The Alliance for Digital Equality (ADE) is a non-profit consumer advocacy organization that serves to facilitate and ensure equal access to technology in underserved communities. ADE also serves as a bridge between policymakers and minority individuals in order to help the public understand how legislative and regulatory policies regarding new technologies can impact and empower their daily lives.

The Alliance for Digital Equality maintains that the key to expanding opportunities for all communities is through Digital Empowerment.  Since its founding in 2007, ADE has launched 7 Digital Empowerment Councils nationwide: Charleston, SC, Houston, TX, Detroit, MI, Miami, FL, Atlanta, GA, Boston, MA and Chicago, IL to examine the impact of broadband access on the local communities in the areas of civic participation, public health, public safety, urban and economic development, and education with 375+ nationwide DEC members to date.

ADE’s goal is to educate Americans about the benefits of new broadband technologies and be a voice of underserved communities to raise awareness of the importance of new technologies regardless of socioeconomic status.