Kim Keenan

AT&T Offers Broadband to Low-Income Consumers

April 22, 2016

Tweet This week, AT&T announced the launch of a new program to address the issue that has left many consumers without Internet service stranded on the wrong side of the digital divide: price. Called “Access from AT&T,” the program will help bring Internet access to qualifying households at a more affordable rate. MMTC is excited […]

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High Tech Must Give Higher Priority to Diversity

February 27, 2015

Tweet This revolution will definitely not be televised. When Intel announced that it would spend $300 million over the next five years to create a workforce that actually looks like America, the coverage of the announcement was scant. Here, we have a real game changer, and the faint praise of Intel CEO Brian Krzanich’s decision […]

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Why You Should Care About the Digital Divide

February 24, 2015

Tweet The Internet is just a few decades old, but today it is vital to the success of virtually every American. Yet millions of Americans – particularly people of color – are missing out on the many opportunities afforded by broadband (high speed) Internet access. Our struggle began as one for civil and human rights, […]

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Transcript: MMTC President and CEO Kim Keenan’s State of Broadband and Social Justice Address

February 13, 2015

Tweet At the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council’s (MMTC’s) 2015 Broadband and Social Justice Summit, MMTC President and CEO Kim Keenan delivered the 2015 State of Broadband and Social Justice Keynote, highlighting MMTC’s work to promote first class digital citizenship and close the digital divide, the role of exorbitant prison payphone rates as a […]

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Thank You for Supporting MMTC’s 2015 Broadband and Social Justice Summit!

February 2, 2015

Tweet Dear Colleagues, On behalf of MMTC’s Board of Directors and staff, we would like to thank you for supporting our 2015 Broadband and Social Justice Summit: Our Future in Pursuit of Multicultural Digital Equality, held on January 21-22, 2015, here in Washington, DC. Whether you participated in person or via our live webcast, your […]

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Net Equality Needed as Much as Net Neutrality

December 10, 2014

Tweet The following article by MMTC President and CEO Kim Keenan originally appeared on BlackPressUSA. The future of the Internet is a hot topic these days. The key issue is what is the right approach to regulate the Internet, where applications are developed, music is shared and people are constantly communicating with one another in […]

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