Connect Humanity
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We work with communities to build the internet infrastructure and skills they need to participate fully in a digital society | IA 2024 Emerging Impact Manager
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https://connecthumanity.fund/ 06-04-2022 16:06:35
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If the market alone won't close the digital divide, how can impact investors help put broadband within reach of everyone? Read the latest from our CEO via Impact Entrepreneur: impactentrepreneur.com/changing-the-w…
Tune in to our latest episode with @GigiBSohn & Bill Coleman from Benton Institute for Broadband & Society! 🎙️ They discuss the importance of community-controlled broadband, challenges, and successful cases. Learn how public networks ensure equitable access and local control. communitynets.org/content/broadb…
Heading to Denver next week for Mountain Connect? Join this all-star cast for a session on building broadband in rural Appalachia: ⭐️ Shannon Millsaps (Shannon Millsaps) ⭐️ Annie Stroud ⭐️ Tom Reid ⭐️ Sam Schartman (Samantha Schartman) 📋 Conference agenda: mountainconnect.org/2024-agenda/
👉 Why are 40 million Americans without broadband? 👉 Why won't market forces solve the problem? 👉 How can we close the digital divide while building opportunity in underinvested communities? Read Jochai Ben-Avie in Impact Entrepreneur to find out: connecthumanity.fund/changing-the-w…
"We can close the digital divide while building local power, wealth and opportunity. Social investors have an opportunity to drive this change, catalyzing billions in public and private capital for communities long ignored." Connect Humanity #DigitalEquity connecthumanity.fund/changing-the-w…
Dr J. Abrams McLean PhD was a leading evolutionary biologist before joining Fair Count — a non-profit building power in undercounted communities. Find out why the career pivot, how she sees internet access as a force for democracy, and why she joined our board: connecthumanity.fund/jeanine-abrams…
Whether a community moves forward on a public broadband project depends on one key determinant: leadership. Our broadband handbook, created with Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, is the resource tool you need to help you lead: aapb.us/_files/ugd/d5e…
⭐Democracy Fellow Spotlight Keseb Fellow J. Abrams McLean PhD of Fair Count was recently interviewed by Connect Humanity on the importance of digital equity and of the intersection between civic engagement and internet access. Read the full interview here: connecthumanity.fund/jeanine-abrams…
The Digital Ambassadors program enhances #DigitalEquity by training students in tech skills! It's made possible by our Rio Grande Valley Broadband Coalition in collaboration with Connect Humanity & ARISE Adelante! riograndeguardian.com/digital-ambass…
Connect Humanity Director of International Programs, Nathalia Nathalia Foditsch (LLM/MPP), shares an update on our work with small ISPs in the Brazilian Amazon as she sets out her vision for expanding our impact globally. 🔗 connecthumanity.fund/how-small-conn…