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PowerOn issues grants to 32 LGBTQ centers across the country, with support from T-Mobile
After its most prodigious grant application period to date, national tech grantor PowerOn is awarding 32 LGBTQ+ organizations with...
PowerOn Team
Mar 14, 20223 min read
The Importance of Tech Access for Rural LGBTQ+ Communities
While visibility of LGBTQ+ individuals living in cities is high, we can be found living in all parts of the country. There are between...
Kristen Kelley
Jan 26, 20224 min read
The Importance of the Emergency Broadband Benefit for the LGBT Community
In May 2021 the Federal Communications Commission launched the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program offering up to $50 a month...
Ellie Bessette
Nov 17, 20212 min read
PowerOn releases 2020 Impact Report
46 LGBTQ+ centers. 275 devices. $47,000 of technology. PowerOn made a difference in 2020 for as many as 55,000 LGBTQ+ individuals,...
Ellie Bessette
Oct 15, 20213 min read
PowerOn's Third Annual Awards Ceremony celebrates program participants and LGBTQ+ advocates
On the evening of Thursday, September 30, 2021 PowerOn held its third annual PowerOn Awards Ceremony. To continue to promote safety in a...
Ellie Bessette
Sep 30, 20212 min read
LGBT Tech & PowerOn Host Webinar on Emergency Broadband Benefit: How to Get LGBTQ+ Clients Online
On June 8th, LGBT Tech held the webinar “How to Get Our Community Members Online with a $50 Credit Towards Internet Service” featuring...
Kristen Kelley
Jun 18, 20211 min read
LGBT TECH & PowerOn Sign On to ACLU Letter Urging Biden To Ensure Accurate ID's For LGBTQ+ Community
This Pride month, LGBT Technology Institute joins a number of civil and human rights groups by signing onto a letter sent to the White...
Kristen Kelley
Jun 10, 20213 min read
PowerOn Announces New Partner Centers for 2021
PowerOn is excited to announce its partnership with nine new LGBTQ+ organizations across the country. As jobs, schools, and other spaces...
Kristen Kelley
Jun 8, 20212 min read
PowerOn Awards 17 LGBTQ+ Organizations with COVID Connectivity Relief
PowerOn, with generous funding support from T-Mobile, has awarded 17 LGBTQ+ organizations with technology grants. This special grant was...
PowerOn Team
Jan 7, 20213 min read
We Remember: Transgender Day of Remembrance Across 12 PowerOn Partners
Theses are just a few of the ways PowerOn partners across the country observed Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), a time when LGBTQ+...
PowerOn Team
Nov 23, 20202 min read
PowerOn Celebrates with 2020 Virtual Award Ceremony
Tonight, PowerOn held its second annual PowerOn Awards Ceremony, an event designed to recognize program participants and supporters...
PowerOn Team
Oct 1, 20202 min read
PowerOn Signs HRC/Lambda Legal USPS Letter
Last week, the Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal released an open letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate...
PowerOn Team
Aug 31, 20201 min read
The Importance of the Broadband Adoption and Opportunity Act for LGBTQ Communities
On July 6, 2020, Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ) introduced H.R.7494, the Broadband Adoption and Opportunity Act (BAOA) which proposes the...
Ellie Bessette
Jul 21, 20204 min read
5 Ways Technology Supports the LGBTQ+ Community
Tech matters to the LGBTQ+ community. Here's five important reasons why.
PowerOn Team
Jul 8, 20203 min read
PowerOn announces new Partner Centers
Today, PowerOn announced on social media the names of the fourteen LGBTQ+ organizations that were accepted into the program this year....
PowerOn Team
Jun 3, 20201 min read
PowerOn Sends COVID-19 Relief Tech to Partner Centers
COVID-19 has drastically affected the way LGBTQ+ organizations interact with their clients. With physical spaces closed for the time...
PowerOn Team
May 14, 20201 min read
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