Robert W Deutsch Foundation

The Digital Equity Leadership Lab: A Case Study of Community Leadership Development to Promote Digital Equity and Justice

In 2021, twenty-five community leaders from across Baltimore came together with national experts in areas related to network engineering, federal policymaking, community broadband networking, and grassroots organizing for a five-week online program, called “The Digital Equity Leadership Lab (DELL).” DELL was created by Rober

Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Issues Recommendations on NTIA’s Broadband Infrastructure Funding

The Robert W. Deutsch Foundation (RWDF) submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) highlighting the need to connect broadband infrastructure programs to systemic inequity. In doing so, the Foundation elevated the needs of BIPOC communities who face compounded social inequalities in an increasingly digitized world.