Tessie Guillermo, ZeroDivide President and CEO, comments on the topic of “White Space Spectrum” and its impact on underserved communities.
Zerodivide Newsmakers
Oakland Teen Rewarded for Community Service and Leadership
OAKLAND TRIBUNE: "Oakland teens rewarded for community service and leadership"
Northern California Grantmakers recognized Resuleo's good work
at Youth Radio and honored him with the 2008 "The Kid Who Cares" award.
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ZeroDivide Fellow Keith Boggs, a KVML Newsmaker
Keith Boggs, a ZeroDivide Fellow was Thursday morning's KVML Newsmaker
Hands-on computer lab classes will be offered to any adult in Calaveras County wanting a better understanding of computer technology, with emphasis on expanding work skills and increasing employability.
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ZFellow Sean McLaughlin on Broadband Access for the Next Generation
Broadband Access for the Next Generation
ZFellow Sean McLaughlin writes about the future of broadband and how it is about more than surfing the Web, watching video, playing interactive games, texting and making phone calls. It is about entirely new forms of communication, including diverse community-wide conversations and large scale social collaboration.
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Youth Radio Los Angeles Receives Yvonne B. Burke Courage Award
Congratulations to Youth Radio Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations honors Youth Radio Los Angeles with the Yvonne B. Burke Courage Award at a luncheon on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Luminarias in Monterey Park, California.
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Tessie Guillermo Interview by Britt Bravo
“Zerodivide” was a concept we always used to describe the aspirational goal of bridging the digital divide while understanding its relationship to the socioeconomic and cultural divides existing in low-income, minority and underserved communities.
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ZeroDivide 2008 Chair Arturo Vargas in the News
Prior to Super Tuesday, activists reached out to immigrant voters in 'unprecedented' ways.
"We are experiencing an unprecedented era of mobilization among immigrant voters," said ZeroDivide Chair, Arturo Vargas, who is also the executive director of the Los Angeles-based National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
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Community Wireless
Wireless community networks can be an effective strategy for addressing the digital divide. Many different people and groups are trying to solve the problems in different ways. Approaches range from sharing out no-cost Internet access with stand-alone wireless hotspots to building city-wide wireless networks which are entirely separate from the Internet.
ZeroDivide invests in organizations engaged in creating community networks. Read about ZeroDivide's grantees who are delivering vital resources to the communities they serve in an effort to address the digital divide.
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