ECA SoCal's Spring 2022 workshop featured a presentation about the importance of retrofitting older apartment buildings with large openings on the ground floor; 2022 ECA Mini Award recipients shared updates about their projects; ECA resources and activities were highlighted; and there was an open discussion for attendees to ask questions and make suggestions.

Our fifth webinar in this series featured the Coachella Valley Disaster Preparedness Network, (CVDPN), an NGO non-profit with a mission to train, educate and network all persons of the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs and nearby cities) on individual and community preparedness.

This workshop provided basic understanding and skills for how to mitigate damage or injuries by securing your space (at home or work), and to help neighbors, friends, and family secure their space too!

This webinar provided an overview of the HGMP program (who is eligible, how to apply, etc.), along with an example of the process based on the successful application by the Los Angeles Foodbank. Experts discussed strategies for completing the process for nonprofit organizations of all sizes.

This webinar, coordinated together by SCEC and the USGS, included presentations about the 1992 magnitude 7.3 Landers Earthquake and its lessons and legacies for earthquake science over the past 30 years; an overview of the emergency management response; and perspectives shared by local residents who experienced the earthquake and its impacts.