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September 2, 2019, September 8, 2019
Hurricane Dorian Update #3
9/6/19 US AND BAHAMAS HURRICANE DORIAN URGENT UPDATE – HOW YOU CAN HELP HURRICANE SURVIVORS WITH DISABILITIES Portlight Strategies and the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies are supporting the needs of Hurricane Dorian impacted people with disabilities and disability organizations as the hurricane continues to have a massive effect on millions of people from the Bahamas to North Carolina. We continue to convene daily National Stakeholder Disaster Response Partners, including disability and disaster experts, community… Read more about Hurricane Dorian Update #3 »August 29, 2019, September 8, 2019
Hurricane Dorian Update #2
9/2/19 Portlight and the Partnership are working around the clock to provide assistance to people with disabilities and disability organizations in the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina as we all brace for Hurricane Dorian’s catastrophic impact over the next week and its aftermath for months and years to come. We have been convening daily National Stakeholder Disaster Response Partners, including disability and disaster experts, community leaders, first responders, public health, government and… Read more about Hurricane Dorian Update #2 »
About Us
Portlight Strategies, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 1997 to facilitate a variety of projects involving people with disabilities, including post-disaster relief work. Portlight’s longest running disaster recovery effort followed the devastation of Superstorm Sandy in the… Read More
About Us
Our Mission
Portlight Strategies’ mission is to provide disaster services to the disability community, and to foster inclusive disaster planning and response for people with all types of disabilities. Our core values of equal access, inclusion and independence continually guide our work, modeling inclusion of each individual as a whole person, rather than their perceived “special” needs. We envision a future where alerts, evacuation, shelter and recovery are accessible to all, led by the active involvement of people with disabilities and fully informed by the community as a whole.
