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The nonprofit <a href="https://nextleads.org/" style="text-decoration:none;color:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(153, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Next Leadership Development</a><span fr-original-style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> convenes the Black Resilience Network. <h2><span fr-original-style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#990000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(153, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Initiatives</h2><span fr-original-style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The Black Resilience Network has agreed to lead on the following initiatives as a way to model how to operationalize some of the previously listed priorities. These initiatives are collaborative efforts that bring together community-based organizations, predominantly Black towns, businesses, and researchers with funders, partners, and sponsors for collective action. We have integrated climate action and workforce development into initiatives.<h3><span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Resilient.Community Content & Convenings</h3><span fr-original-style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">All members get free access to the online platform, Resilient.Community, which contains access to other members, Black-centered news, racial and social justice approaches, grants, opportunities for collaboration, disaster information, training and education, resource coordination, convenings, and more. Additionally, exclusive members only content is available on the platform. <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Black Historic and Cultural Preservation<span fr-original-style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Support the amplification and preservation of sites with historic or cultural significance that are stewarded by Black people and organizations across the country. We collaborate on Resilient.Community content featuring important historical moments and sites, preservation efforts (including climate adaptation), and tourism. <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Emergency Operations Center<span fr-original-style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The Black Resilience Network Emergency Operations Center provides centralized virtual coordination of information and resources to create a common operating picture, identify unmet needs, and coordinate among members and partners to address needs and requests. Members can request the Emergency Operations Center activation for an emergency or disaster in their area as well as incidents they may be supporting. <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Capacity Building & Technical Assistance<span fr-original-style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Black Resilience Network members will have access to resources, tools, and convenings that support organizational development of small Black nonprofits and businesses, including opportunities related to disaster and climate resilience. The Black Resilience Network works closely with members and partners to develop content on Resilient.Community, host virtual events, access discounted technology, and provide technical assistance. <span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Community Resilience Hubs<span fr-original-style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#434343;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The Black Resilience Network is actively raising funding for an annual cohort of community-based organizations in Black communities within cities and predominantly Black towns in rural areas to develop resilience hubs - centralized places with resources to support Black communities’ ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters while incorporating considerations for historic and cultural preservation, climate action, food security, and workforce and business development. The program will offer technical assistance, education, training, and planning to customize what is needed for each area. Once priorities are identified, partners and funding will support implementation.

Dear <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{lastname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Last name: On behalf of the <a href="https://blackresiliencenetwork.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Black Resilience Network</a>, THANK YOU for your commitment to disaster and climate resilience in Black communities. Please download our contact information to ensure you receive important email and text messages. We will never share your information with third parties or send unnecessary communications. The mission of the Black Resilience Network is to catalyze leadership development, collaboration, and investments so Black towns, communities, and organizations can successfully play their vital roles in the disaster and climate resilience ecosystem. <a href="https://nextleads.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Next Leadership Development</a> is the 501(c)3 nonprofit that convenes the Black Resilience Network. An account will automatically be created for you in our online community, Resilient.Community, an important part of your membership. This is where members and allies interact with each other and a larger community. All communications and notifications will be sent through your Resilient.Community account, including emergency notifications. All <ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Your username is your email address (the one you are reading this email from)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Your password is your last name and your zip code as entered when you paid for your membership. <ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">For example, let's say your name was Nellie Smith and you entered the zip code 21205. Your password would be: Smith21205. If you entered smith in lowercase, then your password would be: smith21205</li></ul></li></ul>We would greatly appreciate you sharing information about the Black Resilience Network with your networks. Here is a link to everything you need to spread the word: <a href="https://nldc.io/share-brn" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">nldc.io/share-brn</a> As always, sending lots of love, hope, and intentional action. Respectfully, Dr. Atyia MartinExecutive DirectorNext Leadership Development58 Winter Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108<a href="https://nextleads.org" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">NextLeads.org</a> | (617) 675-0005<hr />We are a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization with a mission to accelerate change and strengthen resilience in Black communities through leadership building, creating our own tables, and developing partnerships with allies. Call or text our Community Communications Center at (888) 695-7660

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1714262831/navbpxjqzvj3fnqmsv4r.png" style="width:239px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />The mission of the Black Resilience Network is to catalyze leadership development, collaboration, and investments so Black towns, communities, and organizations can successfully play their vital roles in the disaster and climate resilience ecosystem. The nonprofit <a href="https://nextleads.org/">Next Leadership Development</a> convenes the Black Resilience Network. InitiativesThe Black Resilience Network has agreed to lead on the following initiatives as a way to model how to operationalize some of the previously listed priorities. These initiatives are collaborative efforts that bring together community-based organizations, predominantly Black towns, businesses, and researchers with funders, partners, and sponsors for collective action. We have integrated climate action and workforce development into initiatives.Resilient.Community Content &amp; ConveningsAll members get free access to the online platform, Resilient.Community, which contains access to other members, Black-centered news, racial and social justice approaches, grants, opportunities for collaboration, disaster information, training and education, resource coordination, convenings, and more. Additionally, exclusive members only content is available on the platform. Black Historic and Cultural PreservationSupport the amplification and preservation of sites with historic or cultural significance that are stewarded by Black people and organizations across the country. We collaborate on Resilient.Community content featuring important historical moments and sites, preservation efforts (including climate adaptation), and tourism. Emergency Operations CenterThe Black Resilience Network Emergency Operations Center provides centralized virtual coordination of information and resources to create a common operating picture, identify unmet needs, and coordinate among members and partners to address needs and requests. Members can request the Emergency Operations Center activation for an emergency or disaster in their area as well as incidents they may be supporting. Capacity Building &amp; Technical AssistanceBlack Resilience Network members will have access to resources, tools, and convenings that support organizational development of small Black nonprofits and businesses, including opportunities related to disaster and climate resilience. The Black Resilience Network works closely with members and partners to develop content on Resilient.Community, host virtual events, access discounted technology, and provide technical assistance. Community Resilience HubsThe Black Resilience Network is actively raising funding for an annual cohort of community-based organizations in Black communities within cities and predominantly Black towns in rural areas to develop resilience hubs - centralized places with resources to support Black communities’ ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters while incorporating considerations for historic and cultural preservation, climate action, food security, and workforce and business development. The program will offer technical assistance, education, training, and planning to customize what is needed for each area. Once priorities are identified, partners and funding will support implementation.

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