“It's great to see a community organization really meeting
the needs of the community!” Fern Ebling, Volunteer
Free computer advice and tech support events
Access Now Computer Help Days are free, one-day training, advice, and technical support events created to increase access to computers and the resources of the Internet in low-income and underserved communities in just one day.
In San Francisco's Tenderloin district, amid liquor stores and boarded-up buildings, a partnership of nonprofits earlier this month sponsored the first "Tenderloin Tech Day." The half-day workshop was open to anyone in the low-income neighborhood with a tech problem. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi stopped by and chatted with people about their broken laptops, software-less hard drives, and their first-ever Internet experiences.
Thanks
The Computer Help Days are possible with generous funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act within the US Dept of Commerce and the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF). CETF Provides leadership statewide to minimize the Digital Divide by accelerating the deployment of broadband and other advanced communication services to underserved communities and populations.
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