Disaster Response

Coordination Call on the Venezuela Humanitarian Crisis

The pressing need for aid continues to grow for Venezuelans as the situation heightened along the border over the weekend. With more than three million Venezuelans outflowing to neighboring countries, including Colombia, this migration has become the largest to affect the Western Hemisphere in modern history. This migration has become the largest to affect the Western Hemisphere in modern history. Access to health care, education, food and nutrition, and safety and security begins the growing list of humanitarian aid needed.

The Impact of Disasters on Brand Sentiment

As the rate and impact of disasters grows, so has the response of the private sector to recover, rebuild, and make resilient. However, companies can struggle to communicate those efforts. New research by IBM and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF) highlights the impact of disaster response communications on a brand's reputation and sentiment.

Day 35: The Real Economic Impact of the Government Shutdown

Real people are being hurt by the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. It’s been more than a month since millions of federal employees and contractors received their last paycheck, and there’s no end in sight.

8th Annual Building Resilience Through Private-Public Partnerships Conference

All disasters are local. To support a community’s ability to react and recover quickly, we must improve the overall resilience of individuals, businesses, and communities. To that end, it is not only building their individual capacity towards resilience, but the intersections needed to protect the whole community. Now in its eighth year, the Building Resilience through Private- Public Partnerships (PPP) conference focuses on the collaboration required among private, public, and nonprofit sectors to help mitigate the effects of natural and human-made disasters.

Coordination Webinar for California Wildfires and Other Long-Term Disaster Recovery

The deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California’s history have displaced thousands. With more than 250,000 acres burned and the fires still not fully contained, the U.S.

Support in the Wake of Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting

Corporate Citizenship Center

October 31, 2018

The anti-Semitic act of hatred which occurre

Brooks Nelson

Elyse Cohen

Disaster Response

Hurricane Michael Highlighted the Growing Diversity of Corporate Responses to Natural Disasters

Corporate Citizenship Center

October 26, 2018

Arriving on the heels of Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Michael proved again that companies are making significant commitments to relief and recovery efforts in th

Carol Cone

Disaster Response

Five Years of Building a More Resilient Private Sector in Turkey

Corporate Citizenship Center

October 23, 2018

Eduardo Martinez

Marc DeCourcey

Disaster Response

Hurricane Michael Coordination Call

Hurricane Michael, the strongest hurricane to hit the Florida Panhandle on record, has wiped out homes and businesses and left thousands without power. Join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation for an update with FEMA, the Florida Chamber Foundation and others who are on the ground during the immediate relief and response efforts. This briefing is being provided to the business community to learn more about the current situation and hear how the private sector can support the recovery efforts.