Twin Cities

June 28, 2018 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs interested in launching their next “big idea” aimed at increasing equity for those who are least well off politically, economically and/or socially. This month we look at 2018 Voqal Fellow Micah White and his project, Activist Graduate School. Activist

June 14, 2018 In May, we wrote about a major rulemaking the FCC is currently considering regarding Educational Broadband Service (EBS) spectrum. The FCC approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that could dramatically impact the educational use of this spectrum, 5G deployment and rural and tribal broadband. Voqal welcomes the Commission’s decision to modernize use

June 13, 2018 Voqal is proud to support S. 2958. This bill, sponsored by Sen. Udall and Sen. Gardner, would allow the use of E-rate funds for wireless access on school buses. This legislation would help address one of the most significant challenges students and educators face today – the homework gap. As an Educational

June 11, 2018 On Wednesday, Voqal’s director of telecommunications strategy, Mark Colwell, will be presenting at Mountain Connect in Vail, Colorado. Mountain Connect is a multiday conference that features some of the leading experts on broadband deployment. Colwell’s panel focuses on a research project he conducted while studying at the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the

May 23, 2018 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs interested in launching their next “big idea” aimed at increasing equity for those who are least well off politically, economically and/or socially. This month we look at 2018 Voqal Fellow Jeremiah Smith and his project For the Record. Jeremiah

May 16, 2018 The following is an article from 2018 Voqal Fellow, Nick Guthman outlining three things he’s learned from his Voqal Fellowship project, Blue Future. You can read more from Nick, including the original version of this post, on his Medium @nick.guthman. Over the past 10 months, I’ve been leading a team of 10

May 11, 2018 Voices for Racial Justice advances racial, cultural, social and economic justice in Minnesota. It does this using organizer and leadership trainings, strategic convenings and campaigns, and research and policy tools. Using a healing justice framework, Voices for Racial Justice is focused on building a strong ecosystem of racial justice in Minnesota. Thanks

May 10, 2018 Today Voqal issued the following statement on the Federal Communication Commission’s vote to begin the process of a new rulemaking to govern the 2.5 GHz band, a band of spectrum currently reserved for educational purposes. “For more than 50 years, the Educational Broadband Service (EBS) spectrum has played a vital role in

May 1, 2018 Voqal believes the opportunity gap is the most pervasive and damaging problem in the U.S. educational system. We define the opportunity gap as the educational disparity and inequity that exists across racial and class lines. It is one of the root causes of rising economic inequality. Rather than the outcomes-focused achievement gap

April 20, 2018 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs interested in launching their next “big idea” aimed at increasing equity for those who are least well off politically, economically and/or socially. This month we look at 2018 Voqal Fellow Amber Royster and her project Where to Start. Where