OPPORTUNITY: Call for Video Submissions for #DIW2022!

An invitation from the National Digital Inclusion Alliance to help promote and celebrate Digital Inclusion Week 2022…

The Digital Inclusion Week team is creating a video to highlight digital inclusion supporters around the country! This video will be shared on the NDIA website and on social media by any and all participating organizations during Digital Inclusion Week Oct. 3-7.

We’d like all of you to participate!

Materials needed: Cell phone in landscape orientation or computer & your smile (and internet of course)

Activity: Record and send us a SHORT video (about 5-7 seconds)

Who: You, your staff members, your community participants, your child, your Mayor, your local celebrity – anyone who supports digital inclusion!

Where: Suggestion (not requirement): Use your city or org as a backdrop! Either somewhere on location outside in your town/city or use a green screen/Zoom background

Suggested Script: I’m _[your name]_ with ___[your org]_____ and

+ I believe [use a suggested phrase below or make your own short phrase]

  • Digital equity should be our new norm.
  • We need digital equity now.
  • Digital inclusion means digital skills for all.
  • Digital inclusion means broadband for all.
  • Digital inclusion means access to devices for everyone.
  • Digital Equity is Racial Equity.
  • You should find out more about Digital Inclusion Week
  • Digital Inclusion means ____[your own word/short phrase]_____.
  • [Your own very short phrase]

+ We’re Turning our Digital Equity Moment into Movement by

  • Raising awareness in our community
  • Talking to my elected officials to create policies
  • Providing hotspots to the community members in need
  • Advocating for ____________ that need ___________
  • Supplying grants for _____________ organizations doing DI work
  • [Your own very short phrase]

Upload your video file(s) and NDIA will edit the clips together for everyone to share during Digital Inclusion Week.

Upload Here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vSVLwJkDITjiQjLUNBahBcx16y5YoF2Q?usp=sharing

Or send the video file with Amanda Madden: amanda@digitalinclusion.org

Please name your file: YOUR NAME, YOUR ORG, YOUR CITY. (Example: Yvette Scorse, NDIA, Washington, DC)

Deadline to submit: Wednesday, September 7

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About Ann Treacy

Librarian who follows rural broadband in MN and good uses of new technology (blandinonbroadband.org), hosts a radio show on MN music (mostlyminnesota.com), supports people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota (elimstrongtowershelters.org) and helps with social justice issues through Women’s March MN.

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