Risk Communications, Crisis Communications, and Community Engagement Summit
FEMA’s Office of External Affairs and co-sponsors are hosting the first-ever Risk Communications, Crisis Communications, and Community Engagement Summit at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. A one-day convening of cross-sector leaders working to address complex all-hazards challenges to learn, share and connect.
Date: June 10, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Location: Onsite and Virtual
Event Details
2024 Risk Communications, Crisis Communications and Community Engagement Summit Report
This report summarizes notable lessons and calls to action from speakers and panelists for creating more effective messaging and building strategies to better support disaster preparedness and response across diverse communities. The event brought together community and communication leaders to discuss emerging challenges, develop effective messaging strategies, and enhance community resilience to address new and emerging crises.
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From day-to-day issues at the community level to transnational threats, our changing climate propels already challenging community conditions into chaos. Join a convening of risk and crisis communicators and community leaders on the front-line of the climate crisis and emerging hazards to:
- Share invaluable tools and insights,
- Implement culturally competent and accessible communications,
- Integrate behavior change strategies,
- Improve response practices during an incident, and
- Discover what’s possible to strengthen how we communicate and engage to navigate complex and difficult issues.
ASL interpretation will be available.
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