Session 9 Building Trust Through Equity: Effective Engagement Strategies for At-Risk Communities

Wednesday, 15 January 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
342 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion )
Chair:
Stephan B. Smith, NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Cochairs:
Ji Sun Lee and Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management

Papers:
8:30 AM
9.1
Advancing Equitable Service Delivery for a Weather-Ready Nation
Stephan B. Smith, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. B. Harris, V. Were, Ph.D., L. Williams, J. S. Lee, V. Brown, P. Brown, and D. C. Hilderbrand

8:45 AM
9.2
WaterAware - A National Weather Service Hydrology Outreach Initiative
Belkys V. Melendez, NWS, Fort Worth, TX

9:00 AM
9.3
Ready, SET, Go; Organizing and Hosting a Service Equity Teams Conference to Better Understand At Risk Communities
Samuel L. Lashley, NWS Indianapolis, Crawfordsville, IN; and D. L. Beachler, C. Moore, and K. A. Gomez

9:15 AM
9.4
Innovative Geospatial Tools and Technologies to Empower NWS Service Equity Success
Matthew R. Beitscher, MS, NWS, St. Charles, MO; and J. Loerzel, M.Sc., M.P.A. and M. Willis

9:30 AM
9.5
Improving Service to Our Communities: NWS Initiatives to Improve Service to Socially Vulnerable and Underserved Communities
Jeffery E Adkins, NWS, Charleston, SC; and J. S. Lee, V. Were, Ph.D., L. Williams, J. R. Fooks, and S. Rhodes

9:45 AM
9.6
Breaking Through Barriers: NWS AI Translation Services and Multilingual Weather Content for Underserved Communities
Monica L Bozeman, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Ding, C. Rohrbach, K. Farina, N. Dang, F. E. Morrone, N. Vaz, R. Duell, and J. E. Calkins

Handout (7.8 MB)

Recorded Presentation
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