[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: October 12-15, 2021 - 5th Annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit (ICS)

[Richard Lowenberg]

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Subject: Save the Dates: October 12-15, 2021 for 5th Annual Indigenous 
Connectivity Summit (ICS)
Date: 2021-08-05 14:30
 From: Kellee Elkins <elkins at isoc.org>


Mark your calendars today for the 5th Annual Indigenous Connectivity
Summit (ICS) taking place online this coming October 12-15, 2021.

  Due to the ongoing pandemic, the ICS 2021 training and summit will once
again take place online. This year’s summit will address the digital
inequity experienced by Indigenous communities across Canada and the
United States as so many remain without access to fast, affordable,
reliable Internet, and the valuable benefits it provides.

  Each year the ICS community comes together to discuss ways to ensure
Alaska Native, American Indian, Inuit, Native Hawaiian, First Nations
and Métis communities have affordable, high-quality and sustainable
Internet access, and talk about how it can support social and economic
development. A diverse group of community network managers and
operators, Indigenous-owned Internet service providers, community
members, researchers, policy makers and Indigenous leaders join in this
community-led collaboration to share the latest on connectivity
solutions, funding sources, next level advocacy and success stories from
Indigenous community networks in Canada and the United States.

  In the six weeks leading up to the ICS there will also be a practical
hands-on training on how Indigenous communities can drive their own
connectivity, and a policy training focused on how to advocate for
access solutions in Indigenous communities across Canada and the United
States. Both the technical and policy trainings will offer comprehensive
materials and resources, plus valuable networking opportunities and
chances to talk to Indigenous broadband experts in addition to providing
an excellent foundation for attending the official summit.

Kind Regards,

  Kellee Elkins
  Manager, Community Engagement
  North America and the Caribbean
  elkins at isoc.org


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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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