by Amy Huffman | Jun 16, 2021 | Digital Inclusion News
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced the Broadband Reform and Investment to Drive Growth in the Economy (BRIDGE) Act of 2021. The bipartisan bill allocates $40 billion to establish a new fund...
by Nicole Umayam | Feb 13, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
As we’re at the buzzer with our final reporting for this project, I wanted to share a couple of the thoughts I’ve had about doing this work. Intense engagement with digital inclusion for the past year has been transformative on many levels and I’m grateful to have...
by Jeff Garcie | Feb 8, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
We took off from the Kodiak airport after a long delay due to high winds. The flight to Akhiok was beautiful but bumpy. As we flew south along the western coast of Kodiak. The sheer distance of the flight and the seemingly impassable mountains that stretched to the...
by Jeff Garcie | Jan 12, 2018 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
My friend Alvin, who knows me from my digital inclusion work in the village of Port Lions, asked me what I thought was the best choice for an Internet plan for his family. The list of plans he showed me on his iPhone was heart breaking. The village had had high hopes...
by Emily Kissane | Dec 5, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
This Sunday, I read a troubling and thought-provoking article in the New York Times – Lost Einsteins: The Innovations We’re Missing by David Leonhardt. Leonhardt discusses the work of the Equality of Opportunity Project, particularly research about people who become...