HTTP Leads Latino Coalition Calling on Congress to Sustain ACP
On Tuesday (07/11/2023), HTTP along with 15 influential and national Latino organizations sent an educational letter to Congressional leadership urging for continued funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (“ACP”). The letter requested Congress to find a sustainable funding solution for ACP and that allowing ACP to expire would be catastrophic to strides made in closing the digital divide.
HTTP discussed that Latinos specifically have benefitted from the ACP as they are overrepresented in the digital divide. HTTP also argued that the program has not only opened new doors for previously disconnected Latinos, but by getting them online, the U.S. economy has flourished.
ACP has brought about many benefits: allowing Latinos and all marginalized communities to connect to low cost internet for their future education, workforce development, employment, and quality healthcare.
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The following joined HTTP on the letter: Hispanic Federation, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, MANA, Hispanic Heritage Foundation, SER, National Conference of Puerto Rican Women, The Latino Coalition, National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA), Aspen Institute Latinos & Society, National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), Prosperity Now, National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), LULAC, Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE), ALLVanza.
HTTP is committed to its educational mission in highlighting how the ACP continues to benefit Latinos by closing the digital divide.