen Windon, CPR-R Initiative Lead, joined host Leah Verier-Dunn on Rising Resilience, a Beyond The Blog Podcast, to share more about what focusing on CERTs looks like.
Timestamps:
- 00:00 - Introducing Karen Windon, Initiative Lead
- 03:01 - Why CPRR Was Created
- 06:48 - What Are CERT Teams?
- 13:12 - Disaster Ecosystem Overview
- 16:33 - CERT Summit Announcement
Links to Learn More:
- Community Preparedness, Recovery, and Resiliency
- Community Emergency Response Teams
- 2026 CERT Summit: Rising Resilience - Ready Together
- Blog: Getting to Know the Community Preparedness, Recovery, and Resiliency Initiative
Want to hear more? Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, or visit us Beyond The Blog!
Join The Journey