Comcast Business is expanding its collaboration with Cologix, North America’s leading network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company, with a new point-of-presence (PoP) at Cologix’s NNJ3 digital edge data center in Parsippany, New Jersey. The latest collaboration in Parsippany expands the existing network solutions Comcast Business offers at Cologix’s NNJ2 digital edge data center […]
Secondhand Clothes, Firsthand Experience: How Goodwill Is Transforming Adult Education in Philly and South Jersey
Our region faces a troubling education gap: While New Jersey boasts one of the nation’s highest percentages of PhDs (1.5%), about 10% of adults in the state have not received their high school diploma. In Philadelphia, more than 17% never completed high school. Into this divide steps Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey & […]
Comcast and Beyond Literacy Support Adult Learners Working to Continue Their Education
One student at a time, Beyond Literacy is working to help adults achieve their goals and advance their dreams. Serving 1,300 Philadelphians each year, Beyond Literacy seeks to uplift the city’s adult learning population, including those who need their high school diploma and those who are developing literacy skills. Beyond Literacy also helps students enter […]
Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Using Technology to Help Kids Realize Their Potential
When 8-year-old Deon was first invited to use a new computer at the Northeast Frankford Boys and Girls Club, he was reluctant. His passion was art, and he didn’t think using a computer would be helpful. But when he discovered that the computer lessons meant learning a visual arts module that would help him with […]
Philadelphia OIC Offers Digital Literacy Training Programs to Prepare for the Future of Work
Comcast has long believed in the power of partnerships to increase digital access and support job training initiatives, and the last year and a half has made those resources more necessary than ever. One long-standing partner, Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC), helps residents gain digital literacy skills that will be essential to thrive in a […]