Emergencies don’t wait—and neither should we. From hurricanes to public health threats, Latino communities are often hit first and hardest. This interactive, hands-on workshop will walk participants through real-world scenarios, tools, and culturally relevant strategies to strengthen emergency readiness at home and in the community.

Join health professionals, promotores, and partners from across the region to build your own preparedness toolkit, learn what to do before, during, and after a crisis, and leave with ready-to-use resources you can share with your family, neighbors, or organization.

Let’s make sure our communities are ready—not just to survive, but to thrive.

Objectives

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Participants will:

• Practice building an emergency preparedness plan tailored to Latino families and communities.
• Identify the most common hazards in their region (e.g., hurricanes, floods, disease outbreaks).
• Learn how to create a bilingual emergency kit and communication plan.
• Work through real-world response scenarios in small groups (e.g., evacuation, sheltering, access to medication).
• Understand what emergency preparedness and response means and how to best contribute to efforts around this.

Potential Interactive Activities:

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• “What’s in Your Go Bag?” activity (participants assemble or review sample emergency kits).
• Regional risk mapping exercise (participants identify local risks on a map).
• Role-play or breakout scenarios (e.g., flooding, power outage, shelter access).
• Toolkit station (create or customize flyers, checklists, and phone trees).

Speakers

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