Digital equity advocates – people who have been working for decades now to come up with solutions to narrow the divide between people who are connected to broadband and those who still aren’t – say Internet Service Providers (ISPs) must partner with the ethnic media […]
The Internet has become so central to modern life that access to it is a necessity. Broadband access is an integral part of infrastructure negotiations and in the United Nations, that access is considered a human right. At a panel convened by Ethnic Media Services […]
NASHVILLE, TN – Americans have been on line a lot more since the pandemic began. Children attended school remotely, people worked from home, telemedicine became a new trend, and all kinds of meetings took place on ZOOM. “For more than a decade the CETF has […]
SAN JOSÉ, CA — Today San José Mayor Sam Liccardo announced the launch of the Tech Support Helpline Pilot, a free support line to help San José Digital Inclusion Fund participants with their computers and internet access. The Tech Support Helpline is the latest initiative […]
After decades of advocacy and a pandemic year that forced schools to shift to online instruction, California is preparing to make its largest investment in expanding public broadband access to date. Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers announced their plans for how to spend the […]
La pandemia nos está enseñando importantes lecciones y ha expuesto inequidades notrias. Entre ellas, la gran cantidad de horgares que no cuentancon acceso confiable a Internet.
Resources for Indian Student Education, Inc. (RISE) completed a two-month process to determine need and present computer laptops from Frontier Communications as educational resource gifts to Native students. Grantmaking by CETF (California Emerging Technology Fund) strives to institutionalize digital inclusion by expanding telehealth and distance […]
What would you give up for a reliable internet connection? A heated room? An ergonomically correct chair? A perfectly positioned monitor? It’s a tough decision and one that 2.1 million Californians have to make each day. Yes, even here in Silicon Valley, where the internet […]
Despite push, hundreds of thousands of students still don’t have computers at home For the first time ever, the vast majority of California families say their kids have personal computing devices that they can use for school. But even after a year of distance […]