The Federal Communications Commission committed over $21 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) Program, which provides digital services for students in communities across the country. The funding commitment supports applications from the third application window, benefitting approximately 40,000 students across the country, including students in Georgia, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Texas, and Wisconsin.
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Join Verizon’s Michelle Arrington for a discussion with Dr. Caree Cotwright, Patricia Reagan and Erin Barger–representatives of the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. The Food Bank exhaustively serves communities across the region–providing access to nourishing food and comprehensive relevant educational programs. To learn more about how the organization distributes more than 13 million pounds of food to individuals in need and what the future holds, watch the video!
In another installment of our Community Partnership Chat series, Verizon’s Michelle Arrington sits down with Goodie Nation’s founder and CEO Joey Womack to talk about how he and his organization uplifts entrepreneurs and help them develop products for nonprofits around the country. Goodie Nation helps to create relationships between these entrepreneurs and various organizations, leading them to career success. Watch the full video to learn more about Goodie Nation.
Michelle Arrington, State and Local Government Affairs at Verizon sat down with Kristina Smith-Newton, Founder & President, Hope for Youth, Inc. to talk about her organization is empowering girls of color to confidently pursue 21st century careers and opportunities in computing and technology in Atlanta. Watch more:
Using Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength, Beame is enabling Morehouse College, an HBCU, to offer students and prospects a high fidelity co-presence experience with super low-latency. Using Beame’s application on their smartphone or AR headset, students and prospects can be teleported into an XR experience and interact with Morehouse ambassadors and admissions staff in near real-time.
US Tech Future is a Verizon-led community-focused initiative working to engage the local community in a discussion about technology and how it can improve the lives of local residents for their benefit and the benefit of the community as a whole.
Our mission is to engage with citizens and community stakeholders in USA to provide information on how technology can work to have a dramatic impact on the way we work and live in our communities.
