“If not us, then who? If not now, then when?”
— Congressman John Lewis
OUR MISSION:
To promote equal access and representation in tech, media, and telecommunications through opportunity creation, awareness building, and advocacy.
OUR VISION:
A fully connected, educated, healthy, and empowered society in which all communities thrive.
OUR VALUES:
- Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
- Integrity and Transparency
- Entrepreneurship and Access to Funding
- Empowerment through Equal Opportunity
Who We Are
The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC) is the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) industries’ leading non-partisan, national nonprofit diversity organization. Since opening our doors in 1986, MMTC has worked tirelessly to promote and preserve equal opportunity, civil rights, and social justice in the mass media, telecom, and broadband industries, and to close the digital divide.
Widely recognized as the leading policy advocacy organization working at the intersection of communications policy, diversity, and equal opportunity, MMTC’s Broadband and Social Justice and Access to Capital and Telecom Policy conferences, policy salons, and other convenings have attracted members of Congress, federal agency and industry chiefs, and leading civil rights and social justice leaders.
What We’ve Done
MMTC has regularly engaged as many as 80 national organizations to participate in selected proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), where we have strong relationships, advocating on major tech, media, and telecom issues that have widespread impact on our communities. MMTC also has led advocacy coalitions and made presentations in proceedings at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the General Accounting Office (GAO), the federal courts of appeals, the U.S. Congress, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Over 100 lawyers and policy professionals have completed fellowships in communications law and policy at MMTC since our founding in 1986.
Historically:
- We helped diverse entrepreneurs gain access to capital
- We helped diverse new entrants become media and telecom owners
- We helped break down structural and regulatory barriers to entrepreneurial opportunity
- We fought for equal employment opportunity in radio, TV, and cable
- We helped diversify the communications bar by training and deploying a pipeline of over 100 lawyers and professionals into the communications industries.
Today:
- We testify before Congress as subject matter experts on media diversity issues
- We convene thought leaders and influence policies to ensure that low-income consumers have access to the internet
- We serve on the FCC Communications Equity and Diversity Council
- We produce webinars, conferences, policy salons, white papers, and podcasts on TMT issues, as well as trainings to help workers gain the skills to get high-demand jobs in the TMT sectors
- We produce major conferences promoting Access to Capital and Broadband and Social Justice
- To increase our impact and expand our voice, we regularly lead joint filings with dozens of partner advocacy groups such as the National Urban League, League of United Latin American Citizens, NAACP and many others
We invite you to read our 2022 Annual Report or visit Law and Policy Documents and other areas on our website for more details.
Board of Directors
Board of Advisors
Staff
990 (2022)
2021 Annual Report
2022 Annual Report