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Friday April 30 through Saturday, May 1, 2021 | Online Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. EDT/Saturday 6 a.m.-6 p.m. PDT The Internet is a community-building asset for celebrating creative talent, honoring diversity, and building cultural resiliency! Check out this exciting virtual event and join us for this ONLINE "Rumble" celebrating Native Music, Film, and Culture! A weekend-long streaming of Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World. From its inception at Sundance to its PBS and Theatrical Release, it has impacted millions through telling the profound, essential, and until now, missing chapter in the history of American music: The indigenous influence on our nation’s most legendary music makers. Attendees have an opportunity to meet the movers and shakers behind this story, from the filmmakers to leading performers in conversations as well as specially recorded performances. Participants will have access to conversations with Chuck Billy, Executive Producer Stevie Salas, Pat Vegas (Redbone), Pura Fe, Mike Inez (Alice in Chains) and special guest Dr. Joely Proudfit. There will also be exclusive recorded performances by Native American musicians including PJ Vegas, Artson, Kenneth Shirley, Sihasin, Rising Appalachia, Pamyua, Po.10.Cee, Anakaela Trujillo (winner of the 2020 Rising Star Award at the NM Hispano Music Awards) and the San Juan Elementary Dragons, whose music video is a finalist in the 2021 NM Music Awards. The list of voices heard throughout this revolutionary weekend are some of the world’s most iconic rock stars and influential musicians, including Buddy Guy, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Bennett, Taj Mahal, Cyril Neville, Ivan Neville, Quincy Jones, John Trudell, Steven Tyler, Taboo (The Black Eyed Peas), Pat Vegas (Redbone), Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte Marie, Iggy Pop, Wayne Kramer (MC5), Marky Ramone (The Ramones), Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Derek Trucks, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jackson Browne, Joy Harjo, Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Pura Fe (Ulali), Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses), Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Randy Castillo and many others. Panel times are: -Friday, April 30 – 2 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT: Stevie Salas, Pat Vegas, Pura Fe, Mike Inez, Chuck Billy -Saturday, May 1 – 10 a.m./1 p.m. PDT: Dr. Joely Proudfit, PJ Vegas, Kenneth Shirley, Jeneda (Sihasin) Panels and performances will re-air multiple times over the weekend. Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World will be streaming all day. Music performance times will be announced shortly. Visit www.truekids1.org/rumble to register for the weekend celebration. A $10 donation is suggested for registration. RUMBLE: A Celebration of Native Music, Film and Culture is presented by True Kids 1, a youth media education nonprofit organization based in northern New Mexico. The event will be covered by New Mexico students in partnership with PBS Student Reporting Labs. The event is provided by Adobe, OWC, Watchbeem, Regional Development Corporation, Rock and Roll Forever Foundation, the National Science Foundation Pueblo Connect Project with the Community Learning Network and the New Mexico Chapter of the Internet Society, and the New Mexico Public Education Department. TESTAMENT online: www.testamentlegions.com/ www.facebook.com/testamentlegions/ www.instagram.com/testamentofficial/ https://twitter.com/testament www.youtube.com/user/testamentofficial True Kids 1 online: https://truekids1.org/ www.facebook.com/truekids1 www.instagram.com/truekids1
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 NM Delegation Hails Over $20 Million in Funding to Connect Over 1400 Rural Homes, Farms and Businesses with Broadband Internet Across Seven Counties
NM Delegation helped secure new grants from USDA’s ReConnect Program to increase service WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) applauded over $20 million in rural broadband grants to four New Mexico telecommunications utilities that will connect over 1400 rural households in Sierra, Lea, Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, Otero and Cibola counties with high-speed broadband internet. The New Mexico delegation supported SWCT and Sierra Electric Cooperative (SEC)’s funding application to install broadband infrastructure in an area where 75 percent of the Sierra county population reports lack of access to high-speed broadband services. The funding is part of the ReConnect program that the New Mexico delegation worked to incorporate in Congress’s FY2020 funding package to improve rural broadband access for unserved and underserved areas across the country. The public-private partnerships and utilities receiving funding will help bridge the digital divide for over 1400 rural homes, businesses, farms, post offices and fire stations across seven New Mexico Counties. “Broadband internet is more important than ever for rural and Tribal communities in New Mexico as we do our part to slow the spread of coronavirus,” said Udall, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee overseeing funding for USDA. “This grant funding for rural utilities will connect thousands of New Mexicans in rural communities with high-speed internet access. I worked to increase dedicated funding for rural broadband in government funding bills and the CARES Act. I will continue to fight every day to bridge the digital divide for New Mexico communities and Tribes so that no one is left behind in today’s information-based economy.” “Now more than ever, it is critical that rural and tribal communities in New Mexico have access to broadband services so that they can connect to educational, health, and career-related resources,” said Heinrich. “That is why I have led the charge on legislation that eliminates regulatory burdens and invests in infrastructure necessary to access high-speed broadband. This funding will help New Mexico businesses and communities access the internet, and I will continue fighting for broadband access across our state.” “COVID-19 has shone a light on the need to address the digital divide in New Mexico. Without the same access to telework, distance learning, telemedicine, and more, New Mexicans living in our rural, Tribal, and underserved communities have been hit especially hard during this pandemic,” said Luján. “That’s why I’m pleased to announce this critical investment from the USDA ReConnect program to connect thousands of New Mexicans to high-speed internet, and it’s why I’ll continue to make access to affordable broadband one of my top priorities in Congress.” “The internet is a basic necessity, but thousands of New Mexicans in rural areas lack access to broadband internet,” said Haaland, the lead author of the Broadband for All Resolution. “Now more than ever, we need our communities to stay safe, healthy, and connected. Thanks to this rural broadband grant, Sierra County can develop fast, reliable, long-lasting infrastructure so that rural New Mexicans have access to online business opportunities, virtual classes, offices, and healthcare.” “Good, reliable internet is crucial for communities across New Mexico. It connects small businesses to critical resources, provides a lifeline for patients relying on telehealth for medical care, and helps students continue their education during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, underinvestment in our communities continues to leave rural New Mexicans without the high-quality service they need. I’ve been at work with the Delegation and with our providers to ensure our most rural areas have the necessary infrastructure to increase service, and I’m proud to share this grant will connect over 1,400 households, farms, community institutions, and businesses in the district,” said Torres Small. A breakdown of the $20 million in funding is below: - SWC Telesolutions Inc. will use a $6.1 million ReConnect grant to deploy a fiber-to-the- premises network to connect 1,630 people, 31 businesses, nine farms, five fire stations and two post offices to high-speed broadband internet in Sierra County, New Mexico. The New Mexico delegation supported SWCT and Sierra Electric Cooperative (SEC)’s funding application to install broadband infrastructure in an area where 75 percent of the Sierra county population reports lack of access to high-speed broadband services. - Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc. will use a $4.5 million ReConnect grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 170 people, 29 farms and five businesses to high-speed broadband internet in Eddy, Chaves and Lea counties in New Mexico. - Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative Inc. will use a $8.1 million ReConnect loan to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 1,173 people, seven farms, six businesses, three fire stations and a post office to high-speed broadband internet in Chaves, Lincoln, Eddy and Otero counties in New Mexico. - Continental Divide Electric Cooperative Inc. will use a $1.1 million ReConnect grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 85 people, four farms and a business to high-speed broadband internet in Cibola County, New Mexico. Santa Fe and Albuquerque WiFi Locations
https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/santa-fe-offers-free-wi-fi-locations-across-the-city/ SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – " The City of Santa Fe is offering residents increased access to the internet by offering free Wi-Fi at public facilities. The city has installed infrastructure to expand internet ranges at schools, city facilities, and libraries. Residents are urged to practice social distancing while at the locations and to use a mask in public. The following locations offer free Wi-Fi:" Aspen Community School, 450 La Madera Street J. Martinez Elementary School, 401 West San Mateo Road Kearny Elementary School, 901 Avenida de las Campanas El Camino Real Academy, 2500 South Meadows Sweeney Elementary School, 501 Airport Road Nina Otero Community School, 5901 Herrera Drive Santa Fe Plaza Southside Library, 6599 Jaguar Drive Genoveva Chavez Community Center, 3221 Rodeo Road La Farge Library, 1730 Llano Street Main Santa Fe Library, 145 Washington Avenue  Tribal Broadband Leaders,
Join the Office of Indian Affairs, the BIA Branch of Geospatial Support, the FCC, and a representative from the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation for a live Emergency Tribal Broadband Resources webinar on Wednesday, July 1st at 3:00 PM ET to learn:
How to Join: Wednesday, Jul 1, 2020 3:00 pm | 1 hour 30 minutes | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Meeting number: 199 595 1681 Password: NaJxK4g9yP9 https://doilearn2.webex.com/doilearn2/j.php?MTID=m4a2bb480bd1ce8c83eb43342683a75bd Join by phone: Conference Line: 888-606-5719 Participant Code: 6792540 Please send any questions to rsvp@bia.gov. Source: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Written By Cathy Cash  Monet Winters, left, pictured here with her mother April Winters, was struggling to do her schoolwork until Kit Carson Electric Co-op provided a free internet connection to her home. (Photo By: Kit Carson Electric Cooperative) "For Monet Winters, the COVID-19 pandemic created a lot of hurdles for her to complete eighth grade at Santa Fe Indian School.
With school buildings closed in March and no reliable internet service at her home on the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, Monet waited for large paper packets of schoolwork from her teachers to arrive by mail. The 13-year-old tried to log on with her mother’s phone or Wi-Fi at her grandmother’s house but was hampered by spotty service, distractions and data limits. “It was pretty challenging,” said Monet. “I wasn’t able to do my schoolwork online. I was struggling.” Enter Kit Carson Electric Cooperative." Read the full story HERE. N.M. awards Cochiti Pueblo $2.9 million for broadband
Governors Lujan Grisham, Naranjo sign Inter-Governmental Agreement SANTA FE – The state of New Mexico awarded the Pueblo of Cochiti nearly $2.9 million in emergency funding to bring high-speed Internet to the pueblo to promote social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Inter-Governmental Agreement, announced Wednesday by the Department of Information Technology, was signed by Pueblo of Cochiti Gov. Charles D. Naranjo and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who also signed an executive order to release the funds. “It’s past time to end the digital divide that separates communities in New Mexico and across the country into haves and have-nots,” Gov. Lujan Grisham said. “The current world health crisis has made it clearer than ever that high-speed internet is no longer a luxury; it is essential to the health, welfare and education of our people, and I look forward to seeing more partnerships like this with more rural New Mexico communities.” In his written request for the funding, Gov. Naranjo noted that pueblo residents tend to congregate at the tribal library to use the outside WiFi connection despite the need for social distancing. “This emergency funding will help protect Pueblo of Cochiti residents by assuring they have access to basic quality of life resources via internet at home without exposing themselves to unnecessary health risks,” Gov. Naranjo said in the request. New Mexico ranks 49th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia for broadband connectivity, according to a March study by Broadband Now, a website that helps consumers find and compare Internet service providers in their area. “We look forward to hearing about the development of this project and learning that Cochiti Pueblo will have the fiber connectivity needed to remain safe and prosper well into the future,” said John Salazar, secretary for the Department of Information Technology. Over the 12-month project, workers will install nearly 41,000 feet of underground fiber optic cable and almost 32,000 feet of fiber laterals, reaching 260 endpoint locations -- homes, anchor institutions and tribal administration in the Pueblo of Cochiti.  "Half of the 200 people who had died as of yesterday in New Mexico from COVID-19 were Native Americans, a jarring number for a population that makes up 11% of the state’s population.
It’s another grim statistic for the state’s 23 tribes who have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico. Nearly 60% of people identified to date through testing as infected with the virus are indigenous." By Rinalia Abdul Rahim
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Communications and Engagement "In these uncertain times we know the Internet is so much more than a tool. It’s a way for people to stay connected, informed, and educated. It shortens distances, spurs innovation, and fosters social and economic development. It empowers us and frees us. It is a lifeline. Yet, nearly 50% of the world still remains unconnected – and globally the Internet faces threats, each with the power to undermine the core of its existence. Now more than ever we must ensure the Internet remains open, globally connected, and secure. The world is counting on it. As we looked back at our work in 2019, an inspiring theme emerged: a global society driven by the idea that the Internet should be a resource for all, and persevering against odds to make this vision a reality. This society recognizes the Internet’s power as a way to stay in touch, to empower, to enable, and to create. Collectively, we are not just helping to bridge the digital divide, we are taking action to ensure the Internet remains resilient and trusted – a force for good." Click here to read the Internet Society's 2019 Impact Report. |
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