#digitalequity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #digitalequity, aggregated by home.social.
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This week in NYC’s #CivicTech: safer streets, public broadband, AI literacy, and civic accountability.
The Stop Super Speeders Act landed in the final state budget. NYC is expanding free Neighborhood Internet in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan. And 22 community organizations are preparing to teach intro-to-AI classes across the city.
Plus: public spending oversight, student data privacy, new civic tools, and 13 jobs.
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WEBCAST 15 APR 19:00 UTC – B4DE – Local Dollars, Local Solutions: Digital Equity Tax Money & Negotiating AI Data Center Deals
LIVESTREAM | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK
On Wednesday April 15 2026, at 15:00-16:15 EDT (19:00-20:15 UTC) the Institute for Local Self-Reliance Community Broadband Networks Initiative and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) present a Building for Digital Equity (B4DE)
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I'm gonna go talk to a homeless services agency now that no one but AI ever told me about, so that they can keep me off the streets.
Y'all can keep arguing amongst yourselves about my genocidal attempts to not get raped again.
No CW. I don't get one whenever someone tells me I should've stayed high and living in a horrible situation where I basically paid rent with sex because "AI BAD." If I don't get one, why do you deserve one?
The disabled homeless person who is just trying to make it is asking.
You want CWs again? CW your shitty, suicide-encouraging, trauma-triggering, ignorant, absurd, melodramatic, inhuman options first. Then we'll talk. 🔥
Until then, it is crucial for your humanity that you understand the consequences of the barriers that you defend.
#HomelessServices #DisabilityJustice #Survival #AIAccessibility #Safety #Ableism #Neurodivergent #SurvivalSex #NoCW #CognitiveLiberty #DigitalEquity
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Please reply telling me how much you enjoy talking over disabled people, and I will gratefully block you.
I have to deal with enough shit from neurotypicals and society while battling homelessness. Go run your toxic purity tests elsewhere. AI is currently saving my life. You are—as you come at me trying to make me feel bad for not giving up—actively working to end it.
Your rage reminds me that the world is cruel and wants me dead. And I refuse to die, no matter how much you try to make me want to kill myself.
Seriously, if this is you, the kindest thing you can do for me is fuck off and let actual humans who care about other humans and not only about virtue signaling have a say.
#AI #Accessibility #DisabilityJustice #Ableism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Survival #Homelessness #MentalHealth #DigitalEquity #CognitiveLiberty #Gatekeeping #ToxicPurity #BlockList
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Motherfucker on Psychology Today literally argues that AI is bad because "before AI, confidence usually carried the weight of effort, and that effort was often a badge of accomplishment."
Conclusion:
Confidence is for non-disabled successful people. AI is bad because it allows disabled people to have confidence and maybe, just maybe, give them the wherewithal to get out of disability.
Fuck everyone writing about AI right now like they know anything because they clearly know less than nothing about the real world. 😾
Josh Nosta, if you can see this, literally fuck you, you hack.
#AI #Ableism #Accessibility #PsychologyToday #Neurodiversity #DigitalEquity #DisabilityJustice #TechEthics #JohnNosta #CognitiveLiberty
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New this week in #NYC #CivicTech: Mapping for Equity, AI hiring in gov, a PiTech storefront at the Oculus, and more from @BetaNYC → https://www.beta.nyc/2025/09/18/whats-new-in-nyc-civic-tech-september-18-2025/
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DigitalC Announces $500,000 In-Kind Donation from Google
CLEVELAND, Sept. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DigitalC today announced a $500,000 in-kind donation of cutting-edge broadband technology…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Internet #broadbandtechnology #digitalequity #donation #googlefiber #Nonprofit #Technology #underservedcommunities
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DigitalC Announces $500,000 In-Kind Donation from Google
CLEVELAND, Sept. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DigitalC today announced a $500,000 in-kind donation of cutting-edge broadband technology…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Internet #broadbandtechnology #digitalequity #donation #googlefiber #Nonprofit #Technology #underservedcommunities
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/429369/ DigitalC Announces $500,000 In-Kind Donation from Google #BroadbandTechnology #DigitalEquity #donation #GoogleFiber #Internet #nonprofit #Technology #UK #UnderservedCommunities #UnitedKingdom
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BIT’s Senior Salesforce Project Lead, Ertay Shashko, couldn’t access Power Automate so he teamed up with a deaf colleague, Mark. Together, they built the automation a client needed.
👥 Real people.
🎯 Real purpose.
🌍 Real impact.That’s the kind of teamwork that drives everything we do.
#DigitalEquity #TeamBIT #Salesforce #PledgeForImpact #BehindBIT
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BIT’s Senior Salesforce Project Lead, Ertay Shashko, couldn’t access Power Automate so he teamed up with a deaf colleague, Mark. Together, they built the automation a client needed.
👥 Real people.
🎯 Real purpose.
🌍 Real impact.That’s the kind of teamwork that drives everything we do.
#DigitalEquity #TeamBIT #Salesforce #PledgeForImpact #BehindBIT
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BIT’s Senior Salesforce Project Lead, Ertay Shashko, couldn’t access Power Automate so he teamed up with a deaf colleague, Mark. Together, they built the automation a client needed.
👥 Real people.
🎯 Real purpose.
🌍 Real impact.That’s the kind of teamwork that drives everything we do.
#DigitalEquity #TeamBIT #Salesforce #PledgeForImpact #BehindBIT
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BIT’s Senior Salesforce Project Lead, Ertay Shashko, couldn’t access Power Automate so he teamed up with a deaf colleague, Mark. Together, they built the automation a client needed.
👥 Real people.
🎯 Real purpose.
🌍 Real impact.That’s the kind of teamwork that drives everything we do.
#DigitalEquity #TeamBIT #Salesforce #PledgeForImpact #BehindBIT
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BIT’s Senior Salesforce Project Lead, Ertay Shashko, couldn’t access Power Automate so he teamed up with a deaf colleague, Mark. Together, they built the automation a client needed.
👥 Real people.
🎯 Real purpose.
🌍 Real impact.That’s the kind of teamwork that drives everything we do.
#DigitalEquity #TeamBIT #Salesforce #PledgeForImpact #BehindBIT
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What makes a website truly accessible? 🤔 Get practical tips from Candice Dexter (hard of hearing) and James Warnken (legally blind), web technologists and accessibility experts. From captions to screen readers, learn how to design for everyone. Secure your spot!
🔥 Fireside Chat: Digital Accessibility with Hard of Hearing & Legally Blind Experts
🗓️ Thursday, August 7th
🕒 11 AM MDT / 1 PM EDT
🔗 Register here: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/5013178/9765882C47B56CFDB721AAE0A06F6569?partnerref=BITLI#Accessibility #WebDesign #A11y #DigitalEquity #Kanopi #TeamBIT
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🚫 Stop wasting your budget on endless accessibility testing.
Accessibility should be built in — not bolted on. That’s the focus of BIT’s Train-the-Trainer program.
📚 Learn more: https://blindit.org/train-the-trainer
🎙️ Don’t miss James in next week’s webinar: Buy-In or Backfire – July 22, at 10:30AM MT
Register: http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
#Accessibility #TrainTheTrainer #ADA35 #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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🚫 Stop wasting your budget on endless accessibility testing.
Accessibility should be built in — not bolted on. That’s the focus of BIT’s Train-the-Trainer program.
📚 Learn more: https://blindit.org/train-the-trainer
🎙️ Don’t miss James in next week’s webinar: Buy-In or Backfire – July 22, at 10:30AM MT
Register: http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
#Accessibility #TrainTheTrainer #ADA35 #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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🚫 Stop wasting your budget on endless accessibility testing.
Accessibility should be built in — not bolted on. That’s the focus of BIT’s Train-the-Trainer program.
📚 Learn more: https://blindit.org/train-the-trainer
🎙️ Don’t miss James in next week’s webinar: Buy-In or Backfire – July 22, at 10:30AM MT
Register: http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
#Accessibility #TrainTheTrainer #ADA35 #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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🚫 Stop wasting your budget on endless accessibility testing.
Accessibility should be built in — not bolted on. That’s the focus of BIT’s Train-the-Trainer program.
📚 Learn more: https://blindit.org/train-the-trainer
🎙️ Don’t miss James in next week’s webinar: Buy-In or Backfire – July 22, at 10:30AM MT
Register: http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
#Accessibility #TrainTheTrainer #ADA35 #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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🚫 Stop wasting your budget on endless accessibility testing.
Accessibility should be built in — not bolted on. That’s the focus of BIT’s Train-the-Trainer program.
📚 Learn more: https://blindit.org/train-the-trainer
🎙️ Don’t miss James in next week’s webinar: Buy-In or Backfire – July 22, at 10:30AM MT
Register: http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
#Accessibility #TrainTheTrainer #ADA35 #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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Build without broadcasting.
The most powerful movements don’t always make noise—they build trust, strategy, and care in quiet. Not every system needs to go public to matter.
🟡 What would you build if you didn’t have to broadcast it?
🟢 What would it take to build together without being seen?
https://initiativeforliteracy.org/build-without-broadcasting/
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⚖️ Accessibility without leadership = legal risk.
Buy-In or Backfire: Leadership & the Legal Realities of Accessibility
📅 Tue, July 22 | 10:30-11:30 AM MT
We’ll break down today’s legal expectations & what leaders must do now.
Register: http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
Got a question? Add it when you sign up – we may answer it live!
#ADA35 #ThanksToTheADA #Accessibility #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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🚨 “Accessibility isn’t just a tech issue – it’s a people issue.”
BIT’s James Warnken, CPACC, explains why audits & tools won’t solve inaccessibility if your team isn’t trained to sustain change. That’s why we built our Train-the-Trainer program → https://blindit.org/train-the-trainer
🎙️ Also: Don’t miss our July 22 webinar with James, Ken Nakata (former DOJ), & Mike Hess → http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
#Accessibility #TrainTheTrainer #ADA35 #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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🚨 “Accessibility isn’t just a tech issue – it’s a people issue.”
BIT’s James Warnken, CPACC, explains why audits & tools won’t solve inaccessibility if your team isn’t trained to sustain change. That’s why we built our Train-the-Trainer program → https://blindit.org/train-the-trainer
🎙️ Also: Don’t miss our July 22 webinar with James, Ken Nakata (former DOJ), & Mike Hess → http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
#Accessibility #TrainTheTrainer #ADA35 #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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🚨 “Accessibility isn’t just a tech issue – it’s a people issue.”
BIT’s James Warnken, CPACC, explains why audits & tools won’t solve inaccessibility if your team isn’t trained to sustain change. That’s why we built our Train-the-Trainer program → https://blindit.org/train-the-trainer
🎙️ Also: Don’t miss our July 22 webinar with James, Ken Nakata (former DOJ), & Mike Hess → http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
#Accessibility #TrainTheTrainer #ADA35 #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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🚨 “Accessibility isn’t just a tech issue – it’s a people issue.”
BIT’s James Warnken, CPACC, explains why audits & tools won’t solve inaccessibility if your team isn’t trained to sustain change. That’s why we built our Train-the-Trainer program → https://blindit.org/train-the-trainer
🎙️ Also: Don’t miss our July 22 webinar with James, Ken Nakata (former DOJ), & Mike Hess → http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
#Accessibility #TrainTheTrainer #ADA35 #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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🚨 “Accessibility isn’t just a tech issue – it’s a people issue.”
BIT’s James Warnken, CPACC, explains why audits & tools won’t solve inaccessibility if your team isn’t trained to sustain change. That’s why we built our Train-the-Trainer program → https://blindit.org/train-the-trainer
🎙️ Also: Don’t miss our July 22 webinar with James, Ken Nakata (former DOJ), & Mike Hess → http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
#Accessibility #TrainTheTrainer #ADA35 #DigitalEquity #TeamBIT
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Throwing money at accessibility won’t fix what leadership doesn’t understand.
Join us July 22 at 10:30AM MT for:
Buy-In or Backfire: Leadership & the Legal Realities of Accessibility👨⚖️ Ken Nakata, former DOJ attorney
🧥 Mike Hess
🔎 James WarnkenWe’ll break down what the law really demands, and why leadership buy-in matters now more than ever.
🔗 Register: http://bit.ly/46xDJCw
Got a question? Add it when you register — we might answer it live!
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#MeetTheSpeaker #DPIinConversation
Introducing our panelists for the Day 4 session: "Unravelling the potential implications of exporting India’s DPI to foreign countries," of our week-long event, "DPI in Conversation."
➡️ Join the conversation: https://form.sflc.in/dpi-in-conversation/
Event Details:
🗓️ July 10, 2025
🕕 6-7 pm IST
📍 OnlineStay Tuned!
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#Maine program to give old tech a new life for those in need
By Tina Fischer, June 18, 2025
"As part of its mission to boost broadband access across the state, the Maine Connectivity Authority is launching a program to distribute used digital devices to veterans, students, older adults and low-income households.
" 'Getting people a device that meets their needs for work, school, health care or other personal benefits is one of the most direct ways to enable internet access,' said Jessica Perez, the agency’s digital equity manager.
"The Maine Tech Share program, developed in partnership with a #WatervilleME nonprofit called #GiveITGetIT, aims to source 25,000 tablets, laptops and phones over the next few years for the effort.
"Give IT. get IT is a licensed and permitted electronics recycler.
" 'Maine business leaders who value our mission are the reason we have been able to provide more than 20,000 personal computers from Kittery to Fort Kent since 2002,' said Chris Martin, co-founder of give IT. get IT.
" 'Our partners benefit by safely donating their electronics, and we destroy the data, file compliance reports, and recycle and reuse everything we can to redistribute the technology,' he said. 'The whole process is a win for our partners, the environment and our community.'
"Maine’s Digital Equity Plan, approved in 2024, identifies access to an affordable, effective device for those who need one as a critical strategy to closing the digital divide.
"Nearly a third of low-income individuals and families indicated that they did not have enough devices to meet their needs. Age and quality of devices was also a consistent issue for enabling reliable internet connection.
"Over the last three years, the Maine Connectivity Authority has facilitated high-speed connections for 86,000 homes and businesses across the state."
Source:
https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/maine-program-to-give-old-tech-a-new-life-for-those-in-need#SolarPunkSunday #MaineNews #Connectivity #BuildingCommunity #RightToRepair #RepairReuseRecycle #DigitalEquity
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🚨 ICYMI: Our latest newsletter is packed! Edition 2025.20 covers NYSCI’s Cityworks, how we design better cities for families, state and federal data news, the costs of AI, and BetaNYC’s latest Data2Go clinics.
Get the details: https://www.beta.nyc/2025/05/15/whats-new-in-nyc-civic-tech-may-15-2025/
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Honoured to join @digitalgoodnet panel on a good digital society at @BBCRD shared insights on community-led design & governance from my cooperativa digital project #DigitalEquity #PlatformCooperatives #Codesign #commons
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We need to prioritize serious investments in infrastructure to boost digital accessibility in underserved communities. This means expanding broadband access, building tech hubs, and improving electricity supply. Successful initiatives like Google's Internet Saathi show how effective public-private partnerships can truly bridge the digital divide. #DigitalInclusion #TechForAll #BroadbandAccess #PublicPrivatePartnerships #DigitalEquity
https://www.paulwelty.com/the-reality-behind-online-learning-overcoming-the-digital-divide/
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: The work never stops!
At T-ATP, we're reflecting on and incorporating the skills our Founder and Executive Director, Jasmine M. Jackson, learned from her NC education policy fellowship to continue advocating for #cybersecurityeducation and #digitalliteracy for all students throughout North Carolina and beyond.
Below are pictures from the March Washington, DC retreat, where our Founder and Executive Director worked with other fellows to advocate for #educationreform in North Carolina.
#digitalequity #digitalliteracymatters #digitalequitychampion #educationequity #educationpolicy #educationlaw #digitalinclusion #techforgood #techinnovation #nonprofit #eradicatingthedigitaldivideonestudentatatime
#academia #research #academicchatter #government #law #fedilaw #justice #Engineering #CivilEngineering -
Glad to be a part of this fascinating panel at Broadband Communities Summit 2024 in Houston on the specific challenges of bridging digital divide in cities
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Glad to be a part of this fascinating panel at Broadband Communities Summit 2024 in Houston on the specific challenges of bridging digital divide in cities
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Glad to be a part of this fascinating panel at Broadband Communities Summit 2024 in Houston on the specific challenges of bridging digital divide in cities
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Glad to be a part of this fascinating panel at Broadband Communities Summit 2024 in Houston on the specific challenges of bridging digital divide in cities
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Glad to be a part of this fascinating panel at Broadband Communities Summit 2024 in Houston on the specific challenges of bridging digital divide in cities
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: Are you passionate about making tech more inclusive with #digitalliteracy and #cybersecurityeducation for underrepresented communities?
If so, apply to become a T-ATP board member!
Please submit your resume to [email protected].
#digitalequity #digitalliteracymatters #digitalequitychampion #educationequity #educationpolicy #educationlaw #digitalinclusion #techforgood #techinnovation #eradicatingthedigitaldivideonestudentatatime
#academia #research #academicchatter #government #Engineering #CivilEngineering #law #fedilaw #justice -
Friday's are usually considered the "best" (no one paying attention) days to drop bad news
This Friday though -- a bit of good news ...
That anti muni broadband budget amendment that was floated in NY didn't survive
#Internet #InternetForAll #MunicipalBroadband #broadband #digitalequity
https://communitynets.org/content/anti-muni-broadband-budget-amendment-gets-nixed-new-york
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Friday's are usually considered the "best" (no one paying attention) days to drop bad news
This Friday though -- a bit of good news ...
That anti muni broadband budget amendment that was floated in NY didn't survive
#Internet #InternetForAll #MunicipalBroadband #broadband #digitalequity
https://communitynets.org/content/anti-muni-broadband-budget-amendment-gets-nixed-new-york
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Friday's are usually considered the "best" (no one paying attention) days to drop bad news
This Friday though -- a bit of good news ...
That anti muni broadband budget amendment that was floated in NY didn't survive
#Internet #InternetForAll #MunicipalBroadband #broadband #digitalequity
https://communitynets.org/content/anti-muni-broadband-budget-amendment-gets-nixed-new-york
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Friday's are usually considered the "best" (no one paying attention) days to drop bad news
This Friday though -- a bit of good news ...
That anti muni broadband budget amendment that was floated in NY didn't survive
#Internet #InternetForAll #MunicipalBroadband #broadband #digitalequity
https://communitynets.org/content/anti-muni-broadband-budget-amendment-gets-nixed-new-york
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With vital help fr organizers, instructors, and funders, Tribal Broadband Bootcamp co-founders Matthew Rantanen and @communitynets really out did themselves for TBB 11!
My colleague Jessica Auer provides a photo-filled tour through the immersive experience here
#Internet #InternetForAll #DigitalEquity #IndigenousMastodon
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Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr. recently announced the “Queen City of the Black Belt” has entered into a public-private partnership to bring affordable fiber service to Selma and 16 other communities across Alabama’s Black Belt region.
My colleague @KarlBode Bode gives us the scoop at link below
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With the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) on its last legs, the American Prospect published my piece today on how some communities are able to provide affordable access to high speed #internet even w/o ACP
Guess what these communities have in common?
#MunicipalBroadband #InternetForAll #Internet #access #digitalequity
https://prospect.org/economy/2024-03-18-municipal-broadband-solution/
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The 11th Tribal Broadband Bootcamp is rolling!
It's now an even more immersive three-day learning experience for Tribes planning or building their own broadband networks
Click link below for my story on how they're seriously digging in
#Internet #InternetForAll #digitalequity #IndigenousMastodon
https://communitynets.org/content/tribal-broadband-bootcamp-advances-underground-and-above
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🚨 New resource alert 🚨
This week the American Association for Public Broadband published a new handbook tailored to guide local officials in navigating the logistical, technical, financial, and political challenges in building municipal broadband networks.
Link below for my story on the new handbook with a link to full guide
https://communitynets.org/content/aapb-and-benton-publish-new-handbook-how-build-public-broadband-network -
: As The Accelerated Training Program (T-ATP) puts the final touches for the Winter Cybersecurity Workshop graduation, I want to thank the National Cyber League for allowing me to write an article describing T-ATP in their January/February newsletter.
The article's title is "Eradicating The Digital Divide, One Student At A Time." In the article, I discuss how my first job, Access to Software for All People (ASAP), set me on my IT/Cyber journey and inspired me to start my non-profit.
At the Winter Cybersecurity Workshop graduation ceremony, the accelerators will receive a certificate of completion and a laptop from our partner, E2D - Eliminate the Digital Divide. Watching the accelerators grow this past month and seeing them excitedly learn about #cyber and #digitalliteracy has been a rewarding experience.
We're always looking for new students and schools to partner with to teach cybersecurity education and digital literacy. If interested, please visit our website here: https://www.t-atp.org/
To read our article, click here: https://shorturl.at/mILVX.
#digitalequity #digitalliteracymatters #digitalequitychampion #educationequity #educationlaw #digitalinclusion #techforgood #techinnovation
#academia #research #academicchatter #government #Engineering #CivilEngineering #law #justice #fedilaw