MMTC Broadband and Social Justice Policy Summit 2012

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The MMTC Broadband & Social Justice Summit will highlight three of the greatest priorities in broadband policy today:  achieving universal broadband access, adoption and informed use, meeting the nation¹s spectrum needs, and using broadband for civic engagement and social justice. Senior policymakers from the White House, Congress, the FCC and industry will engage with civil rights leaders on the direction the nation must take to achieve digital equality and justice online.

WHEN: Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 11:00 AM – Friday, January 27, 2012 at 5:30 PM (ET)
WHERE: Westin Georgetown, Washington, DC

About MMTC

The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving equal opportunity and civil rights in the mass media, telecommunications and broadband industries, and closing the digital divide. MMTC is generally recognized as the nation’s leading advocate for minority advancement in communications. We strongly believe that the breathtaking changes in communications technology and the new global forms of media partnerships must enhance diversity in the 21st century.

About BBSJ
The Broadband and Social Justice Blog was created by the Minority Media and Telecommunications Coun­cil (MMTC) to promote di­versity and inclusion in the media, telecom, and broad­band industries, and to fa­cilitate universal broadband access, adoption, and in­formed use in multicultural communities.