About this Event
Join us for a fun day focused on strengthening family bonds and boosting community resilience together!
Join Fathers, Families & Healthy Communities (FFHC) for Together We Prepare, an interactive one-day family experience designed to bring fathers, children, families, community leaders, and trusted partners together for a day of learning, connection, resources, inspiration, and fun!
Together We Prepare is more than a workshop; it is an opportunity for families to learn practical skills they can use at home, build stronger relationships, connect with valuable community resources, and become better prepared to respond to everyday challenges and unexpected emergencies.
Throughout the day, participants will take part in hands-on activities, meaningful conversations, family-centered learning, and community-building experiences focused on strengthening the resilience of our families and neighborhoods.
Featured Topics: Heat, Air Quality, & Community Health
Purpose
The purpose of the 2nd Together We Prepare event is to prepare families to recognize, prevent, and respond to the growing health risks associated with extreme heat, poor air quality, and climate-related environmental hazards while strengthening household and neighborhood resilience.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
- Understand how poor air quality affects respiratory and cardiovascular health.
- Learn strategies to protect individuals with asthma, COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, allergies, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses.
- Develop household cooling and clean air strategies.
- Learn how to monitor air quality and weather alerts.
- Identify neighborhood cooling centers and emergency resources.
Why Attend?
Extreme heat has become one of the leading weather-related causes of death in the United States and can lead to increased energy costs, place additional strain on families, and elevate the risk of serious illness.
Poor air quality presents another significant public health concern, contributing to health conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, bronchitis, heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, allergies, respiratory infections, and complications for infants, older adults, pregnant women, and individuals with compromised immune systems.
Module 1 of Together We Prepare will work with participants to understand and respond to extreme heat and poor air quality, including measures to protect the health of infants, children, and older adults.
Together We Prepare is about giving families the knowledge, confidence, connections, and resources to take action. Whether you are learning a new safety skill, creating a family emergency plan, connecting with a community resource, or simply meeting another family in your neighborhood, every connection helps build a stronger community.
Event venue & nearby stays
2976 S Wabash Ave, 2976 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, United States
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