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On todayʻs show we have Monique Tate, Co-Director of Community Tech New York and John Kealoha Garcia, Minister of Commerce at the Nation of Hawaiʻi, who recently conducted a Portable Network Kit training in Hawaiʻi. Together we talk about building and supporting community broadband networks.
During this special fall membership drive, we have Paul Higashino, Natural Resouces Specialist for the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission, here to tell about how efforts are going to restore the native ecosystem of Kahoʻolawe.
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An added note: 2026 is the 50th anniversary of the Stop the Bombing campaign for Kahoʻolawe. You can find a calendar of events at Kahoolawe.org.
On todayʻs show we have Ron da Silva, Board Member of ARIN, co-Chair of the Internet Society DC Chapter and Steering Committee lead for the IGF-USA.
On todayʻs show we have Colin Rhinesmith, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Information Sciences and Director, Digital Equity Action Research (DEAR) Lab, joins me to talk about his new book, Digital Equity Ecosystems.