Civil rights groups call for broadband parity - InternetNews.com
June 8, 2009
As the federal government prepares to kick off the first round of applications for broadband stimulus grants, nine leading civil rights groups have joined forces to advocate for funding for programs to serve minority communities.
The groups, which include the National Urban League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Asian American Justice Center, have banded together to form the Broadband Opportunities Coalition, a unified front that plans to press the agencies administering the stimulus funds to prioritize programs that will drive broadband adoption and access to segments of the population on the wrong side of the digital divide...
As the federal government prepares to kick off the first round of applications for broadband stimulus grants, nine leading civil rights groups have joined forces to advocate for funding for programs to serve minority communities.
The groups, which include the National Urban League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Asian American Justice Center, have banded together to form the Broadband Opportunities Coalition, a unified front that plans to press the agencies administering the stimulus funds to prioritize programs that will drive broadband adoption and access to segments of the population on the wrong side of the digital divide...
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