The Boston Regional Digital Equity Summit
The Summit goals were to:
1. Equip school/community teams in high poverty communities with knowledge and resources to design digital equity initiatives addressing local educational, economic and workforce development priorities.
2. Share a compelling vision with philanthropists and investors regarding the essential dimensions and guiding principles for "effective digital equity investments” that result in real gains in learning, digital literacy and workforce development impacts.
1. Equip school/community teams in high poverty communities with knowledge and resources to design digital equity initiatives addressing local educational, economic and workforce development priorities.
2. Share a compelling vision with philanthropists and investors regarding the essential dimensions and guiding principles for "effective digital equity investments” that result in real gains in learning, digital literacy and workforce development impacts.
The Summit was intended for:
School/Community Teams from high poverty neighborhoods in Boston and across the state who want to significantly narrow the digital divide at home for their low-income children and families, through the collective impact process.
Philanthropists, Banking Leaders and other Digital Equity Investors who want to learn about essential dimensions of digital equity, proven resources in each dimension, and guiding principles to consider in designing digital equity investments.
Researchers who seek to design and share research findings that support the community teams’ and digital equity investors’ efforts.
Digital Equity Resource Providers: who want to orient communities and philanthropists to their resources and collaboratively plan next steps that support sustained, locally determined priorities and action.