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Thanks to continuing technology support from Digital Charlotte, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library returned to the Rockwell community to share essential resources needed to participate in today's digital world. Upon completing the DigiLit program, seniors were given their own Chromebooks provided by a grant from AARP North Carolina. Graduates were given hands-on instruction and additional follow-up time to answer residual questions with drop-in tech tutors.
Photos courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Thanks to continuing technology support from Digital Charlotte, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library returned to the Rockwell community to share essential resources needed to participate in today's digital world. Upon completing the DigiLit program, seniors were given their own Chromebooks provided by a grant from AARP North Carolina. Graduates were given hands-on instruction and additional follow-up time to answer residual questions with drop-in tech tutors.
Photos courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Thanks to continuing technology support from Digital Charlotte, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library returned to the Rockwell community to share essential resources needed to participate in today's digital world. Upon completing the DigiLit program, seniors were given their own Chromebooks provided by a grant from AARP North Carolina. Graduates were given hands-on instruction and additional follow-up time to answer residual questions with drop-in tech tutors.
Photos courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Building new relationships with the underserved community, University City Regional Library reached out to seniors at Prosperity Creek to strengthen digital literacy, access Library resources, and remove barriers to access.
A book club will additionally be commenced at this location in the coming year.
Prosperity Creek Senior Apartments, Oct 16 - Nov 27
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Building new relationships with the underserved community, University City Regional Library reached out to seniors at Prosperity Creek to strengthen digital literacy, access Library resources, and remove barriers to access.
A book club will additionally be commenced at this location in the coming year.
Prosperity Creek Senior Apartments, Oct 16 - Nov 27
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Communities 2.0, the Welsh Government’s digital inclusion programme, has appointed Mandy Jenkins as its new Regional Project Manager for South Wales. Ms Jenkins, who currently works at Tinopolis, one of the UK's leading independent media companies, took up her new role in October.
Communities 2.0 is a Welsh Government programme which is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
Closing the digital divide, University City Regional continues to educate seniors in their local communities. Participants become digitally proficient through a six week course designed to help overcome barriers accessing library resources.
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Sep 19th
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Building new relationships with the underserved community, University City Regional Library reached out to seniors at Prosperity Creek to strengthen digital literacy, access Library resources, and remove barriers to access.
A book club will additionally be commenced at this location in the coming year.
Prosperity Creek Senior Apartments, Oct 16 - Nov 27
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
The Job Help Center hosted a reunion for the Digital Literacy group from 2016. In this class participants learned about internet security, online shopping, and how to use Paypal. Andrea Callan, photographer.
Closing the digital divide, University City Regional continues to educate seniors in their local communities. Participants become digitally proficient through a six week course designed to help overcome barriers accessing library resources.
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Sep 19th
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Building new relationships with the underserved community, University City Regional Library reached out to seniors at Prosperity Creek to strengthen digital literacy, access Library resources, and remove barriers to access.
A book club will additionally be commenced at this location in the coming year.
Prosperity Creek Senior Apartments, Oct 16 - Nov 27
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Closing the digital divide, University City Regional continues to educate seniors in their local communities. Participants become digitally proficient through a six week course designed to help overcome barriers accessing library resources.
Keith Family YMCA, Sep 13th
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Building new relationships with the underserved community, University City Regional Library reached out to seniors at Prosperity Creek to strengthen digital literacy, access Library resources, and remove barriers to access.
A book club will additionally be commenced at this location in the coming year.
Prosperity Creek Senior Apartments, Oct 16 - Nov 27
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Building new relationships with the underserved community, University City Regional Library reached out to seniors at Prosperity Creek to strengthen digital literacy, access Library resources, and remove barriers to access.
A book club will additionally be commenced at this location in the coming year.
Prosperity Creek Senior Apartments, Oct 16 - Nov 27
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Building new relationships with the underserved community, University City Regional Library reached out to seniors at Prosperity Creek to strengthen digital literacy, access Library resources, and remove barriers to access.
A book club will additionally be commenced at this location in the coming year.
Prosperity Creek Senior Apartments, Oct 16 - Nov 27
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Building new relationships with the underserved community, University City Regional Library reached out to seniors at Prosperity Creek to strengthen digital literacy, access Library resources, and remove barriers to access.
A book club will additionally be commenced at this location in the coming year.
Prosperity Creek Senior Apartments, Oct 16 - Nov 27
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Building new relationships with the underserved community, University City Regional Library reached out to seniors at Prosperity Creek to strengthen digital literacy, access Library resources, and remove barriers to access.
A book club will additionally be commenced at this location in the coming year.
Prosperity Creek Senior Apartments, Oct 16 - Nov 27
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Closing the digital divide, University City Regional continues to educate seniors in their local communities. Participants become digitally proficient through a six week course designed to help overcome barriers accessing library resources.
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Sep 19th
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Students who face challenges accessing essential digital devices at home are at a disadvantage for academic achievement compared to peers with access. Students who attended the Academy received a newly refurbished laptop computer, a mobile hotspot, and participated in digital literacy training alongside a parent/guardian. Sessions included Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Learning and Family Engagement Resources, Online Financial Empowerment, and Navigating University City Community Resources. Presenting partners included VHS faculty, Woodforest Bank, and University City Connect.
University City Regional Library attended to share essential community resources with Vance High School students and their families to build a brighter future and demonstrate the power of community.
E2D, Inc. (Eliminate the Digital Divide) obtains laptop donations from generous corporations and refurbishes them to distribute to students, helps source low-cost access to broadband solutions, and provides digital literacy training to families. E2D is also committed to exposing workforce development opportunities and IT skill training to CMS youth.
University City Partners invests resources in shaping public spaces and planning for a better-built environment that influences the way our community lives, works, plays, and learns. University City Partners also invites others to invest in the University City community to build relationships and build a better community.
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Seniors learn the skills they need to succeed in a digital world at Mallard Creek Recreation Center as University City Regional Library continues to reach out to their local community.
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Students who face challenges accessing essential digital devices at home are at a disadvantage for academic achievement compared to peers with access. Students who attended the Academy received a newly refurbished laptop computer, a mobile hotspot, and participated in digital literacy training alongside a parent/guardian. Sessions included Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Learning and Family Engagement Resources, Online Financial Empowerment, and Navigating University City Community Resources. Presenting partners included VHS faculty, Woodforest Bank, and University City Connect.
University City Regional Library attended to share essential community resources with Vance High School students and their families to build a brighter future and demonstrate the power of community.
E2D, Inc. (Eliminate the Digital Divide) obtains laptop donations from generous corporations and refurbishes them to distribute to students, helps source low-cost access to broadband solutions, and provides digital literacy training to families. E2D is also committed to exposing workforce development opportunities and IT skill training to CMS youth.
University City Partners invests resources in shaping public spaces and planning for a better-built environment that influences the way our community lives, works, plays, and learns. University City Partners also invites others to invest in the University City community to build relationships and build a better community.
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Mayor Hancock and other officials welcomed elementary students back to school with the delivery of 50 new computer tablets to Fairview Elementary School. The tablets will support math and reading efforts and were made possible through federal Community Development Block Grant funding awarded through the Denver Office of Economic Development. August 25, 2015
Closing the digital divide, University City Regional continues to educate seniors in their local communities. Participants become digitally proficient through a six week course designed to help overcome barriers accessing library resources.
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Sep 19th
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Mayor McGinn chats with representatives from Year Up Puget Sound about their "Closing the Opportunity Divide" project.
Building new relationships with the underserved community, University City Regional Library reached out to seniors at Prosperity Creek to strengthen digital literacy, access Library resources, and remove barriers to access.
A book club will additionally be commenced at this location in the coming year.
Prosperity Creek Senior Apartments, Oct 16 - Nov 27
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon