Local news Stories A Community-First Approach The Community Council was formed to be a vital component of The Center for Digital Equity (CDE), along with the advisory board, to help guide the CDE’s work in Charlotte. The Community Council is composed of a diverse group of […]
Local news Stories Your Home, Your Internet – Building Connected Communities In 2022, The Federal Communications Commission created “Your Home, Your Internet,” a pilot program designed to increase awareness and encourage participation in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) for households receiving federal housing assistance. ACP provides a discount of up to […]
Local news Stories Transformative Association: Barings’ Holistic Approach to Bridging the Digital Divide Real change never happens in silos, and change for the better, the kind that makes a lasting impact, doesn’t happen without true collaboration and cooperation. As a global corporation, Barings is a company that understands that and embraces a holistic […]
Local news Stories Going Beyond: Championing Accessibility and Equity If two words could aptly describe Dana A. Draa, it would be passion and intention. Draa, the Network Director-Metrolina at Veterans Bridge Home, was involved in the early iterations of the workgroups that would ultimately become the Center for Digital […]
Stories Digital Inclusion Exchange podcast: #SpreadtheTech series Digital Charlotte is partnering with the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) to create the #SpreadtheTech series as part of our Digital Inclusion Exchange podcast. This ten episode series will include interviews with digital inclusion stakeholders and practitioners from across the […]
Local news Stories An Innovative Workforce Development Board: Charlotte Works Workforce development boards are part of a network of state or local offices known as the Public Workforce System. Workforce development boards support economic expansion and aim to develop the workforce in the United States.1 In Mecklenburg County, the prominent […]
Stories Five Ways You Can Influence Digital Inclusion in Charlotte What if you woke up and didn’t have your smartphone to check the latest Charlotte Agenda post, didn’t have Alexa to check the weather, didn’t have your laptop to finish a last-minute resume update or homework assignment. These are daily […]
Local news Stories Reference librarians as superheroes: navigators in a precarious online world At best, searching for reliable online information is precarious. At worst, it’s dangerous. A new breed of information superhero — the reference librarian — is a trained navigator of this new world.
Local news Stories Using digital literacy to prepare residents of correctional facilities for success In partnership with Charlotte Works and the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, Digital Charlotte is conducting classes in correctional facilities to teach their residents the necessary digital and media literacy skills to thrive in an ever-changing, modern society.
Local news Stories A celebration of digital inclusion forecasts the future Forty community leaders met in early June to brainstorm critical issues in digital inclusion, celebrate successes, and predict the future.
Local news Stories For students, and everyone, conflict resolution is a critical skill. After leading a workshop for students in a new form of conflict resolution, a university chaplain says what young people need is exactly what the rest of the population needs — Beware of trapping yourself in an isolated information bubble. Talk with people who disagree with you. Focus on commonalities, not differences.
Local news News Briefs Stories Extending community access to technology at 3 Charlotte organizations Behailu Academy, BLKTECHCLT, and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library are extending community access to technology through a donation of 25 Apple iMac workstations from the Queens Knight School of Communication.
Local news Stories Students learn small steps make a huge difference in digital literacy One of the crowning experiences in the undergraduate careers of communication students at Queens University is a capstone course that, among other projects, places students in service learning opportunities in non-profit organizations.