The
Power of the Diaspora
By Charles D. Sharp. September 13, 2018
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How much financially of donations, funding, and assistance reaches
those communities in dire need following a disaster?
Planning conducted with the inclusion of the diaspora, a powerful
resource for assistance before and after a disaster strikes?
On this
Thursday, September 13, 2018. As the
storms approach the East Coast of the U.S. and emergency plans, facilities,
resources are activated, equipment repositioned. As these storms depart and the shift to
response and recovery phases to save lives and reduce and suffering. How involved are diaspora organization of
the community.
Our attention
will shift to focusing on the long-term recovery. Recovery to meet the needs of the community. The communities in need for shelter, water
& food resources, and rebuilding for resiliency, adjusting plans that
will change on demand. Thoughts are on
the involvement of the ‘whole community’ involvement in the recovery.
Thoughts on the
importance of the diaspora not only during the recovery, but in the overall
planning, preparedness, and sustainability to truly meet the needs of the
community. The diaspora has a unique
role of knowing individuals and groups in the community that are actively
participating and have provided true services before, during, and after the
disaster passes. These individuals and
groups are the gauges for knowing the exact needs of the community. These are the individuals and groups that
must receive the true funding and be involved in the rebuilding.
Part of the
diaspora involvement. The diaspora
must also follow a planned and structured approach to ensure the communities
needs are met.
Financial Imperative
Build a
monetary value of your local and national diaspora group. Regrettably the financial imperative of an
organization has a louder voice in local government, and internationally for changing
the paradigm. Structure your
organization with accountability, monitoring, quick decision-making, and
ability to change to address issues within your diaspora.
The diaspora
can ensure that 90-100% of donations and funds reach the communities
directly.
Coming Together
If multiple diaspora
groups are within your community. Come
together to address a common issue and goal.
Climate change is real. If the
number and types of disasters affecting your community are the common issue
and goal. Let this be the rallying and
changing point. Disasters strike every
critical infrastructure sector of your community directly or indirectly. Disasters strike and affect the young, the
wiser.
The diaspora of the Flint, Michigan and
Michigan communities to resolve and build resiliency for the water contamination
issue that will never be resolved based on 20th Century solutions
to a 21st Century problem.
The diaspora of San Francisco to address
the Bay View community environmental contamination.
The diaspora of the L.A., Chicago,
Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and other communities to address issues of crime,
homelessness, joblessness.
The diaspora of Puerto Rica, and United
States Virgin Island and other territories immediately intercede when the
disaster strikes during the recovery phase, ensuring that jobs are created
for those in the community for by-in and quick recovery. To ensure the distribution of financial
assistance by private industry in the recovery are committed to the recovery
of the community and not solely for the financial imperative.
The diaspora of the communities in the Caribbean Island Nations that are
taking an active role in preparing, planning, recovery, and resiliency
building for not only natural disasters as they strike but extending into
areas of man-made disasters, water & food security, energy, financial
assistance for recovery, and more. By
ensuring the communities that need the assistance, especially financially receive
the assistance directly.
The diaspora of France, Italy, China, and
other nations with communities of African Descent. Address the pressing issues with your
communities that are not being address by local or national government. You have a voice in diaspora. Your diaspora combined with global diaspora
entities have an even greater voice.
The diaspora of each nation on the continent
of Africa. One nation diaspora at
a time, coming together in spite of difference to address issues for their
local communities but partnered with national government to bypass corruption,
and address job development and creation and other issues that are constantly
being used to justify outside intervention and influence in humanitarian aid,
resilieny & capacity building. To steer away from ‘missions’ for
health, water & waste management components to change the mindset to capacity building
of sustainability systems.
We can make the
change.
The diaspora,
the community can make the paradigm shift.
Sincerely,
Charles D.
Sharp
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“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present,
and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” ¯ David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
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