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Community Resilience

Follow this subject through connected investigations, reporting, books, and practical resources.

Commons Brief · Everyday ResilienceIf This Fails, What’s Next?Sarah Adams Library

Commons Brief · Everyday Resilience

If This Fails, What’s Next?

A practical brief on keeping the advantages of technology without surrendering the capability to adapt when a system fails.

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Commons Brief · Hurricane ReadinessPlan for the Week After the StormSarah Adams Library

Commons Brief · Hurricane Readiness

Plan for the Week After the Storm

A calm household guide to the first 72 hours, the following week, family communication, children, pets, information, and community.

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Commons Brief · Event SafetyKeep Your Options OpenSarah Adams Library

Commons Brief · Event Safety

Keep Your Options Open

Practical guidance for moving safely through crowded events, transportation systems, transition points, and rapidly changing conditions.

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Commons Brief · Adaptive PreparednessWhen the Plan Stops FittingSarah Adams Library

Commons Brief · Adaptive Preparedness

When the Plan Stops Fitting

A brief on avoiding assumption lock, training with imperfect information, and building adaptation into preparedness.

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Commons Working PaperThe Last Mile of PreparednessSarah Adams Library

Commons Working Paper

The Last Mile of Preparedness

A working paper for making sure people, communication, essential buffers, documents, medical readiness, mobility, and local relationships fit together.

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Amy Edelman & Chris Begley

The Emergency Playbook

Amy Edelman and Chris Begley offer a practical, bunker-free guide to resilience built around households, community networks, disaster psychology, and recovery.

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Foreword

Whispers of Survival

Sarah wrote the foreword to this study of war, trauma, and the making of civilian rescuers.

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