Past Meetup
Bridging the Tech Divide in Latinx LA
This Meetup is past
90 people went
verynice
1335 Willow St · Los Angeles, CA
How to find us
verynice is located at the corner of Mateo and Willow Streets, down from Zinc Cafe & across from Blue Bottle Coffee. Look for the smiley face! There should be street parking or you can park in nearby lots (around $10), in blue on the image below.
Details
Technology is everywhere and everything, yet, more than 24% households in LA don't have an internet connection at home. What's called the digital divide overwhelmingly impacts low-income Latinx immigrants. Given this challenge – How can nonprofits and the tech sector innovate together to solve this problem and most importantly connect to more users?
Panelists:
Maegan E. Ortiz, Executive Director, Instituto de Educación Popular del Sur de California (IDEPSCA) (http://idepsca.org/)
Rocío López, Manager of Community Partnerships, Common Sense Latino (http://www.commonsensemedia.org/latino)
Susie Beltrán Grimm, Early Learning Manager, PBS SoCal (https://www.pbssocal.org/)
Camila Uchoa, Senior Information Architect
Moderator: Norma E. Fernandez, Chief Programs Officer, EveryoneOn (https://everyoneon.org/)
And Hernan Galperin, Associate Professor and Director, Annenberg Research Network on International Communication, will provide a (very quick) snapshot of digital inequalities in LA.
Co-presented with We'll Talk: UX (https://www.meetup.com/NELAUX/)
