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Public Policy and Media Telecommunications Symposium

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Date: 04-Dec-14 to 05-Dec-14
Location: Comcast (First Day- Space Limited) Capital Hilton (Second Day) / United States
Category: Technology Conferences & Trade Fairs Telecommunications

You're invited to the 7th Annual Rainbow PUSH Coalition & Citizenship Fund's Public Policy and Media Telecommunications Symposium from December, 4-5, 2015. Join an incredible two-day conference: The Future of Civil Rights: Moving Toward First Class Economic, Political & Digital Citizenship.

Day 1: Location: Comcast, 300 New Jersey Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20001

Day 2: Location: Capital Hilton, 10001 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036

*TED TALK* *CODING* *MEDIA & TELECOM ISSUES* *DIGITAL EQUALITY* *PRIVACY ISSUES* *BROADBAND POLICY* *RACE & FACE OF TECH*

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Panels will focus on aspects of what’s being considered the new civil rights movement, efforts to increase diversity and inclusion in Silicon Valley, media diversity and representation on and off screen, online surveillance and digital privacy and how the new digital economy will benefit consumers, particularly those from communities of color.

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Rep. Barbara Lee
Thomas Reed, FCC, Office of Communications Business Opportunities Director
Nicol Turner-Lee, Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer at the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC)
Jeff Johnson, Jeff’s Nation
Rev. Steve Smith, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Executive Director of the Public Policy Institute and Media & Telecom Project
Navarrow Wright, Founder of the Close the Divide Project
Avis Jones De-Weever, President and CEO of Incite Unlimited
David Sutphen, Partner, Brunswick Group and Board of Director, Platform
Karen Kornbluh, Executive Vice President of External Affairs at Nielsen
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus
Paul Butler, General Manager of ASPiRE Network
Mee Mousa, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Jamal Simmons, Co-Chair of the Internet Innovation Alliance
Bret Perkins, Vice President of External and Governme

Exhibitors

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Hill Harper, Angela Rye, Jamal Simmons, Bret Perkins, Nicol Turner-Lee, Paul Butler, Steve Smith, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Karen Kornbluh, David Sutphen, Mee Moua, Tanya Lombard, Avis DeWeever, Navarrow Wright, Rep. Barbara Lee

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