Grassroots Disaster Preparedness Listening Tour, Durham NC - Stop 3

The entrepreneurs who showed up for Western NC after Helene. Join us at CED in RTP to share what you saw and what you're building next.
About this Event

Hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) and Nearby Nearby Network

Thursday, July 30, 6:00 to 8:00 PM, 600 Park Offices Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

When Western North Carolina was reeling after Helene, this community stepped up. Entrepreneurs, builders, and people with resources and ideas turned toward their neighbors across the state when it mattered most. That is exactly who we want in the room.

This stop is about listening, and about connecting. Come tell us what you saw, what worked, what didn't, and what is still hard. If you are building something, working on a solution, or have an idea that could help communities prepare and recover, bring it. Part of why we are here is to find the people and the work worth bringing together.

Nearby Nearby Network is a neighbor-helping-neighbor grassroots disaster network, set up before a disaster, not scrambled together after one. People always talk about the first 72 hours, and we will too, but this goes further. It is about keeping good information flowing inside a community when cell service fails, and helping neighbors not just get through the emergency but recover as life comes back.

To be clear about what this is and what it is not. We are not emergency management, and we are not here to replace first responders. We are building the support and the infrastructure at the neighbor and grassroots level, before a disaster, so that information and communication open up sooner. That means responders can move faster with real information from the ground, and the organizations and volunteers who come to help are better organized and understand what the community actually needs.

If you have ideas, suggestions, or something you wish had existed during Helene, bring them. This is as much your blueprint as ours.

Seating is limited to keep the conversation meaningful, so please register through Eventbrite to hold your spot.

Finding us: Enter the facility and head straight past the elevators. Make a left down the hallway, past the little snack center, then follow the hallway to the very end, where you will find our group in a meeting room. Signs will be posted to help you find us.

Nearby Nearby Network
nearbynearbynetwork.org

This is one of eight stops along the tour. Find out more here: nearbynearbynetwork.org/events/

Nearby Nearby Network is an NC registered 501(c)(3), FEIN 41-3087248, DLN 26053448010506.