Dan Makevich’s terrible eyesight made him retire early from his beloved job of 15 years as a tour guide in the Bay Area and Yosemite. When the pandemic hit,... read more →
On a typical afternoon in The Before Times, the Cherokee Public Library in Cherokee, Iowa (pop. 4,900), would be full of kids. A chatty crowd of three or four... read more →
SAN FRANCISCO—“Community Tech Network,” a nonprofit organization that aims to provide the elderly with digital literacy, has launched the “Home Connect” program. This program will provide vulnerable seniors in... read more →
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — A San Francisco nonprofit focused on providing digital literacy to older adults launched a new initiative to bring internet, technology and training into the... read more →
Low-income San Francisco seniors are facing a connectivity crisis as well as a health crisis. For most Bay Area residents coping with the mandate to shelter in place as... read more →
Jan Morgan used to think smartphones were for young people. "I didn't want a phone smarter than me," she joked. She refused to get one. Instead the 66-year-old bought flip... read more →
Hundreds of low income Austinites were connected to the internet at the El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission on Friday. For some of them, it was the first time... read more →
A growing number of low-income Californians are eligible for $10 a month broadband service due to the expansion of the program run by Comcast. The program, called Internet Essentials,... read more →
NeighborNest hosted over 3,500 visits from local residents, conducted 920 programming hours, and provided 800 hours of free childcare in its first year. Launching digital literacy program to... read more →
In 2008, I worked with a small team of volunteers to launch the nonprofit Community Technology Network, whose mission is to transform lives through digital literacy. It was the... read more →