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== PBEM's Approach to Community Resilience == | === PBEM's Approach to Community Resilience === | ||
[[File:Community Resilience Trends.jpg|alt=Screenshot (taken 2023.10.05) from Google Trends charting search engine interest in the term "Community Resilience", with a the most significant spike in July to September 2005.|thumb|400x400px|'''''Diagram 1:''''' ''Screenshot (taken 2023.10.05) from Google Trends charting search engine interest in the term "Community Resilience", with a the most significant spike in July to September 2005. Click to enlarge.'']] | [[File:Community Resilience Trends.jpg|alt=Screenshot (taken 2023.10.05) from Google Trends charting search engine interest in the term "Community Resilience", with a the most significant spike in July to September 2005.|thumb|400x400px|'''''Diagram 1:''''' ''Screenshot (taken 2023.10.05) from Google Trends charting search engine interest in the term "Community Resilience", with a the most significant spike in July to September 2005. Click to enlarge.'']] | ||
'''Community resilience is a shared, community-based practice building social connections, collective strengths, and skills key to resisting/absorbing/recovering from a widespread disaster, as well as local and regional emergencies.''' | |||
Participants in PBEM community programs will notice this view of resilience in all our activities and coaching. We build it into the Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) program, Community Resilience Workbook, and Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD). But, PBEM's CRT definition is not the only definition of community resilience, and that matters. | Participants in PBEM community programs will notice this view of resilience in all our activities and coaching. We build it into the Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) program, Community Resilience Workbook, and Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD). But, PBEM's CRT definition is not the only definition of community resilience, and that matters. | ||
