The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society’s Visions of Digital Equity project would not be possible without the collaboration of many partners. The project was led by Community Coordinator Andrew Coy, the founder of Initial Velocity. We received invaluable support for the project from The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Broadband Access Initiative.
Our work was informed by discussions with six Community Contributors and their experience with community-based digital inclusion efforts:
- Brittany Woods-Orrison, Broadband Specialist, Alaska Public Interest Research Group and Native Movement
- Kathy Fall, Digital Equity Program Manager, Community Tech NY (CTNY)
- Dr. Danielle King, Community Equity Fellow, Lead for America, KY
- Reyda Taylor, FUSE Executive Fellow, Travis County, TX
- Chloe Mun, Program Manager, Travis County, TX
- Thomas “Tommy” Horejes, Ph.D., Director for Legal Compliance & Advocacy, Convo Relay
The Benton Institute convened a national Steering Committee of digital equity leaders to guide the project:
- Christopher Ali, Ph.D. Penn State University
- Cindy Altick Aden, University of Washington
- Johannes Bauer, Ph.D., Quello Center, Michigan State University
- Tyrance Billingsley II, Black Tech Street
- Greta Byrum, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
- Angie Cooper, Heartland Forward
- DeAnne Cuellar, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
- Kathryn de Wit, Pew Charitable Trusts
- Brian Donahue, Next Century Cities
- Shayna Englin, California Community Foundation
- Ellen Forbes, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
- Oleta Garett Fitzgerald, Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative
- Drew Garner, Common Sense Media
- Swati Ghosh, New Growth Innovation Network
- Tobey Gordon Dichter, Generations on Line
- Dawit Kahsai, AARP
- Ryan Kawamoto, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
- Alex Kelley, Center on Rural Innovation
- Benya Kraus, Lead for America
- Miguel Leon, Michelson 20MM
- Lauren Moore, New York State Librarian
- Traci Morris, Ph.D., American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University
- James Neal, Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Victor Pickard, Ph.D., Media, Inequality & Change Center, University of Pennsylvania
- Colin Rhinesmith, Ph.D., Digital Equity Research Center, Metropolitan New York Library Council
- Annie Roome, Tusk Strategies
- Caroline Sanchez Crozier, LatinX Digital Leaders Now and League of United Latin American Citizens
- Angela Siefer, National Digital Inclusion Alliance
- Casey Sorensen, PCs for People
- Joshua Stager, Free Press
- Shirlett Stapleton, Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative
- Felicia Sullivan, Jobs for the Future
- Karisa Tashjian, Digitunity
- Monique Tate, Community Tech NY (CTNY)
- Stacey Wedlake, Technology & Social Change Group at the University of Washington Information School
- Danae Wilson, Department of Technology Services, Nez Perce Tribe
- Fallon Wilson, Ph.D., #BlackTechFutures Research Institute
- John Windhausen, Jr., Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition
- Brittany Woods-Orrison, Alaska Public Interest Research Group