Earthquake events can be sudden, frequent, and last for long periods of time – and when home structures fail, it is deadly.

Even without extensive training or background in healing justice or trauma-informed engagement, it’s possible to integrate healing-centered practices into your strategies for facilitation and connection with community members.

Raphael Bostic, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president and CEO, joined Enterprise Community Partners CEO Priscilla Almodovar for a conversation about how affordable housing and nonprofit service providers can help low-wage and hourly workers during and beyond the Covid-19 crisis.

Covid-19’s economic fallout emphasizes that relief at all levels of governments and in partnership with the private sector is essential to mitigate the pandemic’s impact on renter households’ economic and housing stability. Enterprise urges Congress to work with the administration to offer much needed rental assistance. We also encourage state and local governments to work with property owners on ensuring flexibility and assistance for impacted renters in paying their back rent.

While impacts of the novel coronavirus are reaching every corner of the globe, there is another risk coming in right behind it – the season of storms, fires and floods.

Stimulus checks began rolling out last week and will continue to be delivered over the next several weeks. But how far the money will go depends significantly on where people live and how much housing and basic necessities cost in their community.

Now more than ever, hope counts as the world contends with the distress and disruption wrought by the pandemic.