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In honor of Digital Inclusion Week, Oct 7-11th 2024, it’s an honor to uplift one of our Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA) members who is doing great work when it comes to making sure technology benefits everyone by addressing the disparities of the digital divide: CCTV Cambridge. This year CCTV Cambridge partnered to host a Digital Navigator program. The aim of these Digital Navigators is to assist in bridging the digital divide in Cambridge by assessing the needs of the community and acting as a technological social worker. These Digital Navigators (DN’s) have led to better outreach, assessment and community connection.
Making a difference in communities affected by the digital divide is impactful work. So far the DN’s have helped many people access resources online and distributed 50 total Thinkpad laptops installed with Windows 10 and Microsoft Office, while also distributing 15 hotspots for wifi with two years paid by T-mobile. Groundbreaking because typically people are getting chromebooks on loan that have limited capabilities. The beauty of these devices is that you can work and learn on them with reliable, high-speed internet access, and they are able to be used anywhere.
Samara Murrell, Coordinator of CCTV’s Digital Navigator Program stated:
“Being part of a solution that attempts to ensure that everyone has equal access to information, education and job opportunities, so that we can all fully participate in our society, is some of the best, most inspiring and honorable work that one can do.”
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Left to Right: DN Coordinator Samara Murrell and DN’s Lida Griffin, Dana Groten
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