DETROIT (WXYZ) — By means of its $1 billion dedication to advance digital fairness, Comcast has introduced the donation of a $50,000 grant and 60 laptops to Sensible Detroit to assist guarantee native households have web entry.
“Creating foundational studying expertise has at all times been the muse of our work,” stated Cindy Eggleton, CEO and co-founder of Sensible Detroit. “In right this moment’s digital age, studying alone can not assist a household put together a toddler for fulfillment at school and life. Because of ongoing and beneficiant assist from Comcast, we will reply to the wants of our communities and collectively, with the Comcast workforce, improve digital entry and data for thus lots of Detroit’s households.”
At Sensible Detroit’s six know-how hubs, the grant will likely be used to extend the nonprofits capability to offer residents with dependable, high-speed wi-fi web and the digital expertise and assist essential to successfully use the know-how of right this moment.
By means of the grant, a workforce of Digital Navigators will likely be created to help residents with their digital wants and to offer them with digital expertise coaching and assist at Sensible Detroit’s Morningside Hub.
“Digital Navigators will meet with group members two hours per week over a four-week interval to show subjects together with fundamental laptop expertise, Web security and conducting on-line analysis. Members will obtain an IT Fundamentals Certificates upon completion,” Comcast stated of the initiative.
“Sensible Detroit’s tech hub initiatives align with our precedence to bridge the digital divide, making it the proper match for Digital Navigation companies. With the institution of Digital Navigators with Sensible Detroit, our capability to succeed in extra residents and supply them with digital literacy assets will exponentially increase,” stated Shannon Dulin, director of Group Investments for Comcast in Michigan
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