by Michelson Philanthropies | Sep 23, 2021 | Media, Michelson 20MM Foundation
Digital inequity continues to perpetuate intergenerational poverty among poor communities of color by disenfranchising them, limiting their access to health care and education, and stifling economic opportunity and growth. Black and Latino students are 30% to 40% more...
by Michelson Philanthropies | Sep 21, 2021 | FirstGen, Michelson 20MM Foundation, Michelson Found Animals, Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property, Michelson Medical Research Foundation, Michelson Philanthropies, Michelson Prizes, News, Stories, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience
Dr. Wayne Koff, founder and CEO of the Human Immunome Project, discusses the origin of the Michelson Prizes, and Phillip Kim, CEO of Michelson 20MM Foundation, provides an update on the organization’s recent impact venture investments that aim to make the world a...
by Michelson Philanthropies | Sep 13, 2021 | Michelson 20MM Foundation, News
Recent federal and state investments in broadband infrastructure open the possibility for innovative approaches to connecting Black and Brown people to the internet. Full blog post on 20MM.org. Digital Inequity in the Black Community: Someday, ‘Things...
by Michelson Philanthropies | Jun 25, 2021 | Media, Michelson 20MM Foundation
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, students continue to experience digital inequity. According to the Brookings Institute, almost 10 million students—half of whom are students of color—do not have the home internet services necessary for remote learning in 2021....
by Michelson Philanthropies | May 20, 2021 | Media, Michelson 20MM Foundation
As COVID-19 brought the urgent need for rapid and comprehensive connectivity solutions to the fore. In response, inventors, entrepreneurs, researchers, and other innovators from public and private sectors collaborated to rapidly develop technology and strategic...
