Papers by Miriam Belblidia
International journal of information systems for crisis response and management, 2010
The use of SNS sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, has grown exponentially in recent years (Golb... more The use of SNS sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, has grown exponentially in recent years (Golbeck, 2008a; Shneiderman & Preece, 2007), as people build Internet-based networks that reflect their own communication networks (Manjoo, 2009). As the number of users grows and the functionality of these networks expands, SNS have emerged as a practical tool for use in emergency management (White et al., 2009). As the nation watched the rising river threatening Fargo on March 28, 2009, President Obama called attention to this utility, "young people have turned social networks into community networks, coordinating with one another online to figure out how best to help" (Obama, 2009). Similarly, citizens have used internet networks
Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management, 2022
As communities grappled with a slew of concurrent disasters in 2020, grassroots mutual aid regain... more As communities grappled with a slew of concurrent disasters in 2020, grassroots mutual aid regained prominence, providing lessons for a more equitable approach to emergency management. Within emergency management, “mutual aid” has come to mean the specific legal mechanisms by which governments, non-governmental organizations, and private sector entities share resources. However, the term “mutual aid” has a much longer history of functioning outside of government and emergency management circles. With a recorded history in Black and Creole communities dating back to the mid-1700s, it has been widely used within communities of color for centuries. To see grassroots mutual aid in practice, the authors present a case study of Imagine Water Works’ Mutual Aid Response Network (MARN) in New Orleans, which was developed in 2019 and responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and a record-breaking Gulf Coast hurricane season in 2020. Utilizing Facebook as a platform, the MARN’s “Imagine Mutual Aid (New Orleans)” group saw its membership grow by 5,000 members from March 2020 to March 2021. Within the first week of Hurricane Laura’s landfall, the group welcomed evacuated individuals from Southwest Louisiana and quickly facilitated thousands of requests for support, providing food, housing, clothing, medical devices, emotional support, emergency cash, laundry services, and personalized care for those in non-congregate shelters, as well as locally informed flood and hurricane preparedness information for subsequent storms. Grassroots mutual aid sheds light on root causes and existing gaps within emergency management and provides a model for autonomous community care. © 2022 by Emerald Publishing Limited.
Advancements, 2012
The use of SNS sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, has grown exponentially in recent years (Golb... more The use of SNS sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, has grown exponentially in recent years (Golbeck, 2008a; Shneiderman & Preece, 2007), as people build Internet-based networks that reflect their own communication networks (Manjoo, 2009). As the number of users grows and the functionality of these networks expands, SNS have emerged as a practical tool for use in emergency management (White et al., 2009). As the nation watched the rising river threatening Fargo on March 28, 2009, President Obama called attention to this utility, "young people have turned social networks into community networks, coordinating with one another online to figure out how best to help" (Obama, 2009). Similarly, citizens have used internet networks
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Papers by Miriam Belblidia