Title
Peace Boat’s Disaster Relief Model. Volunteers, Local Partners, and Communicatio
Tipo de registro
Video
URL
https://youtu.be/i9qf_SXF2dI
Contact
Emilie McGlone
Year
2,022
Publisher
Imara IHG

Summary
Emily McGlone (Peace Boat US) details how her organization uses a unique global platform to support disaster relief and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Focusing on lessons from Japan’s 2011 "triple disaster," she highlights the power of both high-tech social media and low-tech community outreach in volunteer mobilization. The lecture emphasizes that resilient disaster response requires a balance of global advocacy and deep local partnerships to overcome communication gaps and combat misinformation.
Description
In this guest lecture, Emily McGlone, Director of Peace Boat US (United Nations Plaza, New York City), explains how Peace Boat and its Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Center (PBV) support communities affected by disasters—and how communication strategies and social media can strengthen disaster risk reduction (DRR), volunteer mobilization, and recovery.
The presentation introduces Peace Boat’s global mission of promoting peace and sustainability, its alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and its model as an NGO/social enterprise that uses voyages and participant engagement to support nonprofit activities. Emily then connects that global platform to practical, on-the-ground disaster relief examples and communication tools used during real emergencies.

Key themes covered:
* What Peace Boat is and how its global voyages support peace, sustainability, and SDG learning
* PBV’s origins after Japan’s 2011 “triple disaster” (earthquake–tsunami–nuclear emergency)
* Mobilizing and training volunteers, including long-term engagement across communities
* Why local partners are essential for effective disaster response and distribution
* Communication in disrupted environments (limited networks, damaged infrastructure)
* “Low-tech” outreach that works: temporary newspapers, door-to-door information, check-ins
* “High-tech” outreach that works: blogs, fundraising campaigns, and social media engagement
* Pros/cons of social media in disasters: speed, fundraising, awareness—plus misinformation and access gaps
* Ways students and young professionals can get involved (volunteer roles, internships, language support)

This session is valuable for students, emergency managers, NGO practitioners, DRR professionals, and anyone interested in community resilience, volunteer coordination, and humanitarian communication.