Register for the Fifth Annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit
In its second year as a virtual event, the Indigenous Connectivity Summit will take place on 12-15 October 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic showed us that those who lack connectivity face the effects of starker inequalities. Millions of people across Canada and the United States still can’t take advantage of the benefits of a fast, affordable, and reliable Internet connection. Indigenous communities disproportionately suffer from the negative impact of this digital
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Register for the Fifth Annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit
In its second year as a virtual event, the Indigenous Connectivity Summit will take place on 12-15 October 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic showed us that those who lack connectivity face ...
Addressing Historic Inequalities in Brazil—through Community Networks
Find out how Brazil's marginalized communities have created community networks to connect to the world and to each other ...
Internet by the People, for the People – a View from the Digital Empowerment Foundation
The Digital Empowerment Foundation believes building community networks is something everyone can do. And people are doing it. Internet connectivity may be important for our global society, but in rural ...
Risks and Rewards of the U.S. Broadband Funding Boom
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us once and for all that broadband access is critical infrastructure. Without it, communities cannot work, learn, or earn online – a necessity during stay-at-home ...
Sarantaporo.gr Community Network: Connecting Communities Is a Marathon, Not a Race
Last week we shared the story of how the Sarantaporo.gr Community Network worked with the community of Sykea to help with a pressing problem. Like many other villages in the ...
Sarantaporo.gr Community Network: Tending to Our Communities’ Needs with Care and Flexibility
At the beginning of May 2020, the Sarantaporo.gr community network team was approached by the mayor of Elassona, a municipality in the Thessaly region in central Greece. He was asking ...
New Guide to Federal Broadband Funding Opportunities in the U.S.
New resource will help communities find the right funding for their networks At the 2020 Indigenous Connectivity Summit (ICS), participants asked the Internet Society to create a "centralized database that ...
Libraries Are Bridging the Digital Divide
Libraries and Community Networks are teaming up and discovering new ways to connect the unconnected When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, libraries across the world shut down their ...
