INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management (I-DIEM) is to support development and implementation of innovative community-based mitigation and adaptation projects to enhance resilience in diverse, vulnerable, and underserved communities. I-DIEM leads efforts to increase representation of women and people of color in the field of emergency management, including in positions of leadership, through awareness, training and education. I-DIEM serves as the conduit for research on diversity and inclusion, social equity and the practical application of equitable disaster management practices to improve outcomes and build equitable resilience.
About This Cause
I-DIEM is a global non-profit created to save lives and prevent increased poverty of women, people of color, and other underserved, marginalized groups who are most susceptible to climate change disasters. I-DIEM was established to positively impact people’s lives by integrating social equity values into all aspects of the emergency management enterprise. IDIEM pairs social equity, or parity in treatment and distribution of resources, with scientific data to evaluate and plan for global resilience opportunities and challenges. Our focus is on humanity and our vision supports the empowerment of marginalized communities within all phases of the disaster management cycle. More frequent and intense extreme weather and climate-related events are expected to continue to damage infrastructure, ecosystems, and social systems that provide essential benefits to communities. Future climate change is expected to further disrupt many areas of life, exacerbating existing challenges to prosperity posed by aging and deteriorating infrastructure, stressed ecosystems, and economic inequality. Impacts within and across regions will not be distributed equally. People who are already vulnerable, including lower-income and other marginalized communities, have lower capacity to prepare for and cope with extreme weather and climate-related events and are expected to experience greater impacts. The vision of I-DIEM is to enhance global resilience and improve emergency management outcomes by leveraging diversity, inclusion and equity.