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National Minority Broadband Adoption Event
This event will be (pending weather conditions) on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Our non-profit – The Urban Progressive Foundation launched their regional national broadband campaign in December 2009 to educated, train, support and provide low cost equipment to underserviced communities (seniors, minorities, disabled and rural) to have access to the internet.
DeeNice Rhodes The Urban Progressive Foundatsion Will be attending the National Adoption Broadband Conference
I will be twittering/facebook-ing on this event tomorrow.
National Minority Broadband Adoption: Comparative Trends in Adoption, Acceptance and Use
National Minority Broadband Adoption: Comparative Trends in Adoption, Acceptance and Use
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
HYATT REGENCY on CAPITOL HILL – Valley Forge Room
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
This new groundbreaking research examines the disparities of the Internet and access to broadband in the U.S. based on demographic characteristics of the population. Based on a survey with a stratified-sample of more than 3,000 respondents conducted in December 2009, our report will share how minority groups compare in using the Internet and broadband services, including mobile, to advance their social and economic interests.
Remarks: The Honorable Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, Ralph B. Everett, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Blair Levin, Esq., Federal Communications Commission Broadband Advisor (invited)
Presenters & Invited Discussants: Jon Gant, Ph.D., Visiting Resident Fellow, Media and Technology Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Blanca Gordo, Ph.D., Center for Latino Policy Research, University of California-Berkeley, John Horrigan, Ph.D., Consumer Research Director, Federal Communications Commission, Ying Li, Ph.D., Research Associate, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Marc Morial, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League and Chairman, Broadband Opportunity Coalition (BBOC), Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet and American Life Project, Nicol Turner-Lee, Ph.D., Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and Danny J. Weitzner, Esq., Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy Analysis and Development, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Space is limited. RSVP for the event at RSVPmedia@jointcenter.org by February 23, 2010.
Full copy of the report available on the day of the event at www.jointcenter.org. For questions or press inquiries, please contact Betty Anne Williams at (202) 789-3505 or bawilliams@jointcenter.org.
