WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 13, 2023 – The People-Centered Internet (“PCI”) is launching “Puerto Rico Prosperity Initiative” (“PRPI”), an initiative designed to bring businesses, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies together with the people of Puerto Rico to provide increased digital access to key resources and services from the government for future prosperity. PCI, who developed the Read More
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UNGA77 Science Summit | Out of this world solutions: For on-world problems
Session as part of the 2022 United Nations General Assembly Science Summit
Dr. Sian Proctor (SpaceX Inspiration4 Astronaut), Mei Lin Fung (Mother of CRM, Co-Founder – People Centered Internet), Christina Korp (Astronaut Wrangler, Founder – Space for a Better World), Charlie Isaacs (Salesforce, Customer Connections CTO), and Scott Cunningham (Co-Founder, CEO – SDGuild)
Meanwhile, back in Mei Lin’s kitchen…
Twelve years ago, David Nordfors, Co-founder of i4j Innovation for Jobs, wrote about a potluck dinner in a cozy kitchen. It might, he wrote, “be closer to the solution than banquet halls in world capitals”. Multilateral meetings in formal venues could leverage the candour and collaboration of meetings in garages and kitchens to solve People’s greatest challenges.
Mei Lin on Community Climate Clubs at Planet Positive
Photo: Afternoon tea before Planet Positive (left to right): Stephen Ozoigbo, Benedikt Signer, Julia Pope, Tamara Singh, Navroop Sadhev, Mei Lin Fung, Ross Casley, and Usha Jagannathan. Mei Lin spoke at the first Planet Positive meeting at Stanford University on how the Community Climate Clubs can shape the future of humanity and the planet. For Read More
PCI and Think 7
“We will make the most of our G7 Presidency to ensure this group of states takes on a pioneering role – in the pursuit of climate neutrality and an equitable world,” Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the handover of the G7 Presidency. Seven Engagement Groups comment and provide stimuli for G7 topics: Business community (Business7) Non-governmental organizations Read More
Hasso Plattner Institute named Mei Lin Fung the latest HPI Fellow at the Clean-IT Summit
The Clean-IT Summit is an international platform for the exchange of ideas to make the digital world more sustainable. High-ranking policy and industry leaders engaged in a dialogue with academia and civil society to address the pressing issue of how digital technologies can support the fight against climate change and what needs to be done to reduce Read More
Tiffany Brar awarded Highest Woman Award by the President of India
We are proud to offer our highest congratulations to Tiffany Brar, PCI Fellow and Ambassador to the Community of the Visually Impaired. Tiffany received the “Nari Shakti Puraskar” Award, which is the highest civilian honor for women in India, presented by the President of India on March 8, International Women’s Day. Award-winning activist Brar is Read More
PCI’s Annual Round-Up | 2022
PCI’s Annual Round-Up | 2022 Hi everyone, this is a year-end update from the board of the People Centered Internet This will be a time that will be remembered for generations after us. We have reached the second of the Covid New Years that have upturned our lives. The ways we live, work and play Read More
Kristin Little Presents on Active Listening
DCD Fellow Kristin Little Presents: Listening Dear PCI Community, I enjoyed sharing some thoughts and approaches to active listening on our community call this past Sunday. I really believe that this topic has something to offer in the pursuit of fruitful Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy and a more people-centered Internet. Thanks, all, for a rich Read More
Mei Lin’s closing keynote at World Bank/IFC Global SME Financing Forum 2021
As this was the closing keynote, Matt Gamser, CEO of the Global SME Financing Forum gave an overview of insights from the 3 day conference before Mei Lin’s talk begins at Minute 14.