Submit your Nomination for the 2020 Digital Equity Champion Award!

The fifth Charles Benton Digital Equity Champion Award is officially open for nominations! Two awards will be given: One will recognize an outstanding individual who has truly made a difference in the field of digital equity; the other will acknowledge an up-and-coming digital inclusion practitioner. The award will be presented in April at Net Inclusion 2020 in Portland, Oregon, by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA).

Do you know a digital equity champion? Potential nominees are longtime veterans of the digital inclusion field and passionate supporters of digital equity. We are looking for everyone making a difference!

Click Here to Access the Nomination Form.

To be successful, nominations should exhibit:

• Sustained commitment to digital inclusion programs, practices, and/or policy work,
• Applied innovative approaches to addressing and solving problems,
• Extensive use of data and evaluation to shape digital inclusion programs and share best practices,
• Demonstrated leadership in his/her community, and/or
• Collaboration that can be scaled and replicated.

The deadline for nominations for 2020’s award is midnight Eastern Daylight Time on February 15, 2020. For more information and to see past awardees – Charles Benton Digital Equity Champion Award.