Philadelphia OIC enjoys a longstanding partnership with Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation aimed at tackling the digital divide in Philadelphia by teaching digital literacy skills and exposing residents to digital resources. In this spirit, Comcast recently committed to a second-year investment of $50,000 to support the Philadelphia OIC Workforce Academy (OICWA) Digital Media Program. In April 2018, […]
Comcast Foundation Awards More Than $1.8M in 2016 to 49 Nonprofits in Greater Philadelphia & New Jersey
The Comcast Foundation awarded more than $1.86 million in grants to 49 nonprofit organizations located in Comcast’s Freedom Region, which serves Greater Philadelphia, New Jersey and northern Delaware, in 2016. The grants support programs aimed at the Comcast Foundation’s areas of focus – expanding digital literacy, promoting community service, and building tomorrow’s leaders. Boys & […]
Expanding Access to Technology for People with Disabilities
By Adam Hymans, Director of Strategic Communications, SPIN. For the past 46 years, SPIN (Special People in Northeast) has supported thousands of people with autism and intellectual disability to live, learn and work as valued members of the community. Our new Comcast Digital Literacy Lab at SPIN helps us continue our mission by putting technology […]
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 […]
Partnering with the United Way of Greater Union County to address Digital Literacy
By James Horne Jr., President and CEO, United Way of Greater Union County As the world’s largest privately funded nonprofit organization, the United Way has been an important change-agent in the lives of people across the globe. Locally, United Way of Greater Union County (UWGUC) has thrived for close to 100 years, in part by forming […]
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