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Scyma @ The Northern California Hazards Workshop 2024

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| January 2024

Zahraa Saiyed presented research on Equity and Social Vulnerability for Earthquake Mitigation Policy at the 2024 Northern California Hazards Workshop (USGS) - The Too Many Earthquake Anniversaries Edition

Read more here: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/esc/workshop/2024-NCEHW-Agenda.pdf

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EERI Public Policy Climate Change and Earthquake Policy Paper

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| November 2023

Zahraa Saiyed is supporting the development of a policy position and white paper on the overlaps of climate change and earthquake risk reduction - more information on this needed topic to be shared soon!

Read more here: https://www.eeri.org/advocacy-and-public-policy/public-policy-what-is-eeri-currently-doing

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4th Kenji Ishihara Colloquium Series on Earthquake Engineering

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| September 2022

Zahraa Saiyed facilitated a panel on the Impact of Climate Change on Community Earthquake Resilience featuring leading researchers on social vulnerability, environmental justice, and climate justice.

Read more here: https://sandiego.eeri.org/4th-kenji-ishihara-colloquium-series-on-earthquake-engineering-2/

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Advocating for Functional Recovery

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| May 2021

This week AB 1329 (Nazarian) will be heard on the Assembly floor. EERI, SEAOC, and other related organizations have submitted letters of support for the bill. You can learn more about functional recovery in the following links. Scyma has been supporting this effort over the past several years and is looking forward to a favorable outcome in California with this important piece of legislation.

New Report Charts Path Toward Superior Earthquake Recovery (Jan. 2021)

Recommended Options for Improving the Built Environment for Post-Earthquake Reoccupancy and Functional Recovery Time.

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Virginia Tech Policy Lecture - EERI Student Chapter

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| April 2021

Scyma Consulting presented a lunch-time lecture for the EERI Student Chapter at Virginia Tech entitled, “Systems Approach to Disaster Resilience: Your contributions to Wicked Problems.” Always re-iterating that your contribution to disaster risk reduction can start today!

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Advocating for Earthquake Safety in Alaska

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| April 2021

The EERI Alaska chapter hosted an informative discussion that covered the history of seismicity and resilience planning in Alaska. Zahraa Saiyed discussed advocacy actions that technical constituents may consider when enhancing seismic safety in Alaska. Thank you to Jessica Feenstra (Golder Associates, EERI Alaska Chapter Chair) for hosting, Sterling Straight (Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission), and Mike West (State Seismologist) for contributing to this important topic.