Resilience Fellows New program helps emerging resilience leaders build capacity and connections. This year, twelve Resilience Fellows embarked on a year-long program that brought academic and community leaders together to share knowledge, conduct research, and develop solutions for vulnerabilities in their communities and throughout the county. Working closely with community stakeholders — and each other — on a diverse array of issues, these fellows helped advance social cohesion, promote economic prosperity, and enhance environmental security. During their time as fellows, the relationships and skills this cohort developed allowed them to catapult community impact and systems improvement. As Alumni, they will be positioned to continue creating profound and enduring change that brings resilience dividends to their organizations, the university and Maricopa County as a whole. Learn more about the program at https://resilience.asu.edu/fellowships
Adonias Arevalo Valley of the Sun United Way How can we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration with a combination of data, social services, and law enforcement? https://resilience.asu.edu/arevalo-project Arevalo interviewed individuals with lived experience of incarceration and homelessness to inform the creation of an interactive public art exhibit, a pilot program for formerly incarcerated individuals and a database on how to decrease prison reentry from those who have experienced homelessness. David Hondula ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning How can using real-time indoor heat sensors prevent heat deaths? https://resilience.asu.edu/hondula-project
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Concerned by the recent rise in indoor heat-related morbidity, Hondula examined the possibility of using indoor heat sensors to send real-time updates to residents’ family, neighbors, and the health department. This solution enables action at the level of individuals, allowing resources to be focused where they are most needed.
Edmund Williams Lehr Innovations, LLC How can backyard gardens help fight against food insecurity? https://resilience.asu.edu/williams-project Williams developed and tested a new ecologically-inspired urban agriculture system he calls a LEHR garden. His findings suggest that it has the potential to be two to three times more productive than other intensive agriculture techniques. Because these gardens are also low-maintenance, they could improve food security across the city by fostering a more distributed urban food system.
