My Healthy Broadband LIVE Interactive Broadcast S1E1: Tackling the Great Digital Divide Together

Join us as we launch our new monthly series called My Healthy Broadband, starting with our partners here in Arizona.

📆 October 2, 2025

⏰ 3:00 PM AZ MST / 6:00 PM EDT
Presented by: The Force for Health® Network & the AZBSN Health & Education Taskforce

📲 WATCH & PARTICIPATE LIVE on the Force for Health Social Media Channels:

• Facebook – The Force for Health® Network Facebook LIVE Event Link
• LinkedIn – The Force for Health® Linked In Live Event Link
• YouTube – The Force for Health® You Tube Channel

🧠 About This Episode:

My Healthy Broadband™, produced and hosted by the Force for Health® Network, in partnership with the Arizona Broadband Stakeholders Network (AZBSN) is a live monthly series exploring how broadband access is essential for lifelong health, education, and equitable prosperity. In our premiere episode, we bring together voices from across Arizona and beyond to examine how individuals and systems are working together to bridge the nation’s persistent digital divide.

An estimated 1 in 5 U.S. households still face significant barriers to digital connectivity—whether due to cost, devices, infrastructure, or digital literacy. This show is designed to spotlight the people, policies, and possibilities that are driving better connections—online and in real life.

🎙 Hosted by:

• Lucy Howell, CEO, The Force for Health® Network
• Dr. Robert Gillio, Chief Medical Officer, The Force for Health® Network
• Steve Peters, AZBSN Coordinator

📺 FEATURED SEGMENTS:

• 💡 Health & Education Taskforce in Action: Explore how Arizona’s broadband-focused education and health leaders are aligning efforts to get vital services to hard-to-reach communities.  For more information about the AZBSN Health and Education Taskforce, click here.

• 🗺️ Maps & Storytime with AZ-1: See how data meets real stories with AZ-1 (pronounced As One), featuring stories of access for a senior living with Parkinson’s and how social determinants of health really do come into play, featuring Kelly Mukherjee, Director of Operations for Broadband and Digital Inclusion

• 🏫 Schools & Libraries: Spotlights & Heroes:Schools and Libraries play a critical role in supporting health, digital literacy and access, so we highlight frontline leaders making broadband access a reality and a new virtual health challenge called Fit Family FORCE

• 🎨 What to Know and Do Now: The 2025 Digital Inclusion Week hosted by NDIA kicks off Oct 6-10 with this years theme of “Community-Driven Digital Futures”. What does this mean and what can you do now.

🎁 Bonus:

• Free tools and tips for getting digitally connected
• Live Audience Q & An – Featured on-air comments will win a complimentary 360° Ambasssdors Membetship at the Force for Health®.
• Download the 360° Force for Health Academy app to connect for resources and challenges!

🏆 Let’s create healthy, connected communities—together.

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