Digital Equity

A two-year grant to empower local community leadership to improve digital outcomes and to advance digital equity by engaging in federal and state broadband policymaking.

The 2021 Digital Equity grant will increase technological accessibility, knowledge, and experience for women impacted and displaced by mass incarceration by building and curating a technological hub where re-entering women can utilize technology to help achieve their goals.

To improve digital literacy and help narrow the digital divide among immigrants in Philadelphia who are English Language Learners, by combining English language instruction with digital literacy and workforce development.

With the 2021 Digital Equity grant, Madre Tierra will uplift and support Spanish-speaking women through digital literacy initiatives using informative, animated comics for tv and social media, as well as comics printed for newspapers and magazines.

The 2021 Digital Equity Fund grant will support the creation of more accessible musical recording labs where youth who have been impacted by violence or incarceration can learn audio production while developing career skills and expressing their emotions in supportive spaces.