Advancing Digital Equity during a Pandemic

Presented by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a sudden, massive need for trustworthy digital inclusion support, while at the same time making it impossible to use shared spaces to meet that need, such as face-to-face classes and public computer labs. We need to thoughtfully expand the digital inclusion field to meet this need.

Some of you are newly doing this work, like helping neighbors sign up for internet, figuring out where to get laptops for school, and coaching still more on how to take a photo of a document and text it to a provider.

We’ll cover what digital inclusion and equity are, and how we support practitioners. We’ll also invite you to join our community as we collectively add more digital equity to our social safety net and community institutions.

The National Digital Inclusion Alliance is a unified voice for home broadband access, public broadband access, personal devices and local technology training and support programs. We work collaboratively to craft, identify and disseminate financial and operational resources for digital inclusion programs while serving as a bridge to policymakers and the general public.

SPEAKER: Sabrina Roach, Program Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance