DWeb Camp 2026

Seattle Community Network
2026-07-10 , Decentralized Hardware @ Hackers Lab

This talk will briefly introduce the Seattle Community Network (SCN) (https://seattlecommunitynetwork.org/), a non-profit community-run internet access initiative and group helping to improve digital equity for vulnerable and low-income groups in the Seattle, WA area in the Pacific Northwest US.


The Seattle Community Network (SCN) project (https://seattlecommunitynetwork.org/) is a non-profit community-run internet access initiative to improve digital equity for vulnerable and low-income groups in the Puget Sound area. Our ongoing projects focus on installing and managing WiFi networks at Tiny House Villages and other homeless shelters. We also refurbish and distribute internet access devices such as laptops and phones at homeless shelters and low-income housing. In this talk I will briefly outline a vision for this organization, to bridge computer experts and hackers who are able to spend time and resources volunteering for community technology initiatives with low-income communities who have been left behind in terms of digital infrastructure.

I'm currently a postdoc in Computer Science at the University of Washington, seeking a software or network engineering, research, or PM role for Summer/Fall 2026. I've deployed community networks around the world, and teach technical networking at the Tribal Broadband Bootcamp (TBB). Since 2019, I'm a Founder and Director of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Local Connectivity Lab (LCL). Our Seattle Community Network (SCN) digital equity project builds DIY Internet infrastructure serving hundreds of users.