NDIA Blog Posts
NDIA Releases COVID Relief Bill Overview
We offer this overview to help digital inclusion practitioners determine how they might access resources that are a result of the recent COVID relief legislation. Programmatic rules and processes will not be in place for multiple months. NDIA commits to updating our...
Covid Relief includes $3.2B Emergency Broadband Benefit
Today is a big day. Congress is about to pass a stimulus package that includes $3.2 billion for an Emergency Broadband Benefit and other initiatives that could impact digital inclusion work. The text of the legislation has not been released yet but here is our...
Ujima is a go! NDIA and Grow with Google partner to support Black communities
NDIA and Grow with Google have joined forces to launch the Ujima Project, a $150,000 grant challenge aimed at assisting NDIA affiliates leverage Grow with Google resources to support Black communities. Six grants of $25,000 each are available to encourage affiliates...
Webinar – Grow with Google $150k Challenge Grant
We are pleased to announce that in partnership with Grow with Google, NDIA is launching the Ujima Project - a $150K challenge grant to help nonprofits leverage Grow with Google resources to support Black communities. Register now for a 90-minute informational...
Save The Date: Net Inclusion 2021 Webinar Series!
SAVE THE DATEEvery Wednesday from April 7 – May 26 at 1 PM ET The Net Inclusion Conference has been a staple in the Digital Inclusion community since 2016, bringing hundreds of practitioners, advocates, academics, internet service providers, and policymakers together...
NDIA to hosts Digital Inclusion 101 Webinar
Digital Inclusion practitioners have been working to end the digital divide for decades, creating their own community, definitions, resources, and gaining knowledge of what works and doesn't. Digital Inclusion is a multifaceted issue that takes time to understand and...
Illinois Partners with NDIA, Commits to Digital Equity
Illinois Governor Jay Robert Pritzker, alongside the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, has announced a Digital Equity Package worth approximately three-quarter of a million dollars to tackle the digital divide that exists in the state. This is...
Another Successful Digital Inclusion Week!
Digital Inclusion Week 2020 was a huge success! With COVID-19 shining light on the importance of Digital Inclusion initiatives, this year was more essential than ever. Our community events reached hundreds of thousands of people on social media, received the...
What Happens When The U.S. Does Not Regulate Broadband?
On October 13, 2020 NDIA filed comments with Public Knowledge and six other organizations in response to the Federal Communication Commission’s Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers Reform and Modernization Order. Our comments focused on AT&T’s...
JUST RELEASED- AT&T’s Digital Redlining: Leaving Communities Behind for Profit
Written in partnership with the Communication Workers of America, NDIA is pleased to release the following report:AT&T’s Digital Redlining: Leaving Communities Behind for ProfitAT&T is making the digital divide worse and failing its customers and workers by...