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Black Family Technology Awareness Week |  Volume 32

CES 2010 and BDPA's 2009 HSCC Oracle Scholars
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NROTC Scholarships
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ARRA Broadband Technology Opportunity
 
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Congress will be submitting a national broadband plan to the FCC by February 17, 2010. This plan shall seek to ensure that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability and shall establish benchmarks for meeting that goal. What is NBDPA's Message to Congress?  
 
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The Oracle Foundation (photo, above right) donated $50,000 in 2009 to qualified BDPA student members. Francisco Nunez (L) and TurKenya Herring (R) are BDPA's Washington, D.C. Chapter 2009 Oracle Scholars. Each will be graduating seniors in 2010 and currently serve as the Region's High School Computer Competition (HSCC) team co-captains. For more details, join us in person this week at the Baltimore Convention Center during the 24th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards and STEM Global Competitiveness Conference, February 18-20, 2010.

BDPA's Washington, D.C. Chapter was founded in 1978 by Norman Mays. It received its Charter in 1981 to bridge the digital divide and broaden opportunities for underserved communities in technical fields of interest. The Chapter was incorporated in 1981 as a domestic not-for-profit corporation in the District of Columbia. In February of 1988, Black Data Processing Associates of Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area (BDPA-DC)  became an IRS Section 501(c)(3) Public Charity.

Today, National BDPA (NBDPA)  is a global member-focused organization serving the professional well-being of its stakeholders. Washington, D.C. and regional chapters of NBDPA support all industries across cyber and CS-STEM disciplines while remaining committed to excellence. Regional Chapters and stakeholders provide a wide spectrum of resources to members, corporate sponsors, small business owners, educational institutions and local communities in the National Capital Region (NCR).

Continued participation and generous donations as outlined above help change young lives, broaden technical pipelines, and help fuel economic growth.

Visit Black Family Network and NBDPA Groupsite for this year's Black Family Technology Awareness Week (BFTAW) events in your community.      - b

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