Resilient American Communities
Resilient American Communities (RAC) is a civil society driven public-private consortium. It supports communities in their efforts to prevent and manage the risks of climate change, COVID, and other polycrises. RAC efforts are particularly focused on engaging GreenBlue economies engaging local solutions addressing menacing challenges that threaten their health, prosperity, resilience and regeneration.
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RAC is a multi-organizational enterprise dedicated to decreasing climate change and pandemic impacts, while advancing the mission critical functions within American communities, such as renewable energy systems, housing, health systems, food security, and others. RAC partners with and provides support for community partners, empowering local leaders and community members to enact change in their own communities.
COMMUNITIES
What We Do Together
The RAC is dedicated to collapsing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and reducing the devastating COVID-19 syndemic impacts on American communities, with a special focus on the most vulnerable communities. RAC partners with and provides support for community partners, empowering local leaders and community members to enact change in their community.
Dashboards Developed
Maps Created
Panama City/ Bay County
RAC is working with LEAD Coalition of Bay County, whose mission is to work collaboratively to increase safety, build trust and restore neighborhoods.
Sarasota and Manatee Counties
RAC is working with the Multicultural Health Institute (MHI) which seeks to level the healthcare playing field by promoting, educating, and ensuring equal healthcare access and treatment for individuals and communities who are traditionally uninsured and receive a poor quality of care.
Orange County
RAC is working with Coalition of 100 Black Women, Central Florida, a diverse generational group committed to delivering programming through activities, partnerships and participation opportunities with a significant focus placed on the areas of Public Policy,Economic Empowerment, Environmental Equity, Civic Engagement, Educational Empowerment, Community Advocacy and Health & Wellness.
Migrant Clinicians Network
RAC is working with the Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN).MCN has been chosen to coordinate the RAC Center of Excellence for Migrant Workers and Immigrant Populations. MCN is a global organization with more than 10,000 constituents. Their work is overseen by a board of directors comprised of frontline clinicians, researchers, policy makers, and academics with experience in and commitment to migrant health.
RAC Communities
Resilient American Communities (RAC) is a convergent network of individuals and US communities with expertise in the challenges of emergent diseases, community disaster, environmental justice, and community resilience and redesign. Its data and communication resources and community-building methods offer well-tested tools to communities responding to COVID-19.
Available Resources
RAC offers a set of tested tools. methods, content, and guidance. These materials are being customized and localized to the needs of communities across America regarding their particular vulnerabilities and aspirations for improving their resilience and regeneration. The RAC model is designed to be used in conjunction with public health, local health centers, resilience hubs, NGOs, and emergency management services as needed. Special attention is focused on the social determinants of health, biosecurity, cybersecurity, climate change management, and other polycrises that require collective intelligence and public collaboration to manage health and human security.
