This bulletin describes a pilot project to empower a remote, rural community in Alabama through affordable internet access.
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Slow or no internet? Measure and report internet access in your area to the FCC. Over 160 million of Americans lack reliable or affordable high-speed internet. Black, Latinx, Native American and rural families suffer from this digital divide. The federal government has been
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Fight rural voter suppression with better canvassing technology Republicans make it harder for rural communities and tribal lands to vote. Canvass smarter with innovative apps to increase voter participation. Republicans exploit rural
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Slow or no internet? Measure and report internet access in your area to the FCC. Over 160 million of Americans lack reliable or affordable high-speed internet. Black, Latinx, Native American and rural families suffer
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Connectivity is a poll tax that stifles voters in Black, Brown, indigenous and rural communities who cannot afford to get online. “Poll taxes were essentially a voting fee used to keep African Americans from voting in southern
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Follow DemLabs on our NEW social media! Community organizers arrange free vaccination clinics and internet access in underserved areas There is a stark disparity among races getting vaccinated: more than 60% of
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Follow DemLabs on our NEW social media! The ultimate voter registration machine How can remote, under-served communities get reliable information? How can advocacy groups promote voter registration and COVID vaccinations? And build
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When they go low with more voting restrictions, we expand free internet access so no voter is left behind As Republicans introduce new Jim Crow style voting restrictions, it’s vital to empower more
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Cause of death: Could not afford internet access. Lack of internet access can be fatal. That’s partially why people of color are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than White Americans.
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Rural communities are held back economically and silenced politically by denying them internet access. It’s time to break the stranglehold.
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Children forced to do their homework outside fast food outlets where there is WiFi. Rural communities denied access to health information. All from lack of internet access. Large corporations donating millions to
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This bulletin describes a pilot project to empower a remote, rural community in Alabama through affordable internet access.
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