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Michelson 20MM Foundation Announces Grants to Advance Digital Equity in California
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LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/
The Michelson 20MM Foundation is helping tackle California s digital divide through new grants to leading policy, research, and technology nonprofit organizations.
The
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism,
UNITE-LA,
MoHuman are the 2021 recipients of Michelson 20MM Spark Grants in Digital Equity. Through the combination of scalable solutions, research, and education, five coordinated and complimentary projects truly address every dimension of the digital divide. We are proud to partner with these groups to increase digital equity throughout the state of California, said
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This week, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced the kickoff for the “California Digital Divide Innovation Challenge,” a global competition that will award up to $1 million to the boldest, most revolutionary proposals to eliminate the digital divide and expand high-speed internet access to all Californians.
Despite many efforts and generous donations through the Bridging the Digital Divide Fund, as many as one million students in California still lack internet connectivity. Superintendent Thurmond is launching this challenge to inspire the public and private sector’s most ambitious innovators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and creative problem-solvers to develop technology and strategic partnerships that will have an immediate and direct impact on students today and remove barriers to success long after the pandemic is over.
The course entitled
Intellectual Property: Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Creators, consists of 12 modules with a total of 38 lectures that can be taken at one s own pace. The purpose of the curriculum, according to Dr. Gary K. Michelson, founder of The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property, inventor, and Fellow of NAI, is to make information about intellectual property rights more accessible to the public. The importance of IP in our economy where patents, trademarks, and copyrights are keys to success cannot be overstated, says Dr. Michelson. I have experienced this firsthand as an inventor and am glad these lessons are now freely available through this partnership with NAI.