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Disasters don't differentiate between urban, suburban, and rural communities, but response efforts do. Rural and Native communities can get left out of all stages of preparing for disasters and recovering from them. From severe storms with high winds and flooding to deep freezes and wildfires, these events can disrupt rural energy, water, and communications infrastructure; damage property and environmental resources; harm local businesses and economies, and jeopardize life. Rural communities, particularly communities of color and those facing persistent poverty, are ill-equipped for disasters and suffer through longer recovery processes. <br>
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Join us for a lively discussion on how to improve support for rural and Native communities facing disasters. Speakers spanning the rural Midwest, South, West, and Native lands across the country will examine the impacts of extreme weather events on rural and Native people and places. The conversation will showcase examples of successful planning, response, and recovery initiatives and highlight policy and program changes that can help rural communities get back on their feet more quickly.<br>
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<strong>Kimiko Barrett</strong>, Manager of Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire, Headwaters Economics </li><li>
<strong>Nikki Cooley</strong>, Comanager, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals' Tribal Climate Change Program, Northern Arizona University </li><li>
<strong>Alison Davis</strong>, H. B. Price Professor of Agricultural Economics and Executive Director of the Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky, University of Kentucky </li><li>
<strong>Justin Maxson</strong>, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development, US Department of Agriculture </li><li>
<strong>Ines Polonius</strong>, Chief Executive Officer, Communities Unlimited </li><li>
<strong>Corianne Payton Scally</strong>, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute </li><li>
<strong>Xochitl Torres Small</strong>, Under Secretary for Rural Development, US Department of Agriculture</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><img src="https://image.news.urban.org/lib/fe4015707564047c731576/m/1/86dc231b-f8df-4721-ab1a-7e7a4bb83776.png" alt="Communities Unlimited" height="100" width="200" style="display:block;padding:0px;text-align:center;border:0px solid transparent;height:100px;width:200px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td>
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