Emergency Broadband Benefit Black Church Panel with #BlackChurches4Broadband Coalition

Emergency Broadband Benefit Black Church Panel with #BlackChurches4Broadband Coalition

Watch the Emergency #Broadband Benefit Black Church Panel with the #BlackChurches4Broadband Coalition live on May 24th at 7 PM ET: www.facebook.com/MMTCOnline.

To RSVP visit our Facebook event page –  https://fb.me/e/FyYeBW2v

Panelists include: Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems, Co-Pastor, Ray of Hope Community Church; Dr. Iva Carruthers, General Secretary, ‎Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference; Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies and Director, Center for Technology Innovation, ‎The Brookings Institution; Bishop Leah Daughtry, Co-Founder, Black Church PAC; Maurita Coley, MMTC President and CEO; and Dr. Fallon Wilson, MMTC Vice President.

The FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program provides discounts for #broadband service and devices to families struggling to stay connected during the #COVID19 pandemic. Get more information: www.fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit.

About #BlackChurches4Broadband Coalition

Given the pandemic, Black church leaders have become more aware of the need for broadband in order to engage their communities and their congregations, virtually. Several have indicated that they are interested in being part of a #BlackChurches4Broadband Coalition. MMTC will: (1) Guide Black church leaders toward MMTC’s policy goals by educating them about and signing church members up for the Emergency Broadband Benefit; and (2) Activate Black church leaders to support a Permanent Broadband Benefit.