[MNASIS-L] FCC public hearing on the "Future of the Internet"

[Janet Arth]

Community Testimony Needed to FCC on Future of the Internet
    From Main Street Project

Minnesotans are needed to attend, and/or provide testimony to, a town 
hall-style meeting with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 
representatives, Thursday, August 19th, from 6pm to 9pm.

Location:
South High School
3131 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407-1988

Main Street Project, Free Press and the Center for Media Justice are 
co-hosting a public hearing on the "Future of the Internet" in 
Minneapolis on August 19th. The event will feature FCC Commissioners 
Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn, and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie.

Members of the community are invited to attend and share their comments 
with the FCC Commissioners.

Main Street Project is also looking for community members who represent 
various constituencies (homeless people, communities of color, working 
families, low-income people, students, immigrants, LGBTQI, people with 
children) and key anchor institutions (libraries, schools, workforce 
centers) to give short testimony, three or four minutes in length. For 
people who are able to give testimony, a spokesperson training will be 
offered, in advance of the event.

The meeting will focus on the FCC's vital responsibility to protect the 
open internet and to foster universal broadband access across the 
country. You may have heard about recent court cases and efforts of 
phone and cable company lobbyists, which can inhibit the agency's 
ability to achieve these goals. The Minneapolis meeting is a way to 
remind the FCC that the public must be heard in debate right now.

Please reply to Steven Renderos of the Main Street Project, if you would 
like to give community testimony. You can reach Steven by email: 
steven at mainstreetproject.org.


Fyi, Janet
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