[isoc-ny] WEBCAST SAT – Bronx Gigabit Center Launch Event

[ISOC-NY announcements]

Some of you may have seen our livestream of the Gigabit Harlem launch
<https://www.facebook.com/siliconharlem/videos/479085320492288/> in Feb.
Now it's the Bronx's turn!

This event actually starts at noon, and in person attendees are welcome. More
info
<https://www.classy.org/event/bronx-gigabit-center-launch-event/e407877>.


[image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/15501>On *Saturday June 11 2022*
at *2pm-3:30pm
EDT* (18:00-19:30 UTC) *The Knowledge House
<https://www.theknowledgehouse.org/>* (TKH) and *The Andrew Freedman Home
<https://www.facebook.com/AndrewFreedmanHome>* (AFH) will be* launching a
new Gigabit Center in the Bronx
<https://www.classy.org/event/bronx-gigabit-center-launch-event/e407877>*.
The center will offer long-term digital literacy and TKH training programs
at the AFH. Project partners include *The Bronx Community Foundation
<https://thebronx.org/>*, *CityBridge*, *Mid-Bronx Senior Citizens Council
<https://www.midbronx.org/>* (MBSCC), *The Bronx Digital Equity
Coalition*, *NYC
Office of Technology and Innovation <https://nyc.gov/doitt>*, *ZenFi
Networks <https://zenfi.com/>*, *LinkNYC <https://www.link.nyc/>*, and
the *Hugh
O'Kane Electric Company <http://Hugh%20O'Kane%20Electric%20Company>*. A
live webcast will be provided by the *Internet Society New York Chapter
<https://isoc-ny.org/>* (ISOC-NY).

*SPEAKERS*
*Vanessa L. Gibson*, Bronx Borough President
*Robert Sokota*, President, Wireless Division, CityBridge
*Walter Puryear*, Director, The Andrew Freedman Home
*Matt Fraser*, Chief Technology Officer, NYC
*Jerelyn Rodriguez*, Co-founder/CEO, The Knowledge House
*Nick Colvin*, CEO, CityBridge, Intersection Co.
*Dr. Meisha Porter*, President/CEO, The Bronx Community Foundation
*Janet Puryear*, President/CEO, Mid-Bronx Senior Citizens Council & The
Andrew Freedman Home

*LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/gigabitbronx
<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/gigabitbronx>*

*TWITTER #KnowledgeFrees <https://bit.ly/3H7sJx3> #GigabitBronx
<https://bit.ly/3MyOMhb> @TheKnowledgeHou @AFHBronx @bronxbp
@BronxFoundation @LinkNYC @NYC__Tech @ZenFi_Networks*

*PRESS RELEASE https://bwnews.pr/3H6AT8S <https://bwnews.pr/3H6AT8S>*

*SIMULCASTS*
*https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>*
*https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>*
*https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>*
(AI Captions)
*https://www.facebook.com/isocny/ <https://www.facebook.com/isocny/> *(AI
Captions)

*ARCHIVE*
*https://archive.org/details/gigabitbronx
<https://archive.org/details/gigabitbronx>*


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