2024 Climate CoP Session 4: The First Foundational Focus - Build Social Connections in the Community

Presenters: Bob Doppelt, ITRC Coordinator and Robin Saenger, Founding Director, Peace4Tarpon
• The importance of “strong and weak” social connections to overcome toxic social isolation and loneliness, build neighborhood connections that can assist during the first 3-5 days of disasters and beyond, and provide the ongoing emotional support and practical assistance needed to prevent and heal individual, community, and societal traumas during adversities.
• Methods for building Bonding, Bridging, and Linking social support networks.
• The importance of building connections among civic, non-profit, private, and public sector
organizations in communities to build population mental wellness and resilience.
• Establishing neighborhood “Resilience Hubs” as one possible way to enhance social capital within typically marginalized community members.
• The importance of promoting pro-social social narratives and stories to build social capital.
• Engaging disenfranchised and marginalized people in building social connections.
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