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Inclusive Community Preparedness: Lab

 

You did everything right - got an education, a stable job, and even tackled DEI and some emergency preparedness. But nothing prepared you for today’s accelerating climate and social crises.

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Create a care-based action plan so you can navigate the accelerating climate and social crises while building a just, sustainable future with your community.
(no million-dollar emergency bunker required!)

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Starts Sunday, February 16 @ 1pm PST

 

The Inclusive Community Preparedness: Lab is a 9-week course for non-profit leaders, community builders, and social entrepreneurs to creatively harness their power for transformation, expand their capacity for inclusive community building, and develop a guided action plan so that they can build resilient communities rooted in equity and care.

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What if preparedness wasn’t about stockpiling supplies but cultivating meaningful connections?

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Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the accelerating pace of climate change, stacking social crises, and the weight of needing to be ready for anything?

 

Have you been told that emergency preparedness is about hoarding resources, buying all the top-of-the-line supplies, or going it alone?

 

What if there was another way?

 

This course is for nonprofit leaders, community organizers, and social entrepreneurs who are ready to reimagine, experiment with, and integrate interdependence and care into their leadership—shifting away from isolation, doing things according to the status quo, and the pressure to have all the answers—so they can more effectively support their communities in preparing for emergencies and beyond.

 

Through a trauma-informed, intersectional, and creative approach, you’ll learn to prepare for emergencies while building reciprocal relationships rooted in care—for yourself, your community, and the planet.​

TIP

 Join the course with a friend (or two) so that you can continue practicing Inclusive Community Preparedness after the course ends!

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Preparing is caring, and caring is revolutionary.​

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This Course is For You If...

  • You want to prepare your community for emergencies

but don’t know how to start or what to say.​

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  • You’re tired of hyper-individualistic leadership

and want to lean into collaborative leadership — not just as a concept but as a practice.

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  • You aren't sure of what your role as a changemaker in late stage capitalism

while still centering care in  your family, community, and/or workplace.

 

  • You know you hold power and privilege -

and want to know how to wield it for good.

 

  • You’re a changemaker—whether in your workplace, neighborhood, or organization—

who wants to respond to emergencies equitably. 

 

  • You  are burnt-out of being the go-to person in different areas of your life

and want to learn how to ask and receive help without guilt or shame.

 

  • You’re looking for tangible tools, support, and ideas

on how to to make preparedness part of the way your community cares for each other.

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1. Build Creative Care-Based Practices for Yourself

  • Cultivate a deep relationship with your own needs, limits, and supports.

  • Understand your capacity and learn to communicate it clearly.

  • Creatively practice agency and sovereignty in how you give and receive care in and out of crisis situations. 

 

2. Build Reciprocal Practices with Others

  • Develop a practice of communicating consent and capacity in your preparedness work.

  • Create supportive systems that allow for rest, care, creativity and connection in your community.

  • Overcome fear and resistance to having care-based conversations with neighbors, coworkers, and organizations.

 

3. Build Sustainable Practices with the Planet

  • Reimagine preparedness as a practice rooted in reciprocity, sustainability, and harmony—not extraction or exploitation.

  • Learn to identify what’s actually necessary for a just and sustainable response to crises.​

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Through guided learning, group coaching, and actionable exercises, you’ll learn to:

Miruthula

"I found an ease in my body that I didn't know I needed after talking to Daniela about Inclusive Community Preparedness."

Ingrid

"I didn't know I had been craving these conversations until Daniela brought them up. I didn't realize how important they were and I want to keep talking about decolonization and our relationship to land as an immigrant."

Chris

"I love how (Daniela) got us talking about Liberatory Futures by way of community care and preparedness - I left feeling excited about where Inclusive Community Preparedness can take us."
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What’s Included​

  • 9 Live Weekly Classes (90 minutes each) featuring interactive learning, in-depth discussions, real-world examples, and guided practices.

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  • Weekly Worksheets to help you reflect, plan, and take action in your personal, community and environmental contexts.

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  • Lifetime Tools for building care-centered relationships that extend beyond emergency preparedness.

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  • In-Class Coaching to address your unique challenges and questions.

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What Makes This Course Different?

Most preparedness programs focus on hoarding resources or “doing it all yourself.” This course is different.

 

  • Creative and Holistic Approach:

    • Connection is creatively explored through mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual lenses to ensure sustainable, inclusive practices.

  • Justice-Oriented:

    • Learn how to dismantle oppressive systems and cultivate equitable relationships.

  • Trauma-Informed and Access-Oriented:

    • Designed for different learning styles, capacities, and lived experiences.

  • Actionable Tools:

    • This isn’t just theory—you’ll walk away with practical steps to build interdependent, resilient communities.

  • Collaboratively Created:

    • You’ll help shape the course through class feedback, informing how it emerges.

What You’ll Gain​

 

By the end of this course, you’ll:

 

  • Be more prepared to respond to emergencies with equity and care.

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  • Have a clear model for building care-based relationships that are sustainable and reciprocal.

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  • Experience less overwhelm by leaning into interdependence and mutual support.

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  • Build confidence in engaging others in conversations about preparedness and community care.

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  • Leave a legacy of transformation—be the changemaker who, in times of crisis, took a bold step forward. Instead of letting the feeling of confusion lead you to clinging to the status quo, you chose to be brave and try something different. â€‹

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Curriculum

Pre-Requisite  (Included)

  • Beyond the 72hr Emergency Kit workshop

Module 1 - Capacity, Consent & Collective Care


  • Establishing a community-driven intersectional learning space that centers relationships over projects and moves at the speed of trust. 

Module 2 - From Colonization to Care


  • Exploring how history, systems, and power shape our relationships with the climate and community, and in turn how we prepare and respond to crises.

Module 3 - Rooted in Land & Leadership


  • Learning from land-based relationships and leadership models that sustain communities in times of change.

Module 4 - Foundations of Care & Preparedness


  • Practicing solidarity, sovereignty, and care-building as the groundwork for inclusive community preparedness.

Module 5 - Disaster Decision-Making

  • Navigating crisis choices through values-based, power-aware, and trauma-informed decision-making.

Module 6 - Mapping Your Care Network


  • Identifying the care supports available to you and your community in times of crisis.

Module 7 - Creative & Accessible Safety Planning


  • Designing and updating safety plans to reflect the access needs in your community.​

Module 8 - Imagining a Future We Can Prepare For


  • Using futures thinking to build agile, just, and community-centered emergency responses.

Module 9 - Your Personal Inclusive Preparedness Plan


  • Examining your care-driven action plan to strengthen your ability to respond to and recover from emergencies.

Join the course with a friend - it's a great opportunity to integrate offline care in these uncertain times.

Abby

"In my many years of youth climate action, I have not come across anyone who does intersectional and trauma-informed emergency preparedness. Daniela's work is unique in that way."

Participant

"I knew my company had an emergency kit and plan - but I didn't realize that I had no idea what they were! Daniela gently guided me to ask questions about what I think I know so I can be more prepared."

Al

"I felt alone in helping my mom and other people with disabilities because the specific emergency supplies I would need are too expensive. Daniela helped me brainstorm ways to evacuate my mom that were inexpensive and made me feel hopeful again."
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Investment​

 

Sliding Scale Options:

 

 $351, $426, or $501 USD

(Use the Green Bottle tool for Economic Justice to choose the right tier for you)

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Payment Plans Available

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Hi, I’m Daniela,

your guide on starting this journey!

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I am an aunty and eldest daughter in a Latine immigrant family who was socialized to believe I had to do it all—alone and without needing support.

 

This served me well at home, in school, and at work, ... until it didn’t. I accomplished many of my goals but I still felt unsatisfied, fake, like I didn’t fit in, tired, and alone.

 

After burning out twice in the nonprofit sector, I realized I was upholding a system that didn’t want to be fixed. I had to unlearn the lies—that my worth is tied to my work, that I have to do everything alone, and that asking for help is a weakness. This unlearning wasn’t easy—it required a lot of self-compassion because unlearning is an ongoing journey.

 

Now, I teach care-centered leaders how to dismantle oppressive systems with compassion, care, and clarity. This course is rooted in MANY years of studying and teaching and also in my lived experience - full of many joyful and daunting lessons along the way!

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I also believe teaching is collaborative - your learning experience informs my teaching experience - and together we inform our collective experience in our sessions, in our communities, and in our politics. The traditional classroom was made to create employees - I lead workshops where I encourage you to be yourself because I support changemakers and non-conformers. Join with your friends!

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FAQs

How much time will this course take?

 

You’ll need about 2 hours per week, including 90 minutes of live class time and 30 minutes for reflection or exercises.

 

What if I can’t make the live classes?

 

There will be resource available, no recordings will be created in order to allow participants to contribute more freely.

 

Is this course only for leaders?

 

While the course is designed with leaders in mind, anyone with a social justice lens and a desire to build inclusive community preparedness is welcome.

 

What’s your refund policy?

 

The course is non-refundable after the first class.

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What are the course dates ?
 

Sunday from 1:00-2:30pm PST

February 16

February 23

March 2

March 9

March 16

March 23

March 30

April 6

April 13

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Joan

"The idea of community preparedness was new to me, and sounded great, but I don't know any of my neighbours. Daniela helped me brainstorm ways that I felt comfortable starting a conversation with them so that I can eventually bring up emergency preparedness."
 

Participant

"It's overwhelming to think of managing 30 students in a real emergency. Daniela reminded me that we actually have 31 people in the room that can care for each other. Such a relief! I now incorporate more collective care practices in my classroom."
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Allie

"I never considered how ableist our company's emergency plan was until Daniela challenged me to think about the supports people rely on—even on a 'good' day. Now, my team and I are not only reworking the plan but also recognizing the bigger need to prioritize accessibility."​
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Ready to Join?

 

Let’s transform how we prepare for emergencies - and the future - together.​

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Daniela GR Consulting operates in solidarity with the  xÊ·mÉ™θkwÉ™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and SÉ™lÌ“ílwÉ™taÊ”/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples on whose stolen and occupied land I live and work. Solidarity means acting in a manner that supports their rights on this land and applying their teachings regarding my relationship to them and this land. 

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