2017 Voqal Fellow Spotlight: Reetu Mody
July 20, 2017 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans. This week we take Read More
Voqal Education Venture Fund Announces Investment in GetSet Learning
July 18, 2017 The Voqal Education Venture Fund is proud to announce its investment in and partnership with GetSet Learning. GetSet is a social networking platform that strategically connects students to peers who have successfully faced similar obstacles with the goal of improving postsecondary retention and persistence. The technology blends influential peer advice with proven Read More
Voqal Joins Massive Internet-Wide Day of Action for Net Neutrality
July 11, 2017 Thousands of websites plan massive online protest for July 12. Other participants include Twitter, Amazon, Reddit, Netflix, OK Cupid, Mozilla, Etsy, Kickstarter and Vimeo. Voqal will participate in the Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality tomorrow, July 12 to oppose the FCC’s plan to slash Title II, the legal foundation Read More
Join the Battle for the Net July 12
June 29, 2017 On July 12, 2017, Voqal will join websites, internet users and online communities coming together to sound the alarm about the FCC’s attack on net neutrality. New FCC Chairman and former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai has a plan to destroy net neutrality and give big cable companies immense control over what happens Read More
Mobile Citizen Spotlight: North Clackamas School District
June 22, 2017 The following is a story from Mobile Citizen’s website featuring an exciting project from the North Clackamas School District made possible thanks to the low-cost, mobile internet it receives from Mobile Citizen. Learn how other nonprofits and schools are utilizing this valuable resource to accomplish great things at mobilecitizen.org. North Clackamas School Read More
2017 Voqal Fellow Spotlight: DeShuna Spencer
June 21, 2017 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans. This week we take Read More
The People’s Summit Provides Building Blocks for Progressive Change
June 12, 2017 Thousands of progressive individuals and several progressive organizations came together in Chicago this past weekend for The People’s Summit. Billed as an attempt to build a “People’s Agenda that can enhance and expand issue campaigns and hold all elected officials accountable to popular demands for justice, equality and freedom” many topics and Read More
Voqal Education: Closing Opportunity Gaps through Early Childhood Development
June 2, 2017 The following is the latest post from Voqal Education Program Director Vinny Badolato sharing his thoughts on one way Voqal can help address the opportunity gap. Voqal Education is focused on measurably reducing educational opportunity gaps so that every child can reach their full potential and thrive. We target interventions that have Read More
Mobile Citizen’s Cassie Bair to Participate in Digital Inclusion Workshop at SHLB’s Annual Conference
May 26, 2017 Cassie Bair, Mobile Citizen chief business development executive, is scheduled to moderate a panel at the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) annual conference on May 31. Cassie’s panel is part of a Digital Inclusion Workshop co-sponsored by SHLB and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA). The workshop will offer a targeted Read More
Committee to Protect Oakland Renters Achieves Big Win for Renters with Measure JJ
May 23, 2017 The Committee to Protect Oakland Renters is a broad coalition of organizations and community members who are fighting for the future of Oakland. It includes housing and tenant advocates, labor unions, and other community leaders who recognize that housing displacement and lack of affordable housing has now reached crisis proportions in Oakland. Read More