SOMOS_CityKnights

SOMOS (Students Organizing a Multicultural and Open Society) We are Baltimore City College's Latinx and Immigrant Student Organization

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Our Lead Organizer, Kimberly Vasquez (@_vasquez.kimberly) was invited to a panel about the necessity of High-Speed Internet with Madam @vp Kamala Harris, and others from across the country.

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Help City Schools staff and students receive high-filtration masks to reduce the spread of COVID by making a monetary donation to the link below! Our teachers and students deserve the safest environment for in-person instructions. https://t.co/MtFSmcncF0

[Jocelyn Providence @JustJocey09]

Right now watch to this live stream to hear updates from students, electeds, school staff and community members to keep our schools staff! https://t.co/S2hfN1YOld

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Charlotte Juengel from @SOMOSCityKnight is starting off and giving a student perspective of the effect of covid on her learning as well as other students! "I firmly believe that no student should have to compromise their health and safety for their education."-Charlotte Juengel

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Charlotte from @SOMOSCityKnight also emphasizes the importance of students and the directly impacted to be leading and listened to as they talk about the importance of their health & safety!

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Broadband access is a basic utility, and it should be treated that way. Understand what it’s like to live without high-speed broadband internet as a student and how @SOMOSCityKnight are working to end the digital divide. https://t.co/pvmr09Cyrm

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By: Marcus Dieterle
https://t.co/O5GLUSjz9I

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Thank you Margaret @swedishsummers for this amazing piece. Let’s ensure that families get connected to resources online by teaching our communities how to effectively adopt these services.

Make sure to check out @baltfishbowl article on our asks to Vice President Harris.

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#SOMOS #SOMOScityknights #studentactivism #Internet4All #InternetIsEssential #DigiCorps #DigitalNavigators

Check out the Baltimore Fishbowl Article: “Vice President Harris hears from Baltimore student activist Kimberly Vasquez in listening session about digital divide”

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Feliz Cumpleaños to our SOMOS advisor, Sr. Muller @FrancaMullerPaz!! Thank you for supporting us both inside and outside of the classroom. You remind us daily that we are #guerreros ¡Sí se puede!

#tbt SOMOS’ First Press Conference in May 2020

Photo Creds: Nicolas Mackall

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Photo Credit: Samantha Musgrave, Interim Executive Director of #ProjectWaves

#SOMOS #SOMOScityknights #StudentOrganizers #YouthVoice #Studentled #Youthled #teenempowerment #community #comunidad #collaboration #sisepuede

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Our Family and Efforts have grown tremendously. ONE YEAR AGO, SOMOS hosted our first press conference outside City Hall and publicly directed our demands to @comcast to close the #DigitalDivide in #Baltimore. Check it out on our FB feed @ SOMOScityknights.

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-The Baltimore Sun, and beyond. Additionally, we were invited to a panel with Vice President Harris to discuss youth-led solutions to end digital inequities across the nation.

We appreciate everyone’s support in our work. SOMOS Forever!

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Watch Kimberly’s part here:  https://t.co/XO4TNt00s4

#Internet4All #InternetIsEssential #digitaldivide #brechadigital #internetparatodos
#SOMOScityknights #SOMOS

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Yesterday, SOMOS was given a chance to speak to VP Harris about how the American Jobs Plan could create greater access to affordable high-speed internet for all Americans.

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We also made clear that we cannot solve the digital divide by giving more money to the corporations, like Comcast, that helped create it. That’s why we asked the Vice President to fight to keep protections for cities and states to build PUBLIC INTERNET in the American Jobs Plan.

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Watch the rest of Kim’s part here: https://t.co/XO4TNt00s4

#Internet4All #InternetIsEssential #digitaldivide #brechadigital #internetparatodos

#SOMOScityknights #SOMOS #sisepuede #triunfadores

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Our Lead Organizer, Kimberly Vasquez (@_vasquez.kimberly) was invited to a panel about the necessity of High-Speed Internet with Madam @vp Kamala Harris, and others from across the country.

[SOMOS_CityKnights @SOMOSCityKnight]

She reminds us that we cannot solved the Digital Divide by giving more money to the corporations who helped create it.

Madam Vice President ends with “[to] Kimberly’s point this is also a civil rights issue, and it is about equity and fairness.”