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Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts. What Is Digital Inclusion?. Every Minneapolis resident deserves access to the social, civic, educational and economic opportunities the Internet provides. Digital Inclusion Asks:.

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Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

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  1. Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  2. What Is Digital Inclusion? Every Minneapolis resident deserves access to the social, civic, educational and economic opportunities the Internet provides. Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  3. Digital Inclusion Asks: • What social and political barriers to technology access and literacy exist? • How does (ICT) technology affect human rights, civic participation, and social inclusion? • How does technology impact economic development? Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  4. A Nation Online? 68% of Americans use the Internet • 70% of Whites • 57% of African-Americans • 38% of Americans with disabilities • 37% of Hispanics • 29% who have not graduated from High School • 26% age 60 or older “Digital Divisions”, Report of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, October 2005 Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  5. Persistent Barriers Include: • Limited technology literacy skills • Anxiety, fear of technology tools • Limited education, literacy levels • Language, accessibility barriers • Irrelevant content • Availability of affordable broadband service (rural and low-income communities) • Cost of entry (hardware) Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  6. Technology Literacy Is… • The ability to responsibly, creatively, and effectively use appropriate technology to: • communicate; • access, collect, manage, integrate, and evaluate information; • solve problems and create solutions; • build and share knowledge; and • improve and enhance learning in all subject areas and experiences. Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  7. Is Internet Access “Critical”? • Job listings & applications • E-Government services • FAFSA- Student Aid applications • Filing taxes, • Vehicle, building & business licenses • Access county and municipal services Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  8. Register /choose schools • Communicate with K-12 teachers • Online learning • Communicate with elected officials • Loans and banking services • Health care information • (Medicare Part D) • Social inclusion & civic engagement Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  9. The Digital Divide: A Minneapolis Snapshot Kim Havey, the former director of the Minneapolis Empowerment Zone, estimated that less than 20% of households in the Empowerment Zones neighborhoods have home computers. Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  10. Phillips/ Ventura Neighborhoods Using this estimate, there are 690 potential computer users for each public-access computer available in the neighborhood. This includes public libraries, open labs at schools, and CTCs. Research by: Community Technology Empowerment Project AmeriCorps Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  11. Digital Inclusion Requires: • Training • Access • Hardware • Content Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  12. Community Benefits Agreement(CBA)A CBAis required as part of any final contract with broadband/IP vendor(s). • The CBA will focus on how to best address technology needs in underserved communities. Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  13. By providing high speed, ubiquitous, low-cost, Internet service will help bridge the ACCESS gap. Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  14. The CBA can help address the TECHNOLOGY LITERACY gap... Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  15. …through support for local, relevant & accessible CONTENT (a walled garden?) Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  16. …and/or support for technology VOLUNTEER & MENTORING programs Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  17. …and/or support for HARDWARE refurbishing programs & discounts Wireless router Wireless card Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  18. ….and/or affordable SOFTWARE, including security, accessibility & open source tools Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  19. Residents and non-profit representatives have been meeting… The Digital Access + Equity Campaign • A grassroots effort to inform, educate and organize Minneapolis residents around Digital Inclusion efforts, and discuss CBA issues • Community meetings began in November 2005 • Sponsored by C-CAN & The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability, with support from the MSNet Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  20. What should the CBA include?--Assessing & prioritizing community needs and recommendations OnlineSurvey www.DIGITALACCESS.ORG Community Recommendations Task Force Recommendations Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  21. CBA Recommendations: A vendor supported “Digital Inclusion Fund” • Discounted (or free) accounts for low-income residents • Free or discount services to some Non-Profits, CTCs, Schools and Libraries • Low cost hardware, wireless cards, routers, etc. • A “Walled Garden" including select websites, accessible to all Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  22. Community input helps the Task Force, city staff, vendors, and elected officials: • Understand existing technology needs • Examinecommunity-based strategies • that meet these needs • Negotiate benefits that help bring more • Minneapolis residents online Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  23. How will community-generated ideas & recommendations impact the City’s formal contract negotiation process? Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  24. Residents and stakeholders contribute CBA ideas via community surveys, meetings, events and emails Taskforce reviews, prioritizes & makes CBA recommendations to negotiators City negotiates CBA with Vendor (as part of overall service contract) Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  25. Community benefits agreement ideas data recommendations CommunityBenefits agreement Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  26. Community-based decision making Corporate Gifts Individual Gifts Corporate tech grants Independent Grant decision making structure Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  27. Task Force CBA Process This task force will coordinate (and receive) all of the community input that the City receives through its own and other agencies meetings, surveys and forums. Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  28. Next… The task force will review and prioritize community input, then craft Community Benefits recommendations to be used during the contract negotiation process. Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  29. Who serves on this Task Force? Community Leaders Representing: • K-12 Public Schools • Minneapolis Libraries • Non-Profit Organizations • Higher Education • Greater Twin Cities United Way • Corporate Foundations • Local Employers, Businesses • Minority, Senior and Disability Communities • Students, Young People • Community & Institutional Stakeholders Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  30. Task Force Objectives: • Articulate a Community Technology Agenda for the City of Minneapolis • Review community input & oversee CBA recommendations Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  31. “Access to technology is the civil rights issue of the 21st century”. Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  32. Thank you for your time, your interest, and your expertise. Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

  33. http://www.digitalaccess.org/taskforce.htm Community Benefits & Digital inclusion Efforts

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