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Digital Equity Executives Advise on Closing Digital Divide

Executives said that infrastructure expansion was not enough

Ari Bertenthal

Oct 3, 2024 — 1 min read

From left: Angela Siefer, Executive Director at the National Digital Inclusion Alliance; Megan Janicki, Deputy Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at the American Library Association; Panel moderator D'Andre Weaver, Chief Digital Equity Officer at Digital Promise; Angela Bennett, Digital Equity Director at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 3, 2024 - Digital equity leaders met on Thursday for a panel discussion on Digital Equity Act grant programs. The group argued that infrastructure advancements alone were insufficient to close America’s digital divide.

The panel discussed digital equity in the contexts of digital literacy and education.

Angela Bennett, Digital Equity Director at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, asserted that state broadband offices must work with communities closely while building out infrastructure.

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