‘Disaster Equity’: FEMA Shifts Focus From Disasters To Diversity Amid Funding Concerns
by Casey Harper Oct 21, 2024
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is taking fire for its increased focus on migrants, and diversity, equity, and inclusion policies while its response to recent hurricanes is under scrutiny. [emphasis, links added]
Many Americans assume FEMA is only focused on helping respond to disasters, but a closer look at FEMA’s recent internal documents, spending, and public actions shows that FEMA has broadened its focus to handling the flow of migrants into the U.S. and attempting to double down on DEI initiatives on gender, sexuality, and race.
FEMA’s 2022-2026 strategic plan, an overarching document created by agencies to lay out their priorities, named its first goal not as disaster relief, but instead as diversity, equity, and inclusion.
In its first goal, the plan promised to “Instill equity as a foundation of emergency management.”
https://climatechangedispatch.com/disaster-equity-fema-shifts-focus-from-disasters-to-diversity-amid-funding-concerns/
