The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies

Support disabled Puerto Ricans! Extended deadline: join more than 100 organizations calling to restore the solar program in Puerto Rico. Add your support by tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1. Sign here: tinyurl.com/2tdx4kxw

¡Apoye a les discapacitades puertorriqueñes! Firma extendida: únase a más de 100 organizaciones para exigir la restauración del programa solar en Puerto Rico. Agregue su apoyo para más tardar mañana miércoles 1 de abril. Firme aquí: tinyurl.com/2tdx4kxw

Your input matters. NCD has a request for information supporting the creation of a state, local, territory and tribal (SLTT) emergency management toolkit. Deadline is April 3. ncd.gov/2026/03/09/ncd…

Today is the last day to sign your organization’s support! Thousands of disabled Puerto Ricans were promised backup power solutions, and the federal government has pulled back the program, leaving them without options! Sign your org support here: tinyurl.com/2tdx4kxw

¡Hoy es el último día para que su organización muestre su apoyo! A miles de puertorriqueños con discapacidad se les prometieron soluciones de energía de emergencia, pero el gobierno federal ha suspendido el programa, ¡dejándolos sin opciones! Firme aquí: tinyurl.com/2tdx4kxw

Puerto Rico’s unstable electric grid is a disability justice issue. Support the immediate restoration of the life-saving backup power prog the US DOE abruptly ended after thousands were already approved! Sign your org support here: tinyurl.com/2tdx4kxw Sign on by Fri 3/27.

La red eléctrica inestable de Puerto Rico es un tema de justicia disca. Apoye la restauración inmediata del prog de energía de respaldo, el cual el Dept de Energía de EE. UU. canceló después de miles aprobados. Firme el apoyo de su organización aquí: tinyurl.com/2tdx4kxw

“Every disaster is a disability disaster.” In Disabled Power, Frederick shows how the 2021 Texas power crisis exposed what happens when infrastructure fails and how policies create vulnerability. Disabled Texans also showed resilience, care, and creativity to survive.

Join us this Wed, 3/25, for a webinar and discussion led by the author of “Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster,” Angela Frederick! Register today: qrco.de/DisabledPowerW… ASL interpretation and CART captions will be provided.

The Flash Flood Warning for Oʻahu has been EXTENDED until 8:00 am HST (3/21).

Assembly areas are open at Wahiawa District Park, Leilehua High School, and Kahuku Elementary School. Waialua High and Intermediate School assembly area is closed due to flood conditions in the area.

WAHIAWA DAM EVACUATION ZONE includes all of Haleiwa between Puuiki St and Kamehameha Hwy. Areas of Waialua between Kukea Circle to Otake Camp Disability and Disaster Hotline 800.626.4959 (call/text)

DAM FAILURE ALERT – EVACUATE NOW Wahiawa Dam (Oʻahu) failure in progress/expected. Life-threatening flooding risk in downstream areas. Haleiwa & parts of Waialua: LEAVE NOW Avoid Kaukonahua Rd Karsten Thot Bridge CLOSED Map & routes: p.veoci.com/hnlevac Check on others.

¿Eres discapacitade o conoces a alguien que sea discapacitade y necesitas ayuda? Llama o envía un mensaje de texto a la Línea Directa de Discapacidad y Desastres: 800-626-4959.

Hay alertas de tornados hoy en partes de Florida, Georgia, Carolina del Sur, Carolina del Norte, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia Occidental, Pensilvania y Nueva Jersey.

Tornado alerts are active today across parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. You or someone you know Disabled, need help? Call/text the Disability & Disaster Hotline: 800-626-4959.

Join us on Wed, 3/25 for a webinar and discussion led by the author of “Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster,” Angela Frederick! Angela. Register today: qrco.de/DisabledPowerW… ASL interpretation and CART captions will be provided.

Justice for Nurul Amin Shah Alam. A blind Rohingya refugee died after being abandoned by U.S. Border Patrol. We call for a full, transparent investigation and immediate action to ensure this never happens again. Disabled people are not expendable.

I’m disabled and Black. As a member of the disabled community, I’ll tell you the real. It’s common for white disabled people to use disability excuse their racism. There are plenty of non-white people with Tourette’s syndrome who can tell you using the n-word isn’t a symptom.