Welcome, to Access Denied, the tragic story of 15 million children locked outside the schoolhouse door and how we can fix that. My name is Dirk and I will your host. Today we will be talking with Allison Scott, Lili Gangas, and Kennan Scott, three trailblazers in tech and leaders in giving back
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Access Denied Ep. 6: Rural America Has a Serious Internet Access Problem (ft. Garris Stroud and Christina Trosper)
Internet is not a luxury, it is a necessity, and should be a right. This is not a Blue or Red or rural or urban issue, its a universal problem that should bring us together to create a level playing field, incredible interview with some good troublemakers from Kentucky, please watch, share and get involved
The Geography of Opportunity in Oakland; The Digital Divide Edition
The past is not dead, in fact it is not even past, to misquote Faulkner. The specters of racially exclusive policies still weigh heavily on Oakland’s underserved families. From asthma rates, to environmental stress, to attendance, to school quality, and now even internet access, for the 25,000 students that need support. We can trace our…
A local-to-global perspective on the digital divide in Oakland
When Anietie “Nate” Udofia thinks about the digital divide in Oakland, and the “new normal” public education is facing because of the pandemic, he does so with a global perspective. Udofia is a Nigerian American who has decades of experience working on distance learning and helping communities gain access to digital tools. He sees similarities…
What I Learned from Reading Nearly 500 Complaints to the FCC, What We Can Do
“Consumer has a disabled son at home. He needs his service to get information to and from the teachers for his son. Consumer called proactively to let them know he wouldn’t be able to pay on the 17th until he got his stimulus check from the government. Due to COVID-19 he is unemployed and is…