Underpinned by community engaged practice, we advocate for the use of arts-based processes in each phase of the disaster management cycle in order to: 

Prepare and imagine

• Add value to existing community preparedness activities, deepening a relational, people-centred approach to community resilience
• Ensure layered and equitable engagement
• Activate civic participation that builds community networks and fosters social cohesion
• Bring new perspectives to problem solving and future thinking

Respond and Care

• Create safe and inclusive spaces that cushion the impact of trauma and upheaval during a disaster
• Mitigate the shocks and strains of disaster impact by providing ways to express the unimaginable

Recover and Adapt

• Support wellbeing and identity through creative, participatory practices that bring community members together
• Reduce isolation among marginalised communities and individuals
• Strengthen a sense of belonging to community and environmental landscape
• Develop place-making opportunities that promote cohesion, connectedness and strength for a hopeful future.