Digital divide

Policy Project

BroadbandCensus.com has received a funding committment from Benedict College, working in collaboration with a national non-profit foundation, that will allow us to do a quick-but-intense broadband data collection effort in South Carolina. We will build an interactive map that identifies the broadband providers -- on the Census Block level -- within three counties (Fairfield, Lexington and Richland) near Columbia, S.C. 

Our project budget to complete the Broadband SPARC analysis in Columbia, S.C., is $40,000; our project budget to take the project to the entirety of South Carolina is $120,000.

Policy Project

The Philadelphia Digital Justice Coalition consists of 25 organizations who are advocating for a robust plan to ensure broadband access across all neighborhoods of the city. Media Mobilizing Project (MMP) began the coalition as a model for engaging grassroots constituencies in media policy, using a unique strategy that combines media production and digital inclusion with civic engagement.

Policy Project

Free Press is leading the creation of a national broadband plan through policies that will result in fast, affordable and open Internet connections for everyone in America and ensure that ingenuity and innovation continue to drive U.S. economic recovery and growth. We are bringing over 160 governmental, civic, public interest and industry groups together with more than 500,000 grassroots activists to press for empirically-driven, progressive and pro-competition regulatory structures in U.S. telecommunications policies.

Policy Project

The New America Foundation requests funding to develop and maintain an online Community Broadband Mapping Database (CMBD) to serve as a critical clearinghouse for information on community and muncipal broadband networks in the U.S. and the world.  

Policy Project

The Rural Broadband Campaign seeks to position rural advocacy organizations as a strong voice for positive change in national Internet and broadband policy. The project will research policy and develop materials for rural audiences; organize rural advocates around alternatives that increase access, empower local voices, and protect net neutrality; educate regional and national policy makers; and educate media reform leaders about rural policy needs and explain the strategic importance of rural constituencies in policy advocacy.

Policy Project

Through our Digital Expansion Initiative (DEI), People’s Production House works to expand access to the Internet and secure open pathways to distribute our community’s media. Using participatory research, policy analysis, and community organizing, we foster public participation in the decisions that determine our communications future.