Power Station

We rely on access to high-speed internet to meet the demands of everyday life. We pay bills, apply for jobs, look up children’s school assignments, and get real-time updates on bus arrivals. But at least 20 million Americans live without digital access. They are our neighbors and family members from cities and rural regions who lack the infrastructure (physical wires) and/or the financial means to afford internet connectivity. How do we solve this opportunity gap? Power Station looks to Francella Ochillo, Executive Director of Next Century Cities, and a powerful advocate for digital equity, for answers. As Francella explains, NCC is a resource to a coalition of mayors from 200 cities and counties in 40 states that are building out broadband infrastructure and getting constituents connected. And NCC is at the forefront of a movement to promote a robust response in 2020, our nation’s first primarily digital census. So much is at stake, from federal resources to political representation, that NCC published a cen