Seizing this Historic Moment to Close the Broadband Access Gap

Heartland Forward, National Urban League, Land O'Lakes

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 - 1:30pm
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EST
Virtual Event

Discussion: States plans for leveraging federal infrastructure funding 

Kathryn de Wit
Project Director of the Broadband Access Initiative
at The Pew Charitable Trusts

moderator

 

Matt Schmit
Director of the Illinois Office of Broadband

 

Peter Voderberg
Chief of BroadbandOhio

 

 

 

Panel: Heartland mayors on closing the digital divide 

Emily Larson
Mayor of Duluth, MN
 

Frank Scott Jr.
Mayor of Little Rock, AR

Jim Strickland
Mayor of Memphis, TN

 

Deep Dive: Lessons from the past to inform our future 

 

Angie Cooper
Chief Program Officer at Heartland Forward

moderator

 

Blair Levin
Advisor to National Urban League,
former FCC chief of staff and former Executive Director
of the National Broadband Plan
 

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