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<br />79 <br /> <br />find ways to enhance their skills and support <br /> <br />Peterson and Krajeski <br /> <br />very good, and we must <br />them. <br /> <br />They do not want to live that way. We still hear from "outsiders," that <br />is, certain professionals from other helping organizations, that "they <br />like to live that way," or that "they do not know any better or simply <br />don't care." Views like these are untrue ~nd more often than not based <br />on intentional or unintentional racism, sexism, and c1assism. Those <br />who try to be sensitive to and respect local cultures and local enpower- <br />ment and those who try to be academically objective must beware that <br />their "hands-off-let-the-locals-do-it" attitude can be racist, sexist, and <br />c1assist. particularly if their lack of involvement perpetuates the status <br />quo <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />is also about economic <br /> <br />Mitigation is more than structural change-it <br />and social justice <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />will often function through informal networks and <br />and institutions <br /> <br />Local communities <br />not through agencies <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />often powerful motivators for liberation <br />they are for oppression and maintain- <br /> <br />Religious beliefs are just as <br />and creating just communities as <br />ing the status quo <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Giving technical assistance (i.e., basic organizational skills, resource <br />identification) and support to local people after a disaster enables <br />to recover and make nondisaster-related changes in their <br />communities <br /> <br />them <br />lives and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />are going to be there after we leave, with whatever we <br />They need our help-not our garbage. <br /> <br />Local folks <br />leave behind <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Theology, and Ethics <br /> <br />Kristina J. Peterson holds degrees in Urban Planning <br />Her doctoral studies were in Peace Making <br /> <br />and his <br /> <br />Richard L. Krajeski holds degrees in Philosophy, and Theology <br />doctoral studies were in Technological Transfer and Ethics <br /> <br />They are disaster specialists for CWS and the major authors of three disaster <br /> <br />recovery manuals <br />