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Zahraa Saiyed and Jack English (UT Austin) deliver a webinar for EERI’s Young Members Committee on becoming effective earthquake safety public policy advocates. Learn more here.
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With a stellar set of panelists, Zahraa @ Scyma facilitated a discussion on advocating for natural disaster risk reduction policy for the first ever virtual Natural Hazards Workshop.
This years workshop theme is Active Hope in an Era of Environmental Extremes. You can read more about the goals of the workshop on the Natural Hazards Center website here.
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Presenting on behalf of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Scyma shared concepts of citizen advocacy and learned from researchers and practitioners the needs of science-to-policy capacity building at the 44th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop.
The theme for this year’s Workshop is Convergence: Coming Together to Improve Hazards and Disaster Research, Practice, and Policy. Click here to learn more about Convergence.
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Kevin Moore of the Structural Engineers Association of California, Danielle Mieler of the EERI California Policy Committee and Zahraa Saiyed of the EERI National Policy Committee were invited panelists to the EERI Northern California April monthly meeting to discuss recent legislative efforts by both professional organizations. Thank you to the NorCal chapter for hosting the panelists and local chapter students as well!
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Zahraa Saiyed, co-founder of Scyma Consulting, joined fellow engineers on The Hill with the American Society of Civil Engineers discussing infrastructure deficits, NEHRP authorization levels and effective advocacy on a federal level. Kudos to ASCE Region 9 (California) for ASCE’s Advocate of the Year Award! Check out the ASCE Legislative Fly-In for more information.
Zahraa Saiyed of Scyma Consulting presented on a panel focused on Recent Legislative Policy Outcomes in Support of Earthquake Risk Reduction, along with Emellia Zamani, the Legislative Director for Assmblymember Nazarian (CA-46), David Bonowitz, SE, and Chris Poland, SE. Learn more about the Annual Meeting and our panel here. Zahraa also led a discussion on identity and values at the Women in Structural Engineering Happy Hour and launched a new initiative through the Public Policy and Advocacy Committee of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute entitled, “EERI Citizen Advocate.” Stay tuned for more information on the program!