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Post-Laura ‘Houston Chronicle’ quotes RAF Founder
Should coastal cities like Houston adapt the S. Florida wind standard, rather than await for disaster first? RAF Founder says ‘Yes’.
09/09/2020
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WTAJ-TV Meteorologist Joe Murgo features RAF
Pennsylvania-based station helps viewers get Resilient-Smart to protect their homes from disasters
08/26/2020
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RAF Founder on Concrete Credentials Podcast
Getting building industry to innovate and compete toward higher standards essential to advancing resilient development
08/26/2020
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Resilience Action Fund Launches ‘Resilient-Smart Quiz’ to Educate Consumers on Home Resiliency
Sheltering, working and entertaining at home makes hazard-resilient houses more important than ever
08/13/2020
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Resilience Action Fund to engage with The International Finance Corporation in Developing a Building Resilience Index
Index is expected to become the standard for rating buildings on hazard resilience and adaptation
05/19/2020
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Sheltering at Home: Make it your Castle
Make your current or future home your castle, not the place you’ll have to run away from.
Your family, like every family, has the right to be in a safe and lasting home.
04/24/2020
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BUILT TO LAST? documentary more relevant than ever
In the midst of COVID-19, the hazard-resilience of our homes is only second in importance to our personal resilience to the virus. This documentary educates citizens around the world on what they should know and do.
04/15/2020
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RAF Founder interviewed by Earth911
Discussing the challenges of COVID-19 when combined with natural hazard events
04/10/2020
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Resilience Bipartisanship in an Election Year
RAF Founder Aris Papadopoulos comments on why making homes and communities safer to natural hazards should be a bipartisan goal
03/14/2020
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Can homes & communities survive future Australia-size mega-fires?
RAF Founder discusses what homeowners should know and can do to protect their homes from wildfires
02/27/2020
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Eleven Ideas to Improve Miami Beach’s Resilience Initiatives
The City of Miami Beach’s elected representatives and staff have shown commendable leadership and initiative in taking-on its flooding issues. Such leadership comes with challenges and learning from experience is a sign of strength and progress. It is in this spirit that Resilience Action Fund (RAF) shares thoughts and suggestions for improvement. On February 18, 2020 the City of Miami
02/24/2020
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RAF Chair speaks at ARISE Resilience Forum in Mexico City
Resilience Action Fund Chair Aris Papadopoulos was a keynote speaker on October 30, 2019 at a Resilience Forum organized in Mexico City by UNDRR ARISE-Mexico, and attended by over 800 participants. He spoke on ‘Strategies for Building Back Better’, one of the the key goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: 2015-30. He stressed that ‘building back better’
11/01/2019
