UNL East Campus will host the 2014 Community Capitals Framework Institute Nov. 5 to 7. Public health and hazard resiliency will be featured at this year’s conference.
The institute begins at 1 p.m. Nov. 5 and ends at noon Nov. 7.
Cost is $75 for students and $150 for nonstudents. Registration includes food and materials during the workshop and a Nov. 5 reception. Register online.
Cornelia and Jan Flora, originators of CCF, will open the conference. They will give insights on how the seven types of community capital—natural, cultural, human, social, political, financial and built—were chosen, the manner in which they are currently applied and how they might be used in the future, including global climate change adaptation.
2014 Presenters include:
Sonia Jordan, regional coordinator for Region VII of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will discuss her experiences providing technical assistance and support to both existing and emerging Medical Reserves Corps units. Jordan has also responded to several incidents in the region, including the H1N1 virus in Kansas.
Ryan Lowry, research specialist with the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, will speak on how state and local groups can sustain viable preparedness programs.
Steve Frederick of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department will provide a local perspective.
Kurt Mantonya and Milan Wall of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development will share their current community planning efforts, related to the recent EF4 tornado that nearly destroyed the small town of Pilger, including partnering with the University of Nebraska.
A session on drought and water management planning will include presenters from UNL, the National Drought Mitigation Center and the National Integrated Drought Information System. The speakers will share research related to recent and extreme droughts in rural and urban areas and how some local hazard plans are responding.
A.J. Jordaan from the University of the Free State in South Africa will discuss appropriate triggers for national drought declarations and how investments in political capital are crucial. International case studies related to drought and food security will also be presented.
Extension specialists and sociologists from land-grant universities such as Kansas State University, Michigan State University and North Dakota State University will touch on the applications of the Community Capitals Framework model to community vitality and youth engagement in programs such as 4-H.
The institute is sponsored by the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute, the National Drought Mitigation Center, the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, South Dakota State University and the National Integrated Drought Information System.
For more information, contact Kurt Mantonya at kmantonya@heartlandcenter.info or 402-474-7667.
