rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/demand-adequate-care-for-floridians-after-hurricane-ian?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-demand-adequate-care-for-floridians-after-hurricane-ian' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Movement for Black Lives https://actionnetwork.org/groups/movement-for-black-lives https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg We know that every time a Hurricane hits our communities, we experience the most extreme impacts, and we are the last to receive support, infrastructure upgrades, and get access to necessary resources to build resistance to inevitable future disasters. We face disproportionate impacts when hurricanes hit Black, immigrant, and frontline communities; blended with the oppressive heat in Florida and the length of time it takes to recover from a disaster, a prolonged lack of power and access to safe water is a life-threatening condition. We know from historical experience that power companies meet the needs of affluent communities first and fail to prioritize communities most vulnerable to disconnection and energy debt. The inability to connect to breathing machines, refrigerate insulin, store milk for our children, or access critical emergency information online creates further deadly conditions in the aftermath of disasters like Hurricane Ian. We can no longer stand by as, year after year, hurricane after hurricane, our communities are left behind, and our lives continue to be lost and viewed as dispensable by profit-driven fossil fuel companies and their political backers. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/demand-adequate-care-for-floridians-after-hurricane-ian