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1:57 am on April 30, 2024 · ACP (2), Broadband Breakfast (5), fcc (92), NDIA (5), public knowledge (8)

WEBCAST APR 30 – Affordable Connectivity Program Day of Action

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ISOC LIVE

ISOC LIVEOn Tuesday April 30 2024, at 11:30-13:00 EDT (15:30-17:00 UTC) Public Knowledge, Civic Nation, National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), and the Digital Progress Institute (DPI) will hold an Affordable Connectivity Program Day of Action Rally in Washington DC. This event is prompted by the imminent expiry of the funding for the 2021 federal program that subsidizes high-speed Internet connectivity for around 23 million USA households. The aim is to secure short term funding to sustain the program while Congress works out a long term solution.

OPENING REMARKS
Chris Lewis, President and CEO of Public Knowledge
KEYNOTE REMARKS
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks
LIGHTNING PANEL
Amina Fazlullah, Head of Tech Policy Advocacy, Common Sense Media
Taylor Abshire, Student, Catholic University Law School
MODERATOR
Alisa Valentin, Ph.D., Broadband Policy Director at Public Knowledge
CLOSING REMARKS
Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT)

The rally will be webcast live by Broadband Breakfast.

VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/YnfR6CPGLUU

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/44ny52M

TWITTER #ACP #saveACP @publicknowledge @netinclusion @BroadbandCensus @CivicNation @NHMC @DigitalProInst @RepYvetteClarke @SenPeterWelch @AGomezFCC @GeoffreyStarks @FCC

MASTODON #saveACP

7:39 am on January 26, 2024 · ACP (2), BEAD (8), digital equity (11), next century cities (16)

CATCHUP WEBCAST – Next Century Cities – Digital Equity Planning: Past, Present, and Future – Jan 23

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isoc.live

isoc.liveOn Tuesday January 23 2024, Next Century Cities hosted a webinar ‘Digital Equity Planning: Past, Present, and Future‘. Tribes, states, and territories across the US are developing digital equity plans with funding from the $60 million Digital Equity Planning Grant Program. Nearly every state has released their plan for comment and many have completed the public feedback process. National Broadband Resource Hub experts highlighted key takeaways from state digital equity plans, strategies for successful coalition-building, and how local leaders can prepare for forthcoming Digital Equity Capacity Building and Competitive Grant Programs.

Today, Friday January 26 2024, at 10:00 EST (15:00 UTC), an edited and captioned version of the webinar will be webcast by the Internet Society US Washington DC Chapter.

SPEAKERS
Grace Tepper, Senior Writing Associate, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Amy Huffman, Public Policy Director, NDIA
Brian Donoghue, City of Boston
Leah Mims, Broadband Grants Coordinator, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development

NCC TEAM
Andy Stutzman, Brittany-Rae Gregory, Ryan Johnston, Corian Zacher, and Stacey Baxter

LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ncc-digitalequity (captioned)

TRANSCRIPT (See ISOC.LIVE)

TWITTER #DigitalEquity @NextCentCit Grace Tepper @Benton_Inst @arhuffman78 @netinclusion @_donoghue @CityOfBoston Leah Mims @NTIAgov @TNECD #ACP #DigitalInclusion #BEAD

MASTODON  #DigitalEquity

SIMULCASTS (captioned)
https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/ncc-digitalequity