Listen in as Lisa speaks with Shelli about the origins of World Cares Center and our mission of training and supporting Ready Responders. Lisa discusses the importance of WCC programs – the Collaborative Disaster Volunteer Credential and the Resilient Worker Initiative – for Ready Responders and other front-line workers. Shelli and Lisa speak about the necessity of addressing emotional resiliency and suicide prevention in at-risk populations and disaster response.
Listen in as Lisa joins DisasterSmiths, Chris Smith and Diana Rothe-Smith, as a featured guest and participates in a discussion about the unifying power of citizen groups in driving community-led recovery. Lisa discusses her personal journey of starting World Cares Center, how she was able to engage community leaders during a time of crisis and how WCC became a catalyst for creating trainings in disaster management and readiness.
Lisa joins Jamie Serino, host of There’s a Lesson in Here Somewhere, to discuss the importance of emotional resiliency in the workplace. Lisa outlines World Cares Center’s Resilient Worker Initiative, focused on building individual and collective resiliency tools, as well as discusses how emotional resiliency is at the core of WCC’s mission of protecting Ready Responders.