California Emerging Technology Fund

Get Connected! ACP Enrollment Event with Sacred Heart Community Service
2023-02-25 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sacred Heart Community Service, 550 South First Street, San Jose, 95110

Get Connected! ACP Enrollment Event with CETF Tech Exchange and Sacred Heart Community Service
2023-02-14 08:30 - 10:30 | Bachrodt School, 102 Sonora Ave, San Jose, 95110
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. School Main Entrance
3 p.m. – 6 p.m. In front of H1 building

ACP Enrollment Event / Evento de Inscripción en ACP
2023-02-09 09:00 - 16:00 | FMCI Community Center & Educare Family Resource Center, 1399 Santee Dr., San Jose, 95122

ACP Enrollment and Small Business Grant Opportunities
2023-02-04 11:00 - 15:00 | Center for Sustainable Communities, 1051 W. Rosecrans Blvd., Compton, Los Angeles, 90222

ACP Enrollment Event Menifee Union School District Family Resource Fair / Evento de Inscripción en ACP Feria de Recursos para Familias del Distrito Escolar de Menifee
2023-01-28 10:00 - 14:00 | Menifee Union School District, 29775 Haun Road, Menifee, 92586

Broadband Breakfast Live - Giving Thanks for Better Broadband
2021-11-23 09:00 - 10:00
Although primarily focused on physical broadband networks, the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act passed on November 5 also includes $2.75 billion for digital equity and inclusion. This special “Giving Thanks for Better Broadband” edition of Broadband Breakfast Live Online will probe the dimensions of broadband adoption and digital equity. We’ll hear from experts on digital inclusion and how to make sure that robust broadband networks are widely used.
Panelists for this Broadband Breakfast Live Online session:

Hernan Galperin, Director, University of Southern California Annenberg Research Network on International Communication
Infrastructure law: High-speed internet is as essential as water and electricity
The Conversation, Op-Ed By Hernan Galperin, November 17, 2021
Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

WATCH at BroadbandBreakfast.com or on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.

Webinar - Milken Institute and Cal Matters - Digital Divide: Equity in Infrastructure
2021-09-21 12:00 - 13:30
REGISTRATION LINK: https://web.cvent.com/event/5628d39b-28f8-471e-a2b0-1a4abcc7eece/summary
We’re excited to join an important discussion hosted by the Milken Institute Center for Regional Economics and CalMatters to explore how closing California’s Digital Divide can be key to recovery from recession and progress toward an economy centered on equity, mobility and opportunity.
Panelists

Sunne McPeak, California Emerging Technology Fund
Alexandra Rosen, Venture Forward Director, GoDaddy

This discussion will be moderated by CalMatters reporter Jackie Botts.

Digital Equity and Inclusion - An Informative Discussion
2021-05-27 15:00 - 16:00
CETF President and CEO Sunne Wright McPeak will be moderating a discussion hosted by the Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) on how fundamental Digital Equity and Inclusion are for educational and career growth across all fields.
The Digital Equity and Inclusion discussion will cover in-depth the splintering of broadband accessibility and will feature:
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Rep. 18th District
Mayor Sam Liccardo, City of San Jose
Sunne Wright McPeak, President, and CEO, CETF
Devon Conley, President, Digital Equity Coalition and Trustee, Mountain View Whisman School District
Poncho Guevara, Executive Director, Sacred Heart Community Service
Tickets are $20.00 and all proceeds benefit SVEF.
For event information, or to purchase tickets, visit svefoundation.org/digitalequity
Proceeds will support the nonprofit Silicon Valley Education Foundation, which brings award-winning STEM learning programs, like Elevate [Math] and the Computer Science Institute, to over 5,000 students per year. SVEF also provides essential training for teachers in under-resourced school districts. Gifts from donors keep programs free for students and affordable for school districts. Community support also allows SVEF to adapt quickly to students’ changing needs during the pandemic, including the pivot to distance/online learning.
Santa Clara County Office of Education is a sponsor of SVEF’s Digital Equity and Inclusion event. SCCOE is a champion of public education, serving as an exemplary regional resource to students, parents, school districts, community agencies, and businesses.
About SVEF
Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) serves students furthest from access and opportunity to deliver and advocate for STEM education that inspires students to succeed in college and careers. As the largest educational nonprofit in Silicon Valley, SVEF has a legacy of providing proven STEM programs, leading the way as an education innovator, and being profoundly committed to empowering students to graduate high school career and college-ready. SVEF’s vision is that every student becomes a successful and productive adult. For more information, visit svefoundation.org
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Webinar: Valley Vision, CETF, and California Forward
2021-05-14 10:00 - 12:00
Join Valley Vision, CETF, and California Forward for a webinar presentation of the updated Resource Guide. Register now here.
Valley Vision, together with the California Emerging Technology Fund and California Forward, invite you to the statewide launch of “Getting Connected: A Broadband Deployment and Adoption Resource Guide for Local and Regional Government Leaders,” on Friday, May 14, from 10 AM to 12 PM. The Guide provides detailed information and resources on innovative policies and practices to accelerate broadband investment at the local and regional levels, highlighting examples of best practices, toolkits and information resources from communities across the state and nationally. The Guide will help us reach our goal of high speed Internet connectivity and Broadband for All. The webinar will include a presentation of the results of a statewide survey on the digital divide, an overview of the Guide, and a three-person panel to spotlight some of the innovative models and best practices found in the Guide.

Roundtable Discussion On Broadband Hosted By CETF with California Forward Student Leaders
2021-04-14 10:00 - 11:00
Please join California legislators, Assemblymember Mike Gipson and Assemblymember Tim Grayson and young leaders associated with California Forward for a virtual discussion on the Digital Divide organized by the California Emerging Technology Fund on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 10 – 11AM via Zoom.
Click here to register – Please R.S.V.P. today!
The discussion will allow interested stakeholders to engage directly with broadband bill authors as the urgency of this issue continues to grow. Young leaders will facilitate the conversation, highlighting the current gaps that exist within the state’s broadband reach and lawmakers will address their broadband bills. A Q&A portion will follow the roundtable with attendees and media.
Where:
Virtual event. Zoom Information to be provided upon registration.
Hosts:
– Assemblymember Mike Gipson
– Assemblymember Tim Grayson
– Michael Wiafe, CA Forward
– Lawson Hardrick III, CA Forward
– Susan Walter, Vice President, California Emerging Technology Fund

The event is hosted by the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF), a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to providing leadership in California and nationally to close the “Digital Divide” by accelerating the deployment and adoption of broadband to unserved and underserved communities and populations.

Board of Expert Advisors Public Forum
2021-03-11 08:30 - 12:30
The Goals and Objectives of the forum are outlined below. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday for a good discussion.

Provide a context federal government from the New Administration for Digital Equity.
Present and overview of State broadband legislation for deployment and adoption.
Understand the importance of leadership in connecting the “Whole Community.”

2021 School2Home Leadership Academy
2021-02-09 08:00 - 2021-02-11 15:00
School2Home convenes an annual Leadership Academy as part of the Learning Communities Core Component. At School2Home Leadership Academy each School Leadership Team comes prepared to share their expertise and “lessons learned” with other partners. In 2020 prominent presenters at the School2Home Leadership Academy included: Member of the California State Board of Education Patricia Rucker; Long Beach Assemblymember and Chair of the Assembly Committee on Education Patrick O’Donnell; California Department of Education Educational Data Management Division Director Jerry Winkler; Senior Program Manager at Common Sense Media Sue Thotz and Author and Educator Alice Keeler. Each School Leadership Team completes an Action Plan during the Leadership Academy to address implementation challenges at their school, affirming the power of Learning Communities in fostering high-performing organizations.

Delivering on the Promise of Telehealth to Improve Health Status in California - Session 2
2020-12-02 08:30 - 12:00
Click for Dec. 2 Conference Agenda
Click for Video Replay
Click for Overview
Department of Managed Health Care – Telehealth Checklist

REGISTER TODAY
Register in advance for this meeting: (click link)
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwscu2hpzIoG9Z6GyN4vkTZBuBXEQCaWw6a
Join Session Two:
Delivering on the Promise of Telehealth to Improve Health Status in California
Fact-Finding Listening Conferences (Virtual)
8:30 a.m. – Noon (Pacific Time)
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Join us for the second and final session of this Telehealth Fact-Finding Listening Conference. (See Session 1 Conference October 22, 2020: Background Materials). The COVID-19 pandemic spotlighted the need for all Californians to be able to use telehealth and exposed the existing digital access inequities. It illuminated the imperative for investments in constructing high-speed Internet infrastructure capable of supporting telehealth services and for getting all residents online with appropriate computing devices and functional digital literacy. California has not optimized the use of Telehealth to close gaps for medically-underserved communities and economically-segregated neighborhoods, which also are home to the most digitally-disadvantaged residents.
It is essential for policymakers who seek to achieve Digital Equity to understand how to effectively integrate the use of technology into all institutions and systems, including the delivery of health and medical care. CETF is joining with partner organizations to convene Fact-Finding Listening Conferences to gather data and input for an Action Plan to inform State and Federal policymakers about how to optimize the use of Telehealth in California.
The Purpose of Fact-Finding Listening Conferences to:

Understand the status of Telehealth in California.
Identify the gaps and barriers to optimizing Telehealth to improve health status for Californians.
Develop an Action Plan to advance Telehealth policy and funding in California.

The Fact-Finding will focus on a Featured Speaker and Panels of Presenters comprised of health and medical care providers, along with Responders comprised of government agencies, statewide associations, and healthcare foundations. They include:

Dr. Peter Yellowlees, a pioneer in telepsychiatry and former President of the American Telemedicine Association who serves as Chief Wellness Officer at UC Davis
Managed Health Care Plans – both Public and Private
Medical Centers including UC San Francisco, UC Davis, Stanford’s Children’s Health and Veterans Affairs of Palo Alto Health Care System

Also, there will be “Calls to Action” by policymakers. Participants will be invited to submit written comments and recommendations to inform an Action Plan for Telehealth in California.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwscu2hpzIoG9Z6GyN4vkTZBuBXEQCaWw6a
See Session 1 Conference October 22, 2020: Background Materials Delivering on the Promise of Telehealth to Improve Health Status in California
Fact-Finding Listening Conferences (Virtual)

Presented by the CETF Telehealth Committee

Barb Johnston Yellowlees, Committee Chair
President
The Castleton Group
Dorian Traube
Associate Professor
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
University of Southern California

The Honorable Martha M. Escutia
Former California State Senator
Vice President
State Government Relations and Special Counsel
University of Southern California
Jim Kirkland
General Counsel
Trimble, Inc.

Melinda White
CEO
Transit Wireless

Giving Tuesday Spotlight: San José Digital Inclusion Partnership
2020-12-01
Donate to the San José Digital Inclusion Fund

Today, more than 20,000 students in San José remain unconnected and unable to participate in distance learning as they head into the second half of the school year.
The Digital Inclusion Partnership team has prepared a media toolkit for you to support in spreading the word about the Partnership’s Giving Tuesday event. The donations will support providing connectivity for more students in San José.
Gratefully,
The San José Digital Inclusion Partnership
California Emerging Technology Fund

Post-Election Briefing New Federal Partnership On Broadband With The Benton Institute For Broadband & Society
2020-11-13 09:30 - 12:00
REGISTER TODAY FOR THE FIRST
POST-ELECTION BRIEFING
NEW FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP ON BROADBAND
Friday, November 13, 2020
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST
Briefing on New Report from the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Broadband for America’s Future: A Vision for the 2020s
Benton Institute Senior Fellow, Jonathan Sallet
SHLB Executive Officer, John Windhausen
Council on Competitiveness Senior Fellow, Julie Meier Wright
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Delivering on the Promise of Telehealth to Improve Health Status in California
2020-10-22 08:30 - 12:00
Click For Overview
Click For 10/22 Conference Agenda
Click For 10/22 Participants
Click For 10/22 Speaker Presentations
Click For Preliminary Conclusions and Recommendations
Click For 10/22 Chat Comments
Click For 10/22 Video Replay

The COVID-19 pandemic shelter-in-place and social distancing orders spotlighted the need for all Californians to be able to use telehealth and exposed the existing digital access inequities. It illuminated the imperative for investments in constructing high-speed Internet infrastructure capable of supporting telehealth services and for getting all residents online with appropriate computing devices and functional digital literacy. California has not optimized the use of Telehealth to close gaps for medically-underserved communities and economically-segregated neighborhoods, which also are home to the most digitally-disadvantaged residents.
It is essential for policymakers who seek to achieve Digital Equity to understand how to effectively integrate the use of technology into all institutions and systems, including the delivery of health and medical care. CETF is joining with partner organizations to convene Fact-Finding Listening Conferences to gather data and input for an Action Plan to inform State and Federal policymakers about how to optimize the use of Telehealth in California.
The Purpose of Fact-Finding Listening Conferences is to:

Understand the status of Telehealth in California.
Identify the gaps and barriers to optimizing Telehealth to improve health status for Californians.
Develop an Action Plan to advance Telehealth policy and funding in California.

The Fact-Finding will focus on Panels of Presenters comprised of health and medical care providers and with Responders comprised of government agencies, statewide associations, and healthcare foundations:

Community Clinics Serving Medically-Underserved Populations (FQHCs)
Senior Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities and Assisted Living)
Managed Health Care Plans – Private and Public
Medical Centers

There also will be featured “Calls to Action” by policymakers and a Briefing on the status of Telehealth in California to kick off the Fact-Finding. Stakeholders will be invited to submit written comments and recommendations to inform the Action Plan for Telehealth in California.

Presented by the CETF Telehealth Committee

Barb Johnston Yellowlees, Committee Chair
President
The Castleton Group
Dorian Traube
Associate Professor
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
University of Southern California

The Honorable Martha M. Escutia
Former California State Senator
Vice President
State Government Relations and Special Counsel
University of Southern California
Jim Kirkland
General Counsel
Trimble, Inc.
Melinda White
CEO
Transit Wireless

Live Video | Broadband Breakfast Interview With Sunne Wright McPeak
2020-09-30 09:00 - 10:00
Sunne Wright McPeak Calls For Bold Leadership:
Time to Overcome Bureaucratic Inertia to Achieve Digital Equity
Oakland and Los Angeles, CA – The global pandemic has exposed the nation’s economic divide and that concentrated persistent poverty is rooted in institutionalized racism, says California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) President and CEO Sunne Wright McPeak. “The reality screams for systematic change that is within our grasp if policymakers and regulators are willing to overcome bureaucratic inertia and breakthrough government silos,” she adds.
Sunne Wright McPeak will be sharing her successful strategy for collaborating with lawmakers, regulators, corporations, industry leaders, civic groups and, community-based organizations to close the Digital Divide during a BroadbandBreakfast live streamed interview. She has led CETF since its founding by the California Public Utilities Commission in 2006.
Amid the pandemic that requires distance learning, telehealth and online commerce, CETF is working at all levels to urge Internet Service Provider (ISPs) to step up and provide affordable consumer-friendly solutions that will provide those in greatest need the ability to connect with schools, doctors and businesses. “Never has the imperative for reliable, affordable and available high-speed Internet been more urgent. It’s only a matter of leadership, from not only government, but stakeholders, community-based organizations and industry too, to overcome bureaucratic inertia and say “yes” to a more connected California and nation,” says Sunne Wright McPeak.
BroadbandBreakfast Live Online
Champions of Broadband
Wednesday, September 30th
9AM-10AM PT
No Registration Required – Link for live stream and later replay:
http://broadbandbreakfast.com/2020/09/broadband-breakfast-live-online-on-wednesday-september-30/
BroadbandBreakfast is an influential national media outlet covering news and policy around broadband technology and Digital Inclusion.
If you are interested in speaking with or hosting Sunne Wright McPeak for a public policy discussion, or would like more information about CETF initiatives, please contact CETF Communications Associate, Nadine Hugg: nadine.hugg@cetfund.org.

School2Home Leadership Academy
2020-02-19 08:00 - 2020-02-21 17:00 | Hotel Maya – a DoubleTree by Hilton, 700 Queensway Drive, Long Beach, CA, 90802, United States
Purpose of School2Home Leadership Academy: Focus on Academic Achievement

Support continued school leadership to close the Achievement Gap and Digital Divide.
Assess the effectiveness of the 2019 Action Plans in improving implementation of School2Home.
Chart a path for improved academic achievement by School2Home partners.

Transforming Schools and Neighborhoods through Digital Inclusion
2019-06-05 08:30 - 17:30 | UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Mobilizing Communities for Leadership in the
High-Tech Sector in the Los Angeles Region:
Transforming Schools and Neighborhoods through Digital Inclusion
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
The Optimist Room
Breakfast 7:30 AM
Program 8:30AM – 3:30PM
UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center
425 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Directions and Parking
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Móníca García, President
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board
Manuel Pastor, Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity
University of Southern California (USC)
Frances Gipson, Chief Academic Officer Division of Instruction
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Francisco Rodriguez, Chancellor
Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD)
Kamau Bobb, National STEM Expert, Founding Senior Director
Constellations Center for Equity in Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Oscar Menjivar, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Teens Exploring Technology
Jaime Casap, Education Evangelist, Google
JR DeShazo, Chair, Department of Public Policy
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Gary Segura, Dean, Luskin School of Public Policy
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Heather Hiles, President and CEO
California Online Community College
Eric Garcetti, Mayor
City of Los Angeles
Background
The Social Science Research Council’s Portrait of Los Angeles sponsored by Southern California Grantmakers provides a clear and disturbing characterization of life in one of America’s most populous metropolitan areas. The report reveals stunning differences in quality of life that are highly correlated with geography as well as race/ethnicity and the socioeconomic composition of communities. Utilizing the “Human Development Index” as its barometer, the report shows that in critical areas such as health, education, and income, gross inequities limit access to opportunity for many residents and contribute to the persistence of deeply entrenched social and economic disparities.
These inequities are exacerbated by the Digital Divide: the disparities in access to technology and the Internet that prevent the most disadvantaged households from fully participating in the 21st century economy. In Los Angeles County, many residents in the poorest communities are not able to get online at home and are unable to participate fully in the digital world. This impacts their ability to apply for jobs, access public services or communicate with their children’s teachers. For children in these communities who often attend under-resourced schools, the disparities in access to technology contributes to the disadvantages they face in preparing themselves for college and future careers that make it possible to break the cycle of poverty. These inter-related factors and forces of economic disparities in communities with concentrated and persistent poverty constitute a “wall of poverty” that can be tackled only with a comprehensive, multi-faceted strategy that transforms schools and neighborhoods with greater impacts at scale than accomplished to date.
Civic leaders and community organizations are partnering to convene thought leaders and policymakers to develop a Partnership Framework to align and integrate public and private resources and actions in low-income neighborhoods, building upon existing education improvement initiatives, place-based interventions, and digital inclusion strategies to change systems through purposeful collaboration with increased accountability for greater impact and better results for residents. It is envisioned that the Conference will provide the input to develop a “Partnership Framework” for changing systems to achieve improved outcomes.

Conference Goals

Explore possibilities for developing strong and sustainable partnerships among education, local government, and employers to address systemic issues related to inequality in the Los Angeles Region.
Identify existing efforts and strengthen new regional strategies for Digital Inclusion for youth and families.
Elevate and strengthen current efforts that promote the development of educational and professional pathways in the high tech sector and emerging industries for low-income youth in the Los Angeles Region.

School2Home Leadership Academy
2019-02-12 - 2019-02-14 | Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
Our leaders convened in Sacramento on February 12 – 14, 2019. At the Capitol, they were welcomed by Assembly Education Committee Chair Patrick O’Donnell and Assemblymember Ash Kalra. They heard addresses from Tom Armelino, Executive Director of California Collaborative for Educational Excellence; Senator Connie Leyva, Senate Education Committee Chair; Kenneth Shelton, Techquity Expert; Geoff Belleau, California Department of Education Consultant; Cheryl Lemke, Evaluation Expert, and Micah Studer, Executive Director of Equity and Support Services for Yolo County Office of Education. They were even treated to a surprise visit by Assemblymember Bob Archuleta, whose godson is a School2Home participant.

Please enjoy the brief video of some of our attendees at the 2019 School2Home Leadership Academy in Sacramento.
