Race and Digital Inequity: The Impact on Poor Communities of Color

Digital inequity continues to perpetuate intergenerational poverty among poor communities of color by disenfranchising them, limiting their access to health care and education, and stifling economic opportunity and growth. Black and Latino students are 30% to 40% more likely to have limited access to the internet, while 68% of Americans living on rural tribal lands don’t have access to broadband.
 The program will feature extraordinary digital equity leaders who will explore the intersectionality of the digital divide and the racism entrenched in this issue.

Speakers:

DEANNE CUELLAR
Texas State Program Director, Older Adults Technology Services

HERNAN GALPERIN
Associate Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication

REBECCA KAUMA
Economic and Digital Inclusion Program Manager, City of Long Beach

TRACI MORRIS
Executive Director, American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University