Houston Chronicle: 13 things every Houstonian should know during coronavirus pandemic
Angela Blanchard, one of Houston’s leading experts on disasters, wrote this list of things that everyone should remember during large-scale emergencies several years ago. It’s especially relevant now. Click here to read that list.
Houston Chronicle: ‘Not moving at the speed of need’
As the world struggled to slow the spread of the fast-moving COVID-19 coronavirus, Houston leaders and individuals were asking: What’s our area’s plan? Who’s in charge? With a situation that changes by the hour, who’s telling us what to do? Here are Angela’s thoughts on the Houston area’s coronavirus response.
Houston Chronicle: Expert explains why Houston mayor was right to declare disaster
Angela Blanchard, president emerita of BakerRipley, is one of Houston’s leading experts on disasters. She has been a player in helping Houston recover from multiple disasters, and at Brown University now teaches graduate-level public-policy courses on Disaster and Displacement. We asked her about the Houston area’s response to COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Shortly after the […]
Houston Chronicle: Let go of rage and practice loving detachment, for your own sake and your community’s
Excerpt: When I desperately wanted to save my family from the ravages of the disease of alcoholism, I would have gone to any lengths to force solutions, would have said anything, done anything. And I tried in all the ways I knew how, to adjust, to shape shift, to mitigate what was happening in our […]
FOX 26 Houston: BakerRipley, The Congressional Delegation, City and County Press Conference at NRG Center
Angela begins speaking at 23:24. Watch the full stream here.
KHOU 11: New Shelter Opening at NRG Center.
Paper City Magazine: Houston CEO Jumps into Emergency Shelter in wake of Harvey, Wins National Award of Crisis Management
Few if any in among the thousands that poured into NRG Center in the wake of Harvey recognized the sophisticated redhead leading the Harris County effort to open the emergency shelter. The leadership that Angela Blanchard, CEO of BakerRipley (previously Neighborhood Centers), exhibited that last Tuesday in August and throughout the crisis has been the […]
Houston Chronicle: Departing nonprofit leader throws herself into one last challenge
Houston Chronicle: With Harvey, Houston is “in the Honeymoon Period”
The Atlantic: How Asking About Their Needs Connects People in Houston
Angela Blanchard, an elegant, straight-talking force of nature in this part of the world, has been at the helm of the organization for the past two decades. Under her direction, Neighborhood Centers’ annual budget has swelled to $260 million, placing it in the top one percent of nonprofits nationwide. Blanchard has spoken in places as […]