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An honor to be part of the MediaJustice delegation at Net Inclusion 2025...Monique reflected back how the event last week rejuvenated the spirit of collective power in closing the digital divide
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An abstract digital illustration promoting the concept of "Building a Free Internet of the Future." The image features stylised, colorful geometric and organic shapes forming a cityscape at the bottom, with a prominent central screen displaying artwork of red and yellow circular patterns over a diamond background. The text "BUILDING A FREE INTERNET OF THE FUTURE" appears in minimalist font on the left side of the image.
Free and open source software project #Kiwix has provided access to vital information in diverse places, including in isolated communities.
Read more on our series Building a #FreeInternetoftheFuture 👇
www.apc.org/en/news/kiwi...
#DigitalDivide #DigitalInclusion #NGI0
Last week at "Community First: The Future of Public Broadband Conference and Hill Day" our Co-Director Monique Tate and Deputy Director Danny Peralta shared with members of Congress and Senate about the importance of community networks. TY @gbsohn.bsky.social for her leadership and vision.
20.05.2025 20:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"All a privacy policy can really do is tell you with some confidence that something bad is not going to happen," EFF Special Advisor Bennett Cyphers told @cnet.com, "but it won't tell you if something bad is going to happen."
19.05.2025 20:57 — 👍 134 🔁 29 💬 2 📌 3We're proud and honored to endorse Council Member Gutierrez's (@cmjengutierrez.bsky.social sky.social) fight to reinstate the NYC Internet Master Plan. We demand internet access for all -- that means free and/or affordable broadband connections for all New Yorkers. Communication is a human right!
08.05.2025 19:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Table with black table cloth displaying informational sheets, Meshtastic/Lilygo devices in yellow cases and two PNKs, one in the yellow case open to display hardware. Behind is a screen showing other live meshtastic devices in the area
El Puente’s Community Resilience Fair on Friday drew a dynamic and energetic multi-generational, multi-lingual community who came together to develop solutions and plans around emergency preparedness. We shared about Meshtastic, a decentralized wireless communications protocol for LoRA devices
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New digital stewards setting up the PNK - contained in a bright yellow Pelican case - outside at the Continental Army Plaza in Wiliamsburg Brooklyn for El Puente's climate justice event
Last week we had the honor to host the c0de switch cohort for a Portable Network Kit (PNK) Training at the Community Tech Lab at El Puente.
c0de switch aims to build alternative tech infrastructures for marginalized activists in Atlanta, using open source tools.
Flyer for event with orange and lime green background. A drawing in white outline of hands cupping a young plant; roots are coming down from underneath
Happy Earth Day! We celebrate all the Digital Stewards across the world fighting everyday on the front lines for climate justice, protection of land and environment, and resilience of our communities
Please join us on Friday, May 2 for the El Puente Community Resilience Fair. 2-4PM, Wburg, Brooklyn
