The Disaster Resilience Network

“Expenses 50 office expenses 4,133 information technology 120 travel expenses 1,460 conference expense 115 insurance expense 3,098 administrative expenses 2,198 total 11,174”

“Prior period adjustment -734”

“Prepaid expenses 459 0 total 459 0”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 840 0”

“Tulsa partners' inc. Mission is to mobilize all segments of the population to build a disaster-resistant, sustainable community. By building public/private partnerships, tulsa partners, inc. Will: promote and advocate for sustainability and disaster resistance, provide education programs, develop mentoring relationships, reconize and celebrate community efforts, act as a clearing house for expertise and information.”

“Tulsa partners promotes its mission through a variety of collaborative efforts of public outreach coordinated by our paid staff, with leadership from volunteers and the involvement of organizational partners. -one collaborative endeavor is the language & culture bank. A grassroots network of multicultural and multilingual groups, the tulsa partners language and culture bank (lcb) works with these many communities to help their members prepare for disasters, and to help all people receive emergency communications in a way they can understand. The lcb had booths at tulsa community college globalfest and the asian american festival using volunteers from our partners from the oklahoma medical reserve corps. Lcb held in conjunction with latinos en la prensa three america's prepareathon trainings for the spanish language media in tulsa and oklahoma city. The trainings focused on emergency preparedness information and correcting common misconceptions about what to do during a severe weather event. Latinos en la prensa was formed after our first america's prepareathon training on september 30, 2015 to encourage the sharing of information by members of the spanish language media, especially concerning emergency preparedness. We facilitated an emergency planning meeting for a mobile home park community made up of primarily spanish speaking residents concerned about what to do during high wind events and in an area previously affected by flooding. We have continued monthly meetings at the local american red cross office to coordinate activities among the different cultural communities on preparedness. -another collaborative committee, tulsa partners' disaster resistant business council (drbc), is a public/private partnership designed to educate businesses and nonprofits about the need for emergency and continuity planning, to offer networking opportunities for those interested in business emergency and continuity planning, and to assist in promoting the critical role of businesses and nonprofits in a community's disaster resiliency. Nationally, the drbc participated in the 2016 national tornado summit with information at a corporate member's booth and with a representative participating in the u.s. Chamber of commerce foundation center for corporate citizenship disaster issue shaping meeting. Regionally, our drbc chair david hall spoke at the tri-state resiliency summit in ruston, la. We have begun work on a contract with the lowlander center in louisiana on developing business continuity workshops. Although not administered by the drbc, tulsa partners held a statewide disaster management for long term care facilities workshop in oklahoma for over 70 long term care and assisted living administrators and staff. Locally, the drbc began discussions with sustainable tulsa on the inclusion of business continuity in their business scorecard program that measures sustainable business practices. The drbc is listed in the city of tulsa program for public information as assisting with sharing information with businesses on planning for floods and other disasters. -another collaborative committee coordinates the millennium center project (mc). The mc a collaborative venture between tulsa partners and other entities to help people live safely and in harmony with nature and is particularly focused on stronger building standards and low impact development. It uses a "center without walls" approach of education and collaborative demonstration projects, and wants to promote a "resilience for all" approach that makes sure everyone has access to resilient homes. The mc had presentations on low impact development and severe weather and a booth at the 2016 landscape and remodel show in january, an exhibit table at tcc sustainability conference in february and an exhibitor table at the 2016 enviro expo for earth day in april. A major focus of this year for the mc has been the partnership with the insurance institute for business and home safety on implementi”