Compassion in Crisis: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities

A vibrant and holistic grassroots guide to disaster preparedness that builds community resilience. polycrisis noun /‘pa:.li,krai.sis/a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering caused by many different crises occurring simultaneously and amplifying one another. How do we live in the age of disaster? In this updated and expanded guide to collective crisis preparedness, Kailea and Kate, organizers and coeditors for the book and magazine publisher Loam, share community-shaped strategies on how to practically navigate the challenges posed by overlapping catastrophes-be they environmental, economic, political, or otherwise.Help is here for our bodies, hearts, minds, and shared homes.By amplifying resources for resilience, the authors underscore preparedness as a constant, communal practice.They offer inspiration from frontline organizers who help their communities prepare for emergencies, demonstrate how to envision probable futures after upheaval, and showcase people-powered proj