9/30/2022 New Mexico Kicks Off Digital Inclusion Week with Broadband Summit on September 30th!Read NowThe New Mexico Broadband Collective hosted their fourth statewide Broadband Summit to support broadband for New Mexico. Director Kelly Schlegel of the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion spoke, as well as other community advocates and grant recipients. The Broadband Summit was facilitated by Groundworks New Mexico in collaboration with the New Mexico Community Foundation, which is home of the Broadband Equity Fund. To learn more about recent Broadband Equity grant recipients, visit the New Mexico Community Foundation website at https://www.newmexicofoundation.org/new-mexico-broadband-collective-fund/ To learn more about the Broadband Collective , visit https://www.groundworksnm.org/broadband-collective
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The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) announced 18 grant recipient organizations, who will together launch the National Digital Navigator Corps.
The grants are part of $10 million of support from Google.org, which will go toward hiring community-based digital navigators alongside programmatic and technical support to further develop NDIA’s digital navigator model for rural and Tribal communities. Digital navigators at the 18 selected sub-grantee organizations will help thousands of residents to gain much-needed access to the internet, devices, and digital skills training. The grants, which total more than $6.6 million, are for two-and-a-half year periods and range between $320,540 and $389,840 each, depending on the need and proposal. “These grants are about more than just funding. By launching the National Digital Navigator Corps, we are extending the digital navigator model to areas of the United States lacking resources,” said Angela Siefer, executive director of NDIA. “These digital navigators will open doors to thousands of residents to transform their lives by engaging in online opportunities, including education, workforce, citizen participation, and social activities.” Seven of the grantees are Tribal-led organizations and an additional three will serve Tribal communities with the grant. NDIA is partnering closely with AMERIND Critical Infrastructure to engage and support Tribal members of the National Digital Navigator Corps. “The National Digital Navigator Corps will embed digital inclusion advocates across Indian Country,” said Geoffrey Blackwell, chief strategy officer and general counsel of AMERIND. “This important strategy will address the breadth of inclusion needs where they occur – at home in Native communities – and will help our Tribal Nations take their rightful place in the world through the internet.” Congratulations to the 18 National Digital Navigator Corps grantees:
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AuthorUpdates from the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) with Input from communities, broadband advocates, and stakeholders around the state. Archives
October 2023
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