earlier this year I had the pleasure to join Esther Jang of @seattlecommunitynetwork.org and Monique Tate at Community Tech New York on a Benton Institute webinar about community networks as sites of learning. Check out the recording, it was a great conversation
Come to the Seattle Community Network fundraiser dinner on Saturday March 28th, 6:30-8:30 PM! Zylberschtein's will give 10% of proceeds to our nonprofit, It's a $40-$45 meal, family style. The founder Esther and her jazz band will be providing live music. Come with all your friends and loved ones!
On Nov. 1 and 2, 8 SCN volunteers set up WiFi at Rosie's LIHI Tiny House Village. With heavy rain all day, they spent day 1 running cable across the property to 6 WAP locations to blanket the whole village with a consistent signal, and day 2 setup 5G modems and PoE fundraiser.seattlecn.org #seattle
Following the #seagl2025 social, join us on Nov 7 at Ada's Bookstore for a Free Concert from Si Tu Savais from 7:30pm to 9:30pm followed by a Silent Fundraiser Auction benefiting the Seattle Community Network! fundraiser.seattlecn.org
Thank you!
We've been partnering with fultel.net to put Connections (lffc.us/connections/) at seattlecommunityfridge.org/ sites to provide free WiFi and landline phone service at each fridge; so far, we've installed them at their Dunlap and Estelita's Library locations! Here are photos of our Dunlap install:
On June 13, and 14, several volunteers from the Seattle Community Network installed networking equipment including routers, access points, and cabling to enable broadband internet access for the residents at the Y K Building at 110 14th Ave., in Seattle. #seattlecommunitynetwork #seattle
Congratulations to Esther Jang who will be a Keynote speaker at SeaGL 2025, Nov. 7 & 8!
Esther Jang is a mobilizer with SCN, which builds infrastructure and provides internet access, laptops, and education to underserved communities in WA state.
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