As FEMA fends off troubling allegations about relief funding, a webinar resurfaced of panelists discussing the need to reshape FEMA’s policies to emphasize "equity" over utility.

In FEMA’s alphabet, DEI comes first. A startling 2023 FEMA webinar features federal health and disaster personnel trumpeting the urgent need to move away from policies that benefit the greatest number of people and instead turn focus toward “disaster equity” where aid is distributed based on innate characteristics like sexual orientation and gender identity.