The time is now to make digital skills, technology
& WiFi access available to all!
& WiFi access available to all!
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We must end digital inequality to improve the conditions of people living in poverty.
Join us on December 1st for a FREE Giving Tuesday webinar
to learn how you can help end the digital divide.
to learn how you can help end the digital divide.
One of over 150 children who received free Chromebooks and Hot Spots through Digital Equity Now, Summer 2020 distribution.
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Did you know that over 50,000 households in Westchester County have no internet service?
For economically fragile community members, an online connection is a point of access to:
Our mission is to bridge the digital divide because equity creates opportunity. |
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent move to digital learning has laid bare Westchester County’s digital inequities: the disparities in knowledge, experience, and access to digital technology among different socioeconomic groups.
Implementation is simple:
Working with partner agencies, we provide low and moderate income Westchester County residents & children with
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Digital Equity Now device packages delivered to date:
195
195
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The STEM Alliance is seeking immediate support for this initiative as we launch implementation with our community-based partners including:
Carver Center Community Resource Center The Guidance Center of Westchester Westchester Jewish Community Services |
A Digital Equity Now distribution and introductory tech skills class at the Community Resource Center in Mamaroneck.
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CLICK BELOW TO SEE THE STATS
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Roughly three-in-ten adults with household incomes below $30,000 a year (29%) don’t own a smartphone. More than four-in-ten don’t have home broadband services (44%) or a traditional computer (46%). And a majority of lower-income Americans are not tablet owners. By comparison, each of these technologies is nearly ubiquitous among adults in households earning $100,000 or more a year. 
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