Affordable Broadband Week of Action – February 14th-20th

Communities Across the Country Advocate for Digital Inclusion and an Open Internet

San Francisco-A broad array of community groups across the country – under the leadership of the Media Action Grassroots Network (www.mediagrassroots.org) will visit members of the Senate and Congress and sponsor forums and teach-ins for the public on universal, affordable and unfettered broadband access for all.

As net neutrality regulation remains a hot potato in Washington DC, and a National Broadband Plan is under development by the Federal Communications Commission, community groups from Philadelphia to Albuquerque, Appalachia to SOMA, say these political debates impact the ways people communicate – personally, locally, nationally and globally.

In San Francisco on February 20th, United Playaz at 1038 Howard Street in San Francisco will host “What is Your Internet Story”, a teach-in that will include a story station to generate posters, audio, video and theater that captures the personal experiences of participants and a video booth that will collect first-hand testimonies for submission to the National Broadband Plan Task Force in Washington.

The event will run from 1:00pm – 3:00pm and will include a discussion of the relationship between media production and media access and the role of art in making social and policy change. Admission is free.

See http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?id=1848 for more on the need for universal broadband and the policy changes that will deliver it to those most negatively impacted by the digital divide

See http://www.centerformediajustice.org for events in other regions across the country by Mag-Net-affiliated media justice groups.

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