Community Legacy ®
Pearce Global Partners (PGP) believes in taking "Education into Action." If people do not understand their risk, they will see no need to address or minimize it. Understanding comes from using the best available science and facts about the local hazard(s). Often, this information is not easily available, and it is likely not easily understood. PGP provides technology transfer to make information accessible and, therefore, user-friendly.
"Education into Action" is the platform for mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and prevention. PGP's partners include scientists, researchers, and technical experts as well as instructional communicators, and educational authorities. By bringing our technical and educational partners together and combining them with our practitioners (with decades of experience in government, nonprofit, and private sectors), we are building solutions specifically customized to your organization/community's needs.
Community Legacy® incorporates "Education into Action" as one of the building blocks for long-term sustainability in reducing a community or organization's vulnerability to disasters. With a basis for understanding, the next step is to build partnerships that create local strategies and solutions to increase safety and resilience.
How
PGP designs disaster-resistant solutions that cover all hazards, all phases of emergency management, and business continuity. We build on best practices and share what we find, both in our outcomes and on this website. PGP executives and partners are frequent speakers at events and conferences, emphasizing the importance of public-private partnerships, tried-and-true solutions, and drastically reducing exposures.
For more info about how we can assist you, please visit the What We Do page.
PGP provides specific support to businesses, government agencies, tribes, organizations, individuals, and communities both in the U.S. and internationally.
Background
Inés Pearce launched PGP with the dream of a disaster-resistant world. Her vision is to increase each community's capacity to address their local hazards through developing partnerships, creating solutions, and building/enhancing relationships. This vision is called Community Legacy®. As no one sector of any community has all the resources necessary to minimize its risk fully, each sector must be tethered to the others to save lives, lessen property damage, and protect economies. By sharing information and applying the best available science, PGP works with clients to develop best practices that turn "Education into Action."
In 1998, Inés Pearce became Director of Seattle Project Impact. This public-private partnership created four long-term and sustainable mitigation programs used throughout the Pacific Northwest, in the U.S. and around the world. PGP capitalizes not only on Ms. Pearce's experience but also on the combined expertise of her vast networks of dedicated professionals, implementing all best practices for each sector of the community.
By using these multidisciplinary partners, PGP's entire purpose is to build disaster resistance into everyday practices, creating a true Community Legacy® for generations to come.
Why
"We are building safer communities together, not only for ourselves today but also for our children, and the generations to follow."
~ I. Pearce