Digital Inclusion Thrives on Collaboration
Join Chris Mitchell for another NC Broadband Matters podcast, this time featuring Christa Vinson, Program Officer for the Rural Broadband and Infrastructure program at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and Amy Huffman, Policy Director at
An episode of the Why NC Broadband Matters podcast, hosted by NC Hearts Gigabit, titled "Digital Inclusion Thrives on Collaboration" was published on October 10, 2021 and runs 33 minutes.
October 10, 2021 ·33m · Why NC Broadband Matters
Summary
Join Chris Mitchell for another NC Broadband Matters podcast, this time featuring Christa Vinson, Program Officer for the Rural Broadband and Infrastructure program at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and Amy Huffman, Policy Director at the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA). Christa is NC Broadband Matters immediate past President, and Amy played a critical role while at the NC Broadband Infrastructure office leading the state’s Homework Gap analysis and the NC Band Digital Equity Plan effort with the Institute for Emerging Issues. Christa and Amy discuss how Digital Inclusion and Digital Equity are finally being recognized at the national level, through both funding and policy mandates, while being seen as key components of workforce training and economic development. Underneath the growing explosion of these digital training programs – collaboration.