Jun 30, 2022 | Event, Student Basic Needs
When the Michelson 20MM Foundation first kicked off our virtual learning series The State of Pregnant and Parenting Students in California, we sought to center student voices in our conversations, and hoped to center the student parent community as the source for...
Jun 15, 2022 | Digital Equity, Spark Grants
One of the greatest challenges in abolishing the digital divide centers around poor data and a lack of awareness of each community’s broadband needs, particularly among historically underserved communities. By continually failing to uplift and listen to the...
Jun 15, 2022 | Digital Equity
The Michelson 20MM Foundation is proud to launch the Digital Equity in Tribal Communities Project, a new multi-year effort to address digital inequity in indigenous communities. This project looks to empower tribal nations with the knowledge, tools, and means...
Jun 9, 2022 | Open Educational Resources, Spark Grants
In the spirit of open and a more collaborative model of grant making, the Michelson 20MM Foundation has begun working with a committee of community advisors to guide our work. Over the past decade, grantmakers have sought to be more in step with the communities...
Jun 2, 2022 | Digital Equity, Spark Grants
Improving internet infrastructure, fostering competition among internet service providers, and offering more affordable broadband services are three tenants often touted as ways to solve the digital divide; however, having access to the internet is useless without the...