Baltimore Pastor Advises Local Digital Bridges for Pandemic Connectivity
“Build a bridge where you are,” Baltimore Union Baptist Church Pastor Alvin Hathaway told a NATOA virtual conference. Internet access is a social justice issue, he said. Lifeline and E-rate are “great at a national level,” but it’s important to…
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think locally about how to expand internet, especially during a pandemic that exacerbated access problems for low-income families in his west Baltimore community, Hathaway said Wednesday. Through a federal contract and partnership with the Union Baptist Church, Project Waves will erect a tower Friday on the place of worship that will immediately provide free wireless internet to 250 families in a five- to seven-block radius, the pastor said. Those families’ routers can become hot spots to expand service farther into the community, he said. “The goal is to connect 1,000 households.”