Event Date: Jan 17th, 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Zoom: https://kcdigitaldrive.zoom.us/j/87272862030?pwd=FKtWDSqaxIbam0FqOQftwgzDkre0JD.1
Admission: Free
The Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion (KCCDI) is an open, collaborative group of organizations who foster digital equity and access to technology for Kansas City metro communities. KCCDI meets to hear about the work of local digital inclusion practitioners, and share information about upcoming opportunities in the digital inclusion space.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Aaron Deacon, KC Digital Drive
STATE AND NATIONAL UPDATES
RasTafari Smith – NTIA
MEMBER UPDATE
Urban TEC – Ina P. Montgomery
FEATURED CONTENT
Lead for America’s American Connection Corps – Iris O’Donnell Bellisario and Cadie Bergan
Since 2017, Lead for America, based in Wichita, Kan., has created more than 300 paid full-time Fellowships across more than 40 states to date and is set to be the first national service program to support leaders across all 50 states. Their flagship program, the American Connection Corps, is an AmeriCorps program that leverages the power of national service to expand people’s economic opportunities, bridge their social network, and open them up to different perspectives. ACC members throughout the country serve a one-year term to increase their organizational host’s capacity and help to close the digital divide in their community.
Learn more about the ACC program, including:
- Where and how ACC members have served
- The program’s impact to date
- How you could host an ACC member at your organization
- An overview of their proposal for their recently awarded NTIA Nationally Competitive Grant funding
NEXT MEETING
The next KCCDI meeting will be held virtually on Friday, Feb 7th 2025.
Please email lscott@kcdigitaldrive.org if you have announcements to share at an upcoming Coalition meeting.