Connecting Michigan: From Internet Inequality to Digital Equity

This event will explore how the digital divide has exacerbated already existing inequities that impact the city of Detroit and other similarly situated cities in Michigan and throughout the United States. Panelists will present solutions for addressing the digital divide on a local, state, and federal level and will particularly focus on the urgent matter of connecting children, low-income communities, and communities of color to affordable and reliable broadband.

Confirmed Panelists

• Representative Elissa Slotkin (MI-08)
• Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II
• Joshua Edmonds, City of Detroit
• Amina Fazlullah, Common Sense Media
• Mike Muse, The Mike Muse Show on SiriusXM
• Angela Siefer, National Digital Inclusion Alliance

This hour-long event will be livestreamed at www.fcc.gov/live