VIDEO: NYC #CommunityNetworks Symposium w/ Greg Shatan @GSS1958 and Stuart Reid @ddpny @isocny #switchiton #shapetomorrow

YouTubeOn Tuesday May 25 2020 the Streaming University Project hosted the NYC Community Networks Symposium, hosted by Stuart Reid and Greg Shatan of the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)

Panel 1: What and Why Community Networks?

  • Dave Burstein (ISOC-NY)
  • Joyce Adewumi, President, New York African Chorus Ensemble
  • Barrack Otieno, Internet Society, Kenya.

Moderator: Greg Shatan
View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kYtAHP_odDs?t=705

Panel 2: Is Internet Access an Essential Community Service? Should there be Universal Broadband?

  • Polly Spain, Federated Housing Group, NYC; Member, CB9, NYC.
  • Diana Blackwell, President, Frederick E. Samuel Houses, Harlem; President, PSA 6 Community Council

Moderator: Stuart Reid
View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kYtAHP_odDs?t=1736

Panel 3: How are we using Community Networks during COVID-19?

  • Bob Ponce, Co-founder & Senior Radio Manager, Harlem Emergency Network (HEN),
  • Wali Abdun-Noor, Co-founder & Director,Harlem Emergency Network (HEN), South Bronx Emergency Network
  • Stuart Reid, Secretary, ISOC-NY; co-founder Digital Divide Partners.

Moderator: Greg Shatan
View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kYtAHP_odDs?t=2556

Panel 4:  Community Networks and Culture.

  • Joyce Adewumi, President, New York African Chorus Ensemble
  • Brother Leroy, Producer & Host, The Wisdom Table, Johnson Houses
  • Rick Young, Producer & Host, What’s in Your Hand

Moderator: Stuart Reid
View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kYtAHP_odDs?t=3503