Esparanza: A Daily Outsider Public Service Initiative

Our team was in the community and we captured a simple message from ready.gov that is at the heart of why we are beginning this journey:

We present a special edition courtesy the team at Global Citizen on all our key platforms on ways to help Ukraine:

Our team was in Community this week (and we captured an image of our Community Walkabout) as North Laguna Beach had to deal with a Fire and evacuations were ordered.  As such, our team pulled some latest on Shelter as our Esparanza Initiative evolves--this is as America is starting to open up as COVID recedes (and we captured a recent edition of the John Hopkins Snapshot for reference):   FEMA Updated Shelter Locator Texting Feature Having the right information at the right time is often key to surviving a disaster. FEMA’s texting feature allows the public to access shelter information when they need it most. Users can text "shelter" and their ZIP code to 43362 to get a list of nearby shelter locations.  This effort is made possible through collaboration with the American Red Cross. “Disasters frequently disrupt communications systems which can leave survivors feeling overwhelmed and helpless when they are trying to locate shelters,” said FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell. “