Celebration for Resilience Commemorating past achievements and future initiatives as a model for how to adapt. Gathering a room full of nearly 300 people passionate about community change and resilience is always exciting. Throw in a beautiful location like the Desert Botanical Garden and you have the recipe for an unforgettable night. The 2019 Celebration for Resilience featured a keynote address by Dr. Judith Rodin, author of the book The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong, poster presentations by the 2019 Resilience Fellows, and the ceremony for the inaugural Resilience Prize to the city of Scottsdale’s Indian Bend Wash Greenbelt. Rodin’s address highlighted five characteristics of resilient communities — aware, diverse, integrated, self-regulating, and adaptive — which were used as inspiration when developing the Resilience Prize awarded to the City of Scottsdale.
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