Teaching Climate Preparedness, Block By Block
Dominique London knows most of her neighbors in Germantown are unequipped and unprepared for any emergencies or disasters that may strike.
“America in general is a very exceptionalist society where we think things happen around us, but not to us,” says London, who has been an educator on emergency preparedness and climate resilience in her community for the past six years and previously helped coordinate the City of Philadelphia’s public health response during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“It’s important to recognize that you are the help that is coming,” she says.