SR w Sen Natalie Fernandez & Reparations Commissioners Debra Jenkins & Linda Tarrant-Reid

Advancing a Trusted Internet for New York City

Building a secure, open, and reliable digital future that serves every community across NYC.
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We’ve presented Vint Cerf, Eli Noam, Mark Stahlman and timely discussions.  12th Congressional discussion with candidates on technology issues, date tbd. Open monthly board meeting, second Tuesday of every month.

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Cyber Security Workshop Series
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AI Workshop Series
NY Chapter Board Member Douglas Frazier (l) and Chapter President Stuart Reid (r) with WHCR General Manager Keziah Glow Sullivan.
Harlem Emergency Preparedness Day
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Streaming University Community Streams

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We are a group of community technologists, advocates, journalists, documentarians, software developers, communications engineers and technicians dedicated to helping communities and individuals utilize the internet to improve their quality of life. We believe that the internet should be open and available to everyone globally as an unfettered resource to be used to enrich and improve the lives of all humanity.

SR w Sen Andrea Stewart Cousins