Mignon Clyburn spent nearly nine years at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) affirming her commitment to closing persistent digital and opportunity divides that challenge rural, Native and low wealth communities.
She pushed for the modernization of the FCC’s Lifeline Program, which assists low income consumers in defraying the cost of voice and broadband service; championed diversity in media ownership; initiated Inmate Telephone Calling Services reforms; brokered a technical solution that eliminated long-standing bottlenecks that prevented small, rural telecommunications carriers from expanding their network services nationwide; emphasized diversity and inclusion in the STEM fields; and fought to preserve a free and open internet (Net Neutrality).
Her government service began with an election to the South Carolina Public Service Commission (SCPSC) in 1998. Prior to serving 11 years on the SCPSC, Clyburn's interest in the fields of media and (tele)communications gained traction during a 14 year journey as the publisher and general manager of The Coastal Times, a family-founded, Charleston-based weekly newspaper focusing on issues affecting the African American community.
The desire to close persistent economic divides continued with the award of a Leadership in Government Fellowship from the Open Society Foundations (OSF) in the summer of 2018. That support allowed Clyburn to continue making the business case for the elimination of the predatory telephone calling rates that burden families and legal counsel that make calls to and from American detention, jail and prison facilities.
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