Community Crisis and Grief
"Com" = "With." Our "com"-passion support for persons experiencing community crisis and collective grief.
We send support to the many communities, families, and individuals affected by current community crises.
This public service education video describes different kinds of community crises; different groups of persons impacted with basic roles and tasks before and during a community crisis; community grief; and potential effects of community crisis/grief for persons who are already experiencing the “normal” bereavement of a loved one.
January 9, 2025 ~ California Wildfires, for more info to add, contact [email protected]
October 8, 2024 ~ Hurricane Milton
September 29, 2024 ~ Hurricane Helene
Video Segments (click on the video’s progress bar): 0:00 Com = With; 0:31 Different Kinds of Community Loss; 1:24 Who Is Affected? How?; 6:57 Re-Lation-Ships; 8:22 Impact for Already-Bereaved Persons; 9:39 Care for Your Whole Self; 13:58 Months and Years Ahead
Calls to Action for All
- What’s important? A hurricane lets you know. ~ Author unknown.
- Whether it is a tsunami, or whether it is a hurricane, whether it’s an earthquake – when we see these great fatal and natural acts, men and women of every ethnic persuasion come together and they just want to help. ~ Martin Luther King III
- In unity, there is strength; when communities come together during a crisis, they can accomplish the impossible. ~ Amanda Ripley, The Unthinkable
- The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. ~ Coretta Scott King
CMS Emergency Disaster Preparedness Requirements for All Hospice Providers
California Wildfires: Resources
Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Ways to Support Affected Communities
- Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief Fund for home care & hospice employees in the Carolinas
- National Hospice Foundation’s Workforce Emergency Support Fund
- Teleios Collaborative Network – nonprofit hospice and palliative care organizations directly affected by Helene
- VIA Health Partners – NC & SC (formerly Hospice & Palliative Care of Charlotte): Donate to Hurricane Helene Relief Fund
- New updates relevant to end-of-life care organizations: Hospice & Palliative Care Today (link goes to today’s issue; Special Helene issu3 10/4/24; register for daily email delivery)
- More links to add? Contact [email protected]
Key National Organizations for Community Crisis Preparation, Relief, and Recovery
- American Red Cross Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Relief
- American Trauma Society
- FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
- International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
- National Association of State EMS Officials
- National Emergency Management Association
- National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – The Medical Reserves Corps
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – Trauma and Critical Care Teams
- U.S. Department of Justice – Office for Victims of Crime
- World Central Kitchen
- World Health Organization
More Personal Resources for Coping with Loss and Grief, from Composing Life Out of Loss
For Organizations: our Grief Video Library (English and Spanish)
For Individuals: our Portal to Grief Care
For Musicians: book, Music of the Soul – Composing Life Out of Loss