Marc Lloyd: Diversity Master

The speaker we had yesterday was Mark Lloyd the Chief Diversity Officer at the Federal Communications Commission. His speech in the HUB auditorium on Tuesday was centered around the main concerns with broadband and what his job as Diversity Officer really entails. He made an interesting point that diversity is not only race but its what distinguishes you from each other: geographically, religiously, politically. Most people only establish the word diversity with African American and Caucasians but in reality it is anything that makes us different from one another. His 2 main concerns with broadcast media were also interesting to hear coming from someone of such importance in the FCC. His speech made me realize how important it is to allow access to broadband to everyone because it is a Social and Economic necessity. The 2020 goal to provide 1 GB to every community and doing it affordably seems like a difficult goal to achieve but with Obamas support (which is strong right now) I believe it can be done.