Community Resilience

Our vision is to equip Mississippi’s underserved communities with up-to-date skills for better preparedness of natural disasters to minimize loss of life and property; thus, building resilient communities.

Our mission is to provide contemporary emergency/disaster management and preparedness education and training related to natural disasters (i.e. weather and atmospheric events) for Mississippi’s underserved communities; to mitigate loss through effective preparedness and response planning; and to building a pipeline from middle school to higher education that develops future Emergency/Disaster Management Professionals and Atmospheric Scientists.

The solution is to provide community training and outreach (targeting the underserved communities and vulnerable populations).

Our Inter-disciplinary approach includes:

• Industrial Systems & Technology (Technology)
  • Emergency/Disaster Management
  • Implementation of modern technologies
• Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
  • Weather Events
  • Weather Awareness and Preparedness
• Psychology
  • Psychology of Disasters and Behavior and Social aspects
  • Emotional/Mental in lieu of impact of natural disaster

• Journalism and Media Studies
  • Early warnings and notifications through multimedia
  • Proper media community messaging
• Computer Science
  • Cyber security and continuity regarding weather related disaster
  • Emergency notification platforms