DCTP is working with Church of the Messiah to connect Detroit residents to the internet. The project is crowdfunding $5,000 and if they reach their goal will unlock a matching grant from the Michigan Business | MEDC. Learn more from CBS Detroit. buff.ly/3TROXrN

Our friends at DCTP are more than halfway to reaching their $5k goal! 💪🔥 Help them get the rest of the way by donating 🔗 Support #communitytech this #GivingTuesday ! patronicity.com/project/commun…

Over 70% of the goal has been raised! Help us cross the finish line this #GivingTuesday2022 #GigabitDetroit #GivingTuesday

Only 7 hours left to raise $300 and win an additional $5k! Will you donate whatever you can or share this with your people? #CommunityTech #Internet4All #GigabitDetroit

"We already know huge portions of the country aren’t getting broadband speeds — but even where they are, those connections are often bogged down by limited options, predatory billing practices, and a general lack of choice." theverge.com/2022/11/17/234…

5 hours and $180 left!

Thank you! We did it! 💕 #GigabitDetroit #Internet4All

THIS IS BIG NEWS & A BIG WIN. The Community Input over Government Surveillance Ordinance came out of the fight against FRT. Using it to sue over ShotSpotter is a WIN and result of many folks resistance to #SurveillanceTech #SurveillanceAintSafety freep.com/story/news/loc…

I’m honored to release a new report with Georgetown Privacy “A Forensic Without the Science: Face Recognition in U.S. Criminal Investigations” 1/n forensicwithoutscience.org

Looking forward to giving this workshop with @turtlishcbiruk & Stephanie Hatzifilalithis, PhD in #montreal on the 10th. Thanks to Atwater Library and ACT Project for organizing. Grateful to DCTP for inspiration and tools to guide our thinking of living in data.

Honored that DuckDuckGo chose to support our work among so many other amazing orgs working to make the internet accessible, autonomous, and safe 💕. #GigabitDetroit #Internet4All spreadprivacy.com/2022-duckduckg…

The internet remains unequal w/ its content skewed towards European colonial languages & their written forms. As a step in resisting digital colonialism, today we launch the #InternationalSign translation of our #InternetsLanguages summary report ✊🏾 internetlanguages.org/en/internation…

Heads up! We'll be at #NetInclusion23 next week hosted by NDIA. Our Director Monique Tate will speak on 'Engaging Lived Experts in Digital Equity Planning & Research'. Hope to see familiar faces there! sched.co/1B326 NDIA #digitalequity #communitytech

"Facial recognition is a racist technology that is being used in our neighborhoods to invade privacy, surveil, and criminalize." - Rep. Tlaib metrotimes.com/news/tlaib-and…

Got 5 mins to read about some #DigitalEquity heroes? Melissa Huerta (Melissa 恵) shares amazing projects from The Enterprise Center, DCTP, and Boyd Stephens — and outlines how our grants support broadband expansion. connecthumanity.fund/how-connect-hu…

For 7 years, DCTP has built networks providing free/low-cost internet to underserved residents in #Detroit. We're supporting the project with a grant to help reduce reliance on philanthropic funds while sustainably growing its impact. Learn more: connecthumanity.fund/how-connect-hu…

ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING II - Panel Discussion Next Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 6:30pm FREE live + virtual event ONLINE: Register to attend on zoom here buff.ly/3VpRVWI IN-PERSON: Wayne Law's Partrich Auditorium - 471 W. Palmer, Detroit 48202

🚨NEW WEBSITE NOW LIVE 🚨 Today the Center released “Cop Out: Automation in the Criminal Legal System,” which explores the ways algorithmic technologies increasingly inform decisions made in the criminal legal system. copout.tech

"In 2014, Detroit was ranked as the country’s worst connected city — around 60% of people didn’t have a connection that met the min. definition of broadband, and 40% had no internet at all." DCTP, nabes banded together. 2023: Broken #sidewalks 99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-fu…