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SUMMARY:Advancing to Digital Equity in CT Keynote: Tracie D. Hall
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Mark Digital Inclusion Week with Tracie D.
  Hall\, Executive Director of the American Library Association and the fir
 st African American to lead the association since its founding in 1876. Ha
 ll received BAs in law and society and African American Studies from the U
 niversity of California\, Santa Barbara\; an MA in international studies f
 rom Yale University\; and a Master of Information Science from the Univers
 ity of Washington Information School. Hall has written and spoken widely a
 bout digital inequity\, the role of libraries in disrupting the socio-econ
 omic divide\, as well as the need to eradicate information redlining and i
 nformation poverty.</p>\n<p>The theme of this year&rsquo\;s Digital Inclus
 ion Week is &ldquo\;Turn the Moment into a Movement!&rdquo\; Since the pan
 demic began\, everyone has been acknowledging the importance of closing th
 e digital divide. Millions of federal dollars are flowing into the expansi
 on of broadband networks. There remains a funding gap\, however\, between 
 the amounts going to network construction and those going to digital inclu
 sion measures.</p>\n<p>Following Tracie&rsquo\;s keynote\, a panel will am
 plify the voices of the Connecticut residents most affected by digital dis
 crimination and redlining. Hall will join a discussion led by experts in t
 he fields of health\, workforce development\, legal aid\, re-entry\, adult
  education\, and housing assistance\, all of whom will discuss benefits of
  digital inclusion from their vantage points. Together we will address the
  challenge of turning this moment of awareness into a real movement for di
 gital inclusion.</p>\n<p>Juan Fonseca Tapia\, Neighborhood organizer\, Cen
 ter for Leadership and Justice Dr. Nasreen Al Omari\, East Hartford Adult 
 Ed instructor Yadira Jeter\, East Hartford Works Career Navigator Rafael R
 odriguez-Cruz\, Greater Hartford Legal Aid attorney Lamond Daniels\, Chief
  of Community Services\, City of Norwalk Homa Naficy\, Executive Director 
 of The American Place\, Hartford Public Library Robert Gagne\, digital nav
 igator\, Hamden Public Library Elisabeth Michel\, Health Equity Operations
  Specialist\, Hartford Healthcare</p>\nhttps://hplct.libnet.info/event/730
 8685
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