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Community workers provide water, medical assistance, and transportation support to vulnerable residents during an extreme heat emergency.
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From Cooling Centers to Community Lifelines: Rethinking Heat Response for Vulnerable Residents

In Southern California, extreme heat is rarely an abstract future risk. It is something residents experience through the heat radiating from pavement, the strain of an air conditioner running for…

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Community volunteers and emergency partners distributing disaster relief supplies during a neighborhood response operation
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Mutual Aid, Nonprofits, and the Whole-Community Doctrine

Disasters reveal an uncomfortable truth about public institutions: even the most capable government agencies cannot independently provide every resource, service, relationship, and specialized skill a community will need during a…

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Nonprofit volunteers and emergency responders coordinate disaster relief, distribute supplies, and assist families and older adults in a damaged community.
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Nonprofits as Force Multipliers in Disaster Response

Nonprofits in disaster response serve as force multipliers by extending public-sector capacity, connecting emergency agencies with trusted community networks, and supporting survivors throughout long-term recovery. Disaster response is most visible…

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Community members receive water, shade, and wellness checks in a public park being used as a resilience hub during a crisis.
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Parks as Resilience Infrastructure: Why Public Spaces Matter During Crisis

When communities think about disaster infrastructure, they often imagine fire stations, hospitals, emergency operations centers, bridges, power grids, evacuation routes, and communication systems. Those assets are essential. Yet one of…

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Families cool off at a seaside splash pad under hazy orange skies during an extreme heat event.
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Extreme Heat as a Mass-Care Emergency: Why Cooling Centers Are Not Enough

Abstract Extreme heat is often treated as a public-information problem: issue an alert, open cooling centers, advise residents to hydrate, and wait for the weather to pass. The current U.S.…

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A young child being carried past collapsed buildings after Venezuela’s 2026 earthquake
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When the Ground Becomes a Teacher: Disaster Preparedness, Venezuela’s 2026 Earthquake, and the Lessons of Lisbon

Manaure Quintero—AFP/Getty Images How historical memory, modern response systems, and resilient recovery can help shape what comes next Abstract The 2026 Venezuela earthquake sequence is still unfolding as a humanitarian…

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Architectural rendering of the Center for Community Resilience, a community hub for disaster preparedness, volunteer coordination, and youth leadership programs
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Introducing the Center for Community Resilience: A Capital Campaign for the Future

At the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation, we have long believed that strong communities are not built by chance. They are built by people who are willing to show up, support…

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Visitors engage with immersive exhibits at the Quake Lisbon Earthquake Museum, highlighting lessons in disaster resilience and recovery.
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Lessons in Resilience: Reflections from the Quake Lisbon Earthquake Museum

Lessons in Resilience: Reflections from the Quake Lisbon Earthquake Museum During a recent visit to Portugal, I had the opportunity to experience the Quake Lisbon Earthquake Museum, an immersive, thoughtfully…

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D’Andre Lampkin white paper on climate change, Syria, and homeland security published in William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review
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From Rising Heat Comes Rising Tension in Syria: How Global Warming Started a War & Threatens Homeland Security

This article, authored by D’Andre D. Lampkin and published in the William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review (Vol. 41, Issue 3, 2017), explores the intersection of climate change,…

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