FEMA summit seeks to address top civil rights issues in emergency management

In its third annual Civil Rights Summit this week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency met with representatives from a group of diverse organizations to determine how the organization can better address inequities in its work.

Members from FEMA joined representatives from Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an organization advocating for civil rights for Asian Americans, and the Trevor Project, a nonprofit that focuses on ending suicide among LGBTQ+ identifying youth, to discuss housing inequities, patterns of discrimination and the disenfranchisement and vulnerabilities of underserved communities.

Minority communities tend to be less prepared for disasters and therefore experience greater impact when disaster strikes.