18 September 2019
Week 1: Setting the Stage
18 September 2019
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Policy & Advocacy Training Webinar
Agenda
25 September 2019
Week 2: Becoming an Advocate/Making Your Voice Heard
25 September 2019
02 October 2019
Week 3: Community Consultations
02 October 2019
09 October 2019
Week 4: Role of Existing Laws/Rules
09 October 2019
16 October 2019
Week 5: Community Networks and Spectrum
16 October 2019
23 October 2019
Week 6: Security of Networks and Applications
23 October 2019
Week 1: Setting the Stage
Wednesday, 18 September, 3:30pm-5:00pm ET/ 12:30am-2:00pm PT / 10:30am-11:00am HT
Valerie Fast Horse
Director of IT, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Resources:
- Why Local Solutions? Investment from local government and co-ops improves Internet access (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
- Broadband 101: A handy guide to the basics of broadband terminology and technology for policymakers and concerned citizens (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
- 3 Connectivity Explorer: Jumpstart (The Center for Internet as Infrastructure)
- Chapter from Network Sovereignty (scanned version available here)
- US Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
- “Internet as Infrastructure”
Week 2: Becoming an Advocate/Making Your Voice Heard
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 3:30pm-5:00pm ET/ 12:30am-2:00pm PT / 10:30am-11:00am HT
Valerie Fast Horse
Director of IT, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Resources:
- How-To: Submit Comments to the Federal Communications Commission (Next Century Cities)
- Rules of 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Lobbying (National Association for Education of Young Children)
- Community Broadband Bits episode: Organizing for a Community Network, Against Big Cable (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
Week 3: Community Consultations
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 3:30pm-5:00pm ET/ 12:30am-2:00pm PT / 10:30am-11:00am HT
Valerie Fast Horse
Director of IT, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Rob McMahon
Associate Professor, University of Alberta; Master of Arts in Communication and Technology (MACT) and Master of Arts in Community Engagement (MACE)
Resources:
- Broadband Fund Overview (First Mile Connectivity Consortium)
- Community Engagement for Broadband Planning(Next Century Cities)
- Federal Programs to Support Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure in the United States (Next Century Cities)
- Five Lessons for Tech-Powered Civic Engagement: The Charles Benton Next Generation Engagement Award Playbook (Next Century Cities)
Week 4: Role of Existing Laws/Rules
Wednesday, 9 October 2019, 3:30pm-5:00pm ET/ 12:30am-2:00pm PT / 10:30am-11:00am HT
Valerie Fast Horse
Director of IT, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Rob McMahon
Associate Professor, University of Alberta; Master of Arts in Communication and Technology (MACT) and Master of Arts in Community Engagement (MACE)
Resources:
- FCC Review
- New resource from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) with four examples of how Indigenous communities can get involved
- Comments from the NNBTF on Lifeline
- State Broadband Policy Explorer (Pew Research Center)
- High-Speed Access for All: Canada’s Connectivity Strategy (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
- Nunavik receives funding for high speed Internet
- Government of Canada’s Connectivity Strategy
Week 5: Community Networks and Spectrum
Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 3:30pm-5:00pm ET/ 12:30am-2:00pm PT / 10:30am-11:00am HT
Valerie Fast Horse
Director of IT, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Rob McMahon
Associate Professor, University of Alberta; Master of Arts in Communication and Technology (MACT) and Master of Arts in Community Engagement (MACE)
Matthew R Rantanen
Director of Technology, Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association (SCTCA)
Resources:
- Canada – spectrum licenses now available for smaller providers (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
- Innovations in Spectrum Management (Internet Society)
- Wireless spectrum: how you use it and how you might lose it (Public Knowledge video)
Week 6: Security of Networks and Applications
Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 3:30pm-5:00pm ET/ 12:30am-2:00pm PT / 10:30am-11:00am HT
Leading image: © Shuli Hallak