There’s a new pop-up computer retailer in downtown Ypsilanti this holiday season. It’s called Digital Inclusion (DI), and it’s the most recent outgrowth of a program that started half a dozen years ago to get computer systems into the hands of folks on the wrong side of the digital divide. And, if the pop-up goes […]
Tag Archives: computer access
A new downtown pop-up puts Ypsi youth to work bridging the digital divide
Posted in entrepreneurism, Local Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged B.Side, computers, digital divide, Digital Inclusion, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Jack Bidlack, North Washington Street, Pure Michigan Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, recycling, refurbished computers, social enterprise, technical training 13 Comments
Blogbaby episode five: Lisa Bashert on the Public Library as Commons
[While I’m busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we’re calling Blogbaby. Today’s contribution comes from my friend, local sustainability advocate Lisa Bashert.] I was in the library today. In fact, I was in the library three […]
Posted in Detroit, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged access to information, Alamo, Blogbaby, book clubs, Books at the Brewery, commons, Detroit Public Library, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, infrastructure, Jonathan Kinloch, libraries, library privatization, Lisa Bashert, Monteith, public libraries, Sustainability, Sustainability Film Series, technology access, Ypsilanti District Library 32 Comments