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AUG 26: Join a National Day of Action for #InternetForAll

August 13, 2020 by

AUG 26: Join a National Day of Action for #InternetForAll

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On Wednesday, August 26, join education activists and organizations across the country to demand #InternetForAll.

School is starting up around the country but kids are stuck at home, and 15 million of them are #LoggedOut because they don’t have a decent internet connection. This is a moment for national urgency and leadership.

Our kids can’t wait.

How Can I Get Involved?

Check out the digital toolkit below. All activists and partners can use these tweets, shares and graphics to take to social media and demand leaders at every level — from the FCC chairman to the local mayor — give this issue the urgent attention it requires.

Make sure to use the #InternetForAll and #LoggedOut hashtags on your social media!

Jump to the Digital Toolkit →

In addition, activists around the country are staging in-person and online actions in their local areas. Expect actions in California, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Philadelphia, D.C., Atlanta and Kentucky, with more in the works.

Jump to see on-the-ground actions →

If you want to know more about how you can get involved in fighting for our students to have the access they need and deserve, use the contact form on this page to let us know.

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Digital Toolkit

Join the Day of Action!

School is starting and 15 million students still need internet access at home for online learning! It is the job of the FCC to ensure access in this crisis, but Chairman Ajit Pai would rather serve the interests of the broadband companies than the needs of the most vulnerable children. We need #InternetForAll!

Join the day of action by sharing out any of the tweets, statuses and images below on Wednesday, August 24.

TWEETS

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Hey @FCC and Chairman @AjitPaiFCC, 15 million students across the country are still #LoggedOut. It’s time for you to make #InternetForAll an urgent priority and help these students get connected.

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4.7 million children of color are #LoggedOut because they don’t have high-speed internet at home to support online learning. When will @FCC and Chairman @AjitPaiFCC stop passing the buck and work to make #InternetForAll a reality?

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1.7 million rural families are #LoggedOut of school because they do not have access to high-speed internet. @FCC and Chairman @AjitPaiFCC, do your job for our nation’s students and demand #InternetForAll from broadband companies.

FACEBOOK

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Students should not have to wonder how they’re going to log in for school. The @FCC and Chairman Ajit Pai could help the 15 million students who are #LoggedOut. When will they do their job and help secure #InternetForAll?

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No more parking lot WiFi and struggling hotspots. Right now, 4.7 million children of color are #LoggedOut because they live in homes that lack adequate internet access for online learning. It’s time for the @FCC and Chairman Ajit Pai to do their job and work for #InternetForAll.

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School is starting online across much of rural America, but 1.7 million rural families are #LoggedOut with no broadband internet access. We need the @FCC and Chairman Ajit Pai to stand up for all students and fight for #InternetForAll.

GRAPHICS

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ON THE GROUND

Click on a city below to see how you can get involved in a local effort fighting for #InternetForAll on August 26.

Atlanta

EdLanta will be hosting Atlanta #LockedOut, a virtual town hall, streamed live through the Black Wall Street Times. We demand #INTERNETFORALL 15 million students that are #LoggedOut. More ≫

Chicago

While Chicago has promised that 100,000 students will have free internet access for up to four years through its Chicago Connected initiative, there are still 15 million students across the country that are #LoggedOut. More ≫

Kentucky

On August 26th, we’re going to flood the airwaves of social media with graphics, posts, and stories about why Kentucky needs #InternetForAll. 15 million students around the nation are #LoggedOut. Here in Kentucky, that’s 240,000 kids. It’s time to stand up and demand a change. More ≫

Philadelphia

At 1:00 p.m. ET outside Comcast headquarters in Philadelphia, we are demanding internet access for all of our youth. We are building on MAP’s demands that Comcast increase its Internet Essentials speeds, lengthen its free trial period, and open its residential hotspots. Come out and support equity, access and justice for all students. More ≫

St. Paul/Minneapolis

Demand of Comcast: Make every household that has school aged children eligible for the program Internet Essential program even if they are already a customer. Give low-income households unlimited data. Ensure there are no restrictions on usage or slow-down of speeds. More ≫

Washington, D.C.

Join a moment of national reckoning and help history tell the story of how we lived up to the moment and ensured all Americans access to life in the 21st century, or of how we failed to seize the mantle of leadership. More ≫

Watch the Show That Is Demanding #InternetForAll

Every Friday at noon ET, Oakland activist Dirk Tillotson digs further into the critical issue of internet access, asking how we got here and more importantly, how we fix it.

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