[1st-mile-nm] Hearing in ABQ on the "Future of the Internet"

[Quijada, Andrea]

Thank you so much for sharing the information about the hearing! It is so great to see so much support in getting the information out to New Mexicans. We absolutely want to hear from real people with real stories that are not solely about access. 

I would like to highlight that this hearing is the result of two years' worth of work including Hill visits, policy advocacy, and community research undergone by the Media Literacy Project with our partner organizations. In addition, we are specifically working with the FCC's new Office of Tribal Affairs and Policy and coordinated the hearing to take place during the National Congress of American Indians 67th annual conference.

We are very excited about this public hearing and would definitely like to see you at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on November 16th at 6:30pm. 

Thank you so much, 

Andrea Quijada
Executive Director
Media Literacy Project
6400 Wyoming Blvd. NE
Albuquerque NM 87109

andrea at medialiteracyproject.org
tel: 505-858-8850

www.medialiteracyproject.org

Cultivating critical thinking and activism in our media culture. Building a healthy world through media justice.


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From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Ben Byrne
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 7:44 PM
To: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org
Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Hearing in ABQ on the "Future of the Internet"

On Tuesday, November 16 at 6:30 pm, a trio of media activism organizations (in loose conjunction with the FCC) are hosting a public hearing on the "Future of the Internet" at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps and other FCC staff will be in attendance. 

While the hearing has been framed around letting members of the public sound off about issues like Net Neutrality, event organizers are also interested in making sure that the event is more than a consumer complaint-fest and pro-Net Neutrality rally. Perspectives of those on this list that are familiar with, and doing the work of, deploying and spreading Internet access would be particularly valuable. I encourage everyone here to consider attending.

If you're interested in reserving space to testify briefly (I think you'd get 90 seconds), please let me know and I'll see what I can do in terms of reserving you a spot.

Thanks,

Ben Byrne
ben at byrneweb.com

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