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Thriving Communities Webinar Series

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As of 2016, the Gulf Research Program has awarded over $27 million to researchers, communities, and organizations to enhance the health and resilience of Gulf communities that are adversely impacted by social, environmental and economic stressors.

The Thriving Communities Webinar Series celebrates science, the research process, and findings from years of study and analysis. Each event showcases study directors and their teams as they take the audience on a journey through their research projects, outcomes and next steps. The Thriving Communities Webinar Series explores cutting edge research on community health and resilience, highlighting new opportunities for effective solutions.

About Past Events

Events

Designing and Modeling to Reduce Risk in Inland-Coastal Communities

  • January 12, 2023
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
  • Webinar
  • Past

Risks from sea-level rise, land subsidence, and extreme weather are not limited to coastal areas but threaten entire inland-coastal regions. There is a need to improve understanding of inland-costal e...

The New First Line of Defense: Building Community Resilience through Residential Risk Disclosure

  • December 6, 2022
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
  • Webinar
  • Past

Improved residential risk disclosure is a key component for building resilient communities, yet many residents remain unaware that the building codes and zoning regulations they expect to protect them...

Building a Community-Partnered Collaborative for Resilience in Louisiana

  • November 10, 2021
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
  • Webinar
  • Past

Ben Springgate (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center), Arthur Johnson (Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development), and Larry Palinkas (University of Southern Cali...

Culturally Responsive Practices for Building Community Resilience

  • August 26, 2021
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

Speakers Denise Lewis & Desiree Seponski, University of Georgia Event Description How do cultural differences among refugee and immigrant communities influence resilience in the Gulf Coast? With supp...

Housing Resilience and Climate Migrant-Receiving Communities

  • July 20, 2021
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Past

The Gulf Research Program's (GRP) Thriving Communities webinar series aims to spotlight the outcomes and best practices of grants as they relate to improving the health, wellbeing, and resilience* of...
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