Advocacy Day in Sacramento
On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, #Oaklandundivided joined the Digital Equity LA coalition and the California Alliance for Digital Equity (CADE) for its first ever Digital Equity LA Advocacy Day in Sacramento. Partners from Tech Exchange, Oakland Youth Commission and Families in Action joined us to advocate for policy to combat digital discrimination and secure critical funding for the middle mile.
Our work with El Tímpano
California conducted a Statewide Digital Equity Survey to better understand why certain “covered populations” are more likely to lack access to home internet. The draft report identified “individuals with a language barrier” (see page 15) as the least connected amongst all Californians and then concluded that the main barrier preventing access was “Mistrust of government and corporations.”