When disaster strikes, our communities in Iowa are too often left out—left out of preparedness planning, left out of response decisions, and left behind in recovery. From derechos and floods to public health crises and acts of violence, we’ve seen what happens when systems fail us. The Community Preparedness Network (CPN) changes that. A System by Us, for Us Led by the NAACP Des Moines Branch, the Emergency Preparedness & Community Resilience Plan is the first-of-its-kind, e