David Southgate

Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Fostering Emotional Resilience Through Community Hubs in Puerto Rico’s Coastal Neighborhoods

Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Fostering Emotional Resilience Through Community Hubs in Puerto Rico’s Coastal Neighborhoods

Community resilience hubs have emerged as powerful means to address social and environmental inequities in the face of climate change. Yet despite their virtues and popularity, I’ve begun to question if resilience hubs effectively respond to neighbors’ climate traumas in ways that foster emotional resilience.… Read More »Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Fostering Emotional Resilience Through Community Hubs in Puerto Rico’s Coastal Neighborhoods

Climate Change and Community Mental Health: Important Learnings from Leaders on the Frontline

Climate Change and Community Mental Health: Important Learnings from Leaders on the Frontline

By David Southgate As the climate crisis intensifies, it is time to recognize the emotional and psychological toll on communities facing the brunt of these impacts. Environmental challenges, from rising sea levels and extreme weather to pollution and resource depletion, affect physical and psychological health.… Read More »Climate Change and Community Mental Health: Important Learnings from Leaders on the Frontline

“Este es nuestro momento; a message amongst neighbors in Playa de Ponce.”

“Este es nuestro momento; a message amongst neighbors in Playa de Ponce.”

 “Este es nuestro momento (This is our moment),” is the message I share with neighbors of Playa de Ponce as an embedded community participatory action researcher.   The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal (The Infrastructure and Jobs Act of November 15, 2021) provides unprecedented opportunities to take action… Read More »“Este es nuestro momento; a message amongst neighbors in Playa de Ponce.”