The frequency and severity of disasters are on the rise globally, increasing the impacts on individuals and communities. More attention is being paid to the process of building and improving a community's ability to withstand, recover from, and adapt to natural and human-made threats. This course will assist the student in defining community disaster resilience, identifying the components of a resilient community, and creating strategies to leverage community strengths to engage members to build and sustain a more resilient society that is proactive, informed, and empowered to address the challenges that disasters create. This course continues to build on the concepts from the Community Disaster Recovery, Mitigation, and Disaster Risk Reduction courses but focuses specifically on resiliency building, which is a critical component of disaster and emergency management work that is becoming increasingly important as we better understand current and emerging disaster risks and trends. Through an exploration of the literature, case studies, and peer discussions, students will be able to propose a strategy for creating a community disaster resilience program.