#Disconnected: COVID-19 & the Digital Divide

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the widening digital divide. Roughly one-in-five American adults are “smartphone-only” internet users with no access to home broadband service or laptops. Low-income Americans and communities of color are particularly disadvantaged. As schools move to distance learning, workers are displaced from their jobs and public services move online, the need for an affordable, reliable broadband connection and productivity technology is even more acute. This webinar explores the challenges and opportunities to provide access to communities in need.

We will be joined by:

• Geoffrey Starks, Commissioner, FCC
• Jim Steyer, Founder & CEO, Common Sense Media
• Larry Irving, former Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, NTIA and CEO, The Irving Group 
• Gigi Sohn, Distinguished Fellow, Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy
• Vivian Schiller, Executive Director, Aspen Digital