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Connecting California: Solving the Digital Divide

Connecting California: Solving the Digital Divide

Michelson 20MM’s latest installment in the Connecting California series explored opportunities created by this historic investment as part of its broader Digital Equity Initiative, which works to close the digital divide through collaboration, policy, and investments....

AACU, Creative Commons and SPARC Receive a Spark Grants Award

AACU, Creative Commons and SPARC Receive a Spark Grants Award

Increasing open resources removes the burden of textbook costs from students. The Michelson 20MM Foundation is committed to increasing courses and faculty that use open educational resources.    LOS ANGELES— College students spend billions of dollars every year...

Working to Bridge the Digital Divide in Tribal Communities

Working to Bridge the Digital Divide in Tribal Communities

The Michelson 20MM Foundation is proud to launch the Digital Equity in Tribal Communities Project, a new multi-year effort to address digital inequity in indigenous communities.   The Digital Equity in Tribal Communities Project looks to empower tribal nations...

Broadband of the People, by the People, and for the People

Broadband of the People, by the People, and for the People

For far too long, tribal communities have experienced what Dr. Traci Morris from the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University has described as digital indifference.   By Miguel Leon This week, at a ranch in Temecula, California, tribal leaders...