Comcast Philadelphia & New Jersey

Closing the Digital Divide in Philadelphia with Internet Essentials and Local Partners

  Comcast recently made some big announcements in its hometown of Philadelphia, the last stop on a multi-city tour for Comcast Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer David L. Cohen and Olympian and Internet Essentials Spokesperson Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Philadelphia’s Olney Elementary School served as the backdrop for an assembly with Philadelphia Mayor Jim […]

Internet Essentials Reaches New Philadelphia Milestones

Yesterday, Comcast made new announcements about our expansion of Internet Essentials, the largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program in the country. Along with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) ConnectHome initiative, we introduced a pilot program to attack the digital divide for public housing residents. Through the pilot, eligibility for Internet […]

Comcast & Cristo Rey: Partnering to Build the Workforce of 2020

By: John R. McConnell, Founder and President of Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School Fourteen year-old Jay Lloyd walked through the main doors of the Comcast Center at 1700 JKF Boulevard on September 4, 2012 for his first day of work. Overwhelmed with mixed feelings of anxiety and excitement, he entered the skyscraper for the first […]

Comcast Awards Two Philadelphia Students $5,000 Scholarships at Annual Mayoral Luncheon

Comcast Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer David L. Cohen is pictured with Cristy Almonte (left) and Natasha Stuckey (right). The Comcast Foundation and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney on Wednesday honored two local students with the Gustave G. Amsterdam Leadership Award at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Mayoral Luncheon. Comcast Senior […]