Federal Communications Commission	


 RELEASED:  NOVEMBER 24, 2020

FCC WEBINAR TO HIGHLIGHT VIRTUAL VOLUNTEERISM – INTERNET-BASED WAYS TO DONATE TIME

Washington, D.C. –The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) will be hosting a webinar to highlight Virtual Volunteerism, the practice of leveraging broadband to match individual volunteers with nonprofit organizations to provide direct services to those in need.  The event will feature presenters from the United Nations and entities successfully using the Virtual Volunteerism model to provide services to their clients.  The webinar will take place on Wednesday, December 2 starting at 1:00 p.m. EST and will be streamed live and for free at fcc.gov/live.

The goal of the webinar is to provide information on what Virtual Volunteerism is and how charitable and governmental organizations use the Virtual Volunteerism model to match willing volunteers from around the globe with those who could use their assistance.  We invite questions for the panel to be submitted ahead of, or during, the event via email to outreach@fcc.gov.

The agenda is as follows:

1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m.            	Welcome
David Savolaine, Consumer Education and Outreach Specialist	
FCC Consumer Affairs and Outreach Division

1:05 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.            	Opening and Keynote Remarks
				Ajit Pai, Chairman
				Federal Communications Commission

1:15 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.            	United Nations Volunteers
Naoual Driouich, Chief of UN System Affairs & New York Office

1:25 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.            	Be My Eyes
Alexander Hauerslev Jensen, CCO
				
1:35 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.            	Crisis Text Hotline
Ashley Womble, Head of Public Affairs

1:45 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.            	Infinite Family
			Amy Stokes, President and CEO
				


1:55 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.            Open Street Map Foundation
Mikel Maron, OSM Foundation Board Member & Community Team Leader at Mapbox

2:05 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.            	Open Roundtable and Facilitated Q&A
				Eduard Bartholme, Associate Chief, 
				FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau

2:25 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.            	Event Wrap Up and Closing Remarks
				Patrick Webre, Chief
				FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau

Open captioning will be provided for this event.  Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.  Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice).  Such requests should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed.  In addition, please include a way for the FCC to contact the requester if more information is needed to fill the request.  Last minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to accommodate.

For additional information about the webinar, please contact David Savolaine at David.Savolaine@fcc.gov.

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