Building for Digital Equity Podcast
by Institute for Local Self-Reliance · 23 episodes
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The Building for Digital Equity Podcast features interviews with people working toward digital equity - where everyone is able to take advantage of the Internet. We will explore solutions and share lessons learned by people doing the work, primarily through interviews at events where these people gather to share experiences and learn from each other.
Latest episodes
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18 min
RHITES on Bridging Gaps in Telehealth - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 22
In this episode of the Building for Digital Equity Podcast, Jordan Pittman speaks with the RHITES team about bridging gaps in reproductive healthcare through telehealth. Discover h…
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12 min
Walter Gabino Rendon on Enhancing Digital Navigation with STEM Alliance - Building for Digital Equity Podcast…
In this episode of the Building for Digital Equity Podcast, Chris interviews Walter Gabino Rendon from the STEM Alliance about their innovative CRM platform designed to enhance dig…
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16 min
Paul Goodman on Advocacy, Accessibility, and Broadband Equity with C4AT - Building for Digital Equity Podcast…
In this episode of the Building for Digital Equity Podcast, Chris interviews Paul Goodman from the Center for Accessible Technology (C4AT) about his work advocating for broadband a…
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11 min
Abraham Camez on Navigating Digital Equity with Acorn Wireless in Hoopa Valley - Building for Digital Equity P…
In this episode of the B4DE Podcast, Chris talks with Abraham Camez, a digital navigator at Hoopa Valley's Acorn Wireless ISP, about the impact of the Affordable Connectivity Progr…
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24 min
Shaun Glaze and Chris Webb Discuss the Black Brilliance Research Project - Building for Digital Equity Podcast…
This episode of the Building for Digital Equity Podcast features Dr. Shaun Glaze, Research Director, and Chris Webb, Digital Equity Lead, from the Black Brilliance Research Project…
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10 min
Pierrette Dagg on Research, Engagement, and Digital Inclusion - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 17
Our Building for Digital Equity podcast series is back with an insightful conversation with Pierrette Renée Dagg, Director of Research for the MERIT Network in Ann Arbor, Michigan.…
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13 min
Ebony Cooksie on Transitioning to Digital Equity Work - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 16
Ebony Cooksie is the Market Development Manager and Government Affairs Coordinator for NextLink Internet and we talked at Net Inclusion about how she transitioned from working in e…
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18 min
Dave Sevick and Computer Reach Go In the Home - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 15
Dave Sevick, Executive Director at Computer Reach in Pittsburgh, has taken his experience helping people with devices and supercharged it for digital equity work. Computer Reach re…
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19 min
Marvin Venay Takes Tech Home in Boston - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 14
Marvin Venay is the Chief Advocacy Officer for Tech Goes Home in Boston, a digital equity organization that has been building tech skills and working on the digital divide for long…
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21 min
Brandon Forestor Puts Local in Local Internet Organizing - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 13
Brandon Forester is the National Organizer for Internet Rights at Media Justice. We talk about organizing for digital equity and more specifically Brandon's vision for communities…
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18 min
Laura Breeden on the Start of NDIA and Some Digital Equity History - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episo…
Laura Breeden, board member of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, joins us to talk about the beginning of NDIA - which happened in a bar among friends, along with most other…
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15 min
Ini Augustine on Mutual Aid and Community Connectivity - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 11
Ini Augustine is a technologist who was ready to organize with her community to improve access to computers and Internet access when the pandemic hit and many low-income neighborho…
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19 min
Jessica Strom and Opportunity Home Help People Build Marketable Skills - Building for Digital Equity Podcast E…
Jessica Strom, Digital Inclusion Manager for Opportunity Home - the Public Housing Authority of San Antonio, shares the challenges of digital inclusion on their many properties as…
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16 min
Deb Socia and Free, Fast Internet Access in Chattanooga - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 9
Sean Gonsalves interviews Deb Socia, President and CEO of the Enterprise Center, about Chattanooga's remarkable municipal fiber network, which began offering free, high-speed servi…
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19 min
Bill Callahan on Digital Equity History and NE Ohio Challenges - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 8
Bill Callahan, Executive Director of Connect Your Community, joins Christopher Mitchell to talk about some of the history of digital equity and the before-times that led to the for…
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19 min
Dwight Thomas on Building Community Networks - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 7
Sean Gonsalves speaks with Dwight Thomas, who build the first citywide municipal fiber network in Texas in Mont Belvieu. They talk about Mont Belvieu as well as the importance of e…
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15 min
Aneta Lee, FUSE Corps Fellow in Birmingham, Alabama - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 6
At the time of this interview at Net Inclusion, Aneta Lee was wrapping up her FUSE Corps Fellowship with the city of Birmingham in Alabama. We talk about the FUSE Corps Fellowship…
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15 min
Susan Corbett Discusses Digital Equity in Maine and Nationally - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 5
Susan Corbett is the Executive Director of the National Digital Equity Center and has long been involved in policy around Internet access and digital equity both in Maine and acros…
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12 min
Ella and Kim Discuss Digital Equity as Design - Building for Digital Equity Podcast Episode 4
Emma Gautier interviews Kim Ilinon and Ella Silvas, two Interactive Media Design students from the University of Washington-Bothell, after they presented their lightning talk at Ne…
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14 min
Mikhail Sundust Offers Digital Equity Lessons from Gila River Indian Community - Building for Digital Equity P…
Mikhail Sundust is the Digital Connect Initiative (DCI) Executive Director for the Digital Connect Initiative at GRTI - Gila River Telecommunications Incorporated. GRTI has offered…