If there has been one benefit to the lockdown it is that it has exposed the connectivity pain points, and driven curative action. ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday April 29 2020 at 6;30pm EDT (22:30 UTC) Columbia University Neighbours hosts 'Virtual Town Hall: Bridging the Digital Divide during COVID-19'. Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer will be joined by Clayton Banks, Co-Founder and CEO of Sili" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nycvirtualtownhall>On *Wednesday April 29 2020* at *6;30pm* EDT (22:30 UTC) *Columbia University Neighbours <https://neighbors.columbia.edu/>* hosts '*Virtual Town Hall: Bridging the Digital Divide during COVID-19 <https://bit.ly/ColumbiaVirtualDivideTownHall>*'. Manhattan Borough President *Gale Brewer* will be joined by *Clayton Banks*, Co-Founder and CEO of Silicon Harlem; *Noel Hidalgo*, Executive Director of BetaNYC; *Nilsa Orama*, Chair of Manhattan Community Board 11; and *Desmond Patton*, Assoc. Prof. of Social Work and Assoc. Dean of Curriculum Innovation and Academic Affairs; Columbia University School of Social Work, to discuss technology disparities and possible solutions that increase access, expand outreach, and best equip communities for future disasters. *LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nycvirtualtownhall <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nycvirtualtownhall>* *YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Ysf3PBsU3rA <https://youtu.be/Ysf3PBsU3rA>* *PARTICIPATE: https://bit.ly/ColumbiaVirtualDivideTownHall <https://bit.ly/ColumbiaVirtualDivideTownHall>* *TWITTER: #nycvirtualtownhall <https://bit.ly/2SjB6NQ>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12026/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -